[mythtv-users] HW CAMs, CI support, legal subscription viewing (DVB-S2)

[Dag Nygren]

söndag 17 januari 2010 15:09:07 skrev  Mark:
> David Kubicek wrote:
> > Hello to you all.
> >
> > I'm bringing up "the big" question - there is some general knowledge
> > about some cards' CI's (mostly KNC1) working with Linux - at least
> > Kaffeine, if not MythTV. Most of these reports are rather old so I
> > looked into MythTV sources and current dvbcam.cpp seems to support CAM
> > menus, selections, etc. I guess the developers came a long way since
> > those dark days. There must have been people actually testing this
> > code, I'm kindly asking these people and anybody else with some
> > experience to step up and share their tips. :) Like you, I don't want
> > to settle for less - MythTV is the best in this area.
> >
> > However, there aren't many DVB-S cards with CI slots supported by
> > Linux and my impression is that those which work are incompatible with
> > MythTV. I've searched and read the whole -dev and -users lists and it
> > seems to me that most MythTV enthusiasts are eventually forced to turn
> > to the "dark side" and end up using borderline-legal sortcam setups.
> > After that, nobody will respond to their questions, because such
> > discussions are forbidden here. I conclude that there are basically
> > two options - watch FTA (useless) or go rogue and loose all sympathy
> > and support, which is impractical to say the least. :)
> >
> > I'd like to prevent this happening to me. I'm going to build a new
> > MythTV box and I would prefer if everything was stable, clean, legal
> > and without non-documented hacks like DVB loop devices. MythTV code
> > shows there have been some development in this area and there were
> > people with some HW CAM's writing and testing the new code. This means
> > there really is a working HW CAM for MythTV. Also, with the majority
> > of people here against softcams, there must be many users with HW CAM
> > cards. I don't think people would have gone all the way to polish
> > (rather complicated) MythTV setups just for FTA viewing.
> >
> > My question, my plea is to hear from you what you've been through, how
> > you ended up realizing your setup and any tips along the way.
> > Everything to do with DVB-S2 (or even DVB-C) and MythTV. I really hope
> > to collect some hard-to-get information and put it up on the MythTV
> > wiki for other people like me. Please, do let me know.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > David Kubicek

> 
> You'll get no help here.  Go here:  dvbn.happysat.org.   Keep this stuff
> off list.


SIgh...

Dag