looks good :) Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Re: Watching TV WAS DVB cards in nz?
> http://tvtime.sf.net/ > > woo, wonderful!! > > 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 ! > > > > > > > >
