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

Johan Heikkilä johan.heikkila at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 13:37:45 UTC 2010


2010/1/20 Johan <johan.vanderkolk at dommel.be>:
> Johan wrote:
>>
>> Martin Bene wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> As a matter of fact, I'd very much like to see some people who have
>>>> legal hardware CAM usage implemented in MythTV provide some information
>>>> to help people who want to use it (and whose providers allow it).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've got two myth boxes with CI/CAM/Subscription cars running:
>>>
>>> 0.21:
>>> * WinTV-NOVA-CI, DVB-S only (CI on daughter card)
>>> * Alphacrypt CAM
>>> * German SKY Subscription card
>>> * Austrian ORF channels also unlocked by SKY Card
>>>
>>> Has been up for ages and works without any problems. Has two additional
>>> TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-S Cards for FTA. Used to have a 2nd NOVA-CI with
>>> CI/CAM, no problem with that setup either
>>>
>>> 0.22:
>>> * TT 3200, DVB-S + DVB-S2, (CI on daughter card)
>>> * Alphacrypt CAM
>>> * German SKY Subscription card
>>> * Austrian ORF channels also unlocked by SKY Card
>>>
>>> Have been using this since November, also works without problems.
>>> Multirec with 2 Recorders works for decoding 2 streams from the same
>>> transponder. Encrypted ORF1/2 HD, DVB-S2 also work.
>>>
>>> 0.22:
>>> * TT 3200, DVB-S + DVB-S2, (CI on daughter card)
>>> * ORF Cryptoworks CAM
>>> * ORF Subscriber Card
>>>
>>> This worked after using the ORF Card in a stand-alone receiver and kept
>>> working for just a few weeks in mythtv; looks like the automatic extension
>>> of subscription doesn't work correctly, need to plug the card into a
>>> standalone receiver every few weeks for ~ 30 minutes to reenable the
>>> subscription.
>>>
>>> I didn't try to access any CAM Menus via Mythtv - I set up the
>>> CAMs/Smartcards using gnutv -cammenu and turned off pin protection there.
>>>
>>> Bye, Martin
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>>>
>>>
>>
>> So far, there are just a few cards reported here that support a CI under
>> Linux. Even worse, most cards are from TechnoTrend, a company that went
>> bankrupt last year.
>> They have been taken over by ttgoerler, (www.ttgoerler.com) who seems to
>> discontinue the PC card receiver line.
>>
>> Hauppauge seems to use the USB CI for all new cards.
>>
>> The only working DVB-S2 card according to the replies, is the discontinued
>> TT 3200. (The TT-3200 was my first choice, but no local supplier could
>> deliver, and they stated that they could not re-stock the card)
>>
>> Johan
>>
>> Correction: TTGoerler still shows the PC card line on their webpage. I
>> don't know why suppliers have re-stocking problems. Need to do some more
>> research why some shops are claiming they can't (or won't restock)
>

This document lists several cards supposed to work. Interesting and
good document. The document is an overview of requirements for an IPTV
head-end and mentions also MythTV.

http://www.slideshare.net/tkernen/home-brew-iptv-head-end


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