[mythtv-users] recording ziggo digital tv (Netherlands)

[Jurgen Kramer]

On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 15:08 +0200, Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Jurgen Kramer <gtmkramer at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 18:34 +0200, klaas de waal wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Is anyone using mythtv to record ziggo digital; if so, what hardware
> >> > do you use, and do you expect it to keep working in the future?
> >> >
> >> Yes, ziggo DVB-C can still be received with appropriate hardware. I
> >> have a KNC-One DVB-C card and an Alphacrypt classic CAM and that works
> >> OK. Other cards that I have tested are Technotrend 1501 and Twinhan
> >> VP2031A. I expect that any DVB-C card that is supported and that
> >> accepts a CAM module will work.
> >> Note: to do a service scan you need to apply a fix from trac ticket
> >> #3640 (at least for mythtv-0.22) and recompile.
> >
> > I using a couple of Mystique CaBiX-C2's which are KNC-ONE clones with
> > Alpacrypt classic CAM's in the former Casema region. HD works great. I
> > use MythTV 0.22 on Fedora from rpmfusion, no additional patches were
> > needed for me. Scanning works without problems.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jurgen
> >
> 
> Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I think ziggo are trying to phase
> out alphacrypt - at least if i understand this page correctly:
> https://www.ziggo.nl/#help/steljevraag/faq/2523 (Dutch isn't my first
> language, so maybe I've misunderstood it).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
Yes they are probably trying to phase out Alphacrypt CAM's and devices
which only support CI.
CI support on newer TV's (2009/2010) which support CI+ has been disabled
already. So CI modules no longer work in CI+ enabled TV's.

But they probably have to let users continue to use there current
Alphacrypt CAM modules in TV's and devices which only support CI's.
Otherwise they will have a lot of angry users. 

No guarantees of course...