[mythtv] [PATCH] Enable recording of encrypted channels without decrypting them first.

Stuart Auchterlonie stuarta at squashedfrog.net
Fri Jul 9 09:09:01 UTC 2010


On 09/07/2010 01:42, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a patch that lets one record encrypted channels without
> decrypting them first.
> It also includes the ECM PID so that the recording can be later
> decrypted at playback time.
> The main advantage of this is that one can then record as many
> encrypted channels as one has tuners, and then later, using the
> correct smart card, decrypt them while playing them back.
> In this way, you only have to decrypt one channel at a time.
>
> I would be interested to find out if this patch breaks anything.
>
> Kind Regards
>

I may be missing something. but what is the point of creating
ProcessEncTSPacket ???

An encrypted TS packet isn't any different from a normal TS packet
apart from the data portion being encrypted, as such the ProcessTSPacket
could be used instead?


Regards
Stuart Auchterlonie


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