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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:49:46 +1300 Luuk Paulussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Nope sky via telstra comes as a encoded mpeg?? or similar (iirc) > >stream via their cable service ...as the net is via the same link I > >was wondering if since im subscribed anyhow , wether there is > >anything that will decode on the fly (on the local machine) from the > >incoming stream....if that makes any sense at all ...so effectivly I > >can forward to the likes of mplayer or xine in a window ..... > > You would have to split the cable before the cable modem, as the cable > modem filters out all the traffic except for the data and converts > that into ethernet traffic (AFAIK) > > I know some channels like sky1 and the program guide and probably more > are definitely not encrypted as my flatmate has had them on his TV > with a splice before the decoder. > > Also the sky channels like sport and movies can be purchased > seperately from telstra, and switched on and off just by ringing them > up (for a price) so I assume they either change something in the > decoder via special signals through the cable or they stop the stream > before it gets there. If the channel is not enabled it shows > previews, so I would lean towards the second option, unless there is a > default channel which it goes to if it can't decrypt the incoming > transmission. > > HTH > > Luuk > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out the Xtra gaming servers at http://xtramsn.co.nz/gaming ! > >
