Re: [vdr] SKY and VDR

2009-07-31 Thread Torgeir Veimo
2009/8/1 Alex Fazzari :
> Thanks Morfsta, that's good to know.  I'll post a question in the DVBN
> forums to get more info.

How to use foxtel (sky) with newcs, opensasc-ng and a phoenix reader
has been discussed at austech.info recently. I think it's actually
easier to do than with a dragon cam, as vdr seems to have difficulties
communicating with the latter.

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Re: [vdr] SKY and VDR

2009-07-31 Thread Alex Fazzari
Thanks Morfsta, that's good to know.  I'll post a question in the DVBN
forums to get more info.

Cheers,
Alex

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Morfsta wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Alex Fazzari wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> What I'd like to do is get the stream straight to disk, preferably
>> including HD streams. Can I do this using a DVB-S card and a dragon
>> (or similar) cam with VDR?
>
> Alex,
>
> Encryption chat is off topic for this mailing list and let's keep the
> solution legal.
>
> All of that is feasibly possible, assuming a dragon cam supports the
> version of NDS encryption used in NZ. Though with a dragon cam you'll
> need to transfer your original viewing card to an official box for
> updates every month. Alternatively you could use a softcam and phoenix
> card reader alongside your original viewing card which will handle the
> monthly updates for you.
>
> For HD you'll need a later version of VDR that support DVB-S2 (if used
> in NZ) and H264.
>
> I recommend that you visit the DVBN forums which has a lot more
> information about what you are trying to achieve and would be the best
> place to ask questions on the subject.
>
> Regards,
>
> Morfsta
>
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Re: [vdr] SKY and VDR

2009-07-31 Thread Morfsta
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Alex Fazzari wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> What I'd like to do is get the stream straight to disk, preferably
> including HD streams. Can I do this using a DVB-S card and a dragon
> (or similar) cam with VDR?

Alex,

Encryption chat is off topic for this mailing list and let's keep the
solution legal.

All of that is feasibly possible, assuming a dragon cam supports the
version of NDS encryption used in NZ. Though with a dragon cam you'll
need to transfer your original viewing card to an official box for
updates every month. Alternatively you could use a softcam and phoenix
card reader alongside your original viewing card which will handle the
monthly updates for you.

For HD you'll need a later version of VDR that support DVB-S2 (if used
in NZ) and H264.

I recommend that you visit the DVBN forums which has a lot more
information about what you are trying to achieve and would be the best
place to ask questions on the subject.

Regards,

Morfsta

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[vdr] SKY and VDR

2009-07-31 Thread Alex Fazzari
Hi everyone,

I'm building a HTPC using xbmc and planning to use VDR to record and stream TV.

I'd like to use VDR to record from SKY using an existing subscription.
I'm based in NZ if that makes a difference.

Is it possible to do this without encoding the source using an analogue encoder?

What I'd like to do is get the stream straight to disk, preferably
including HD streams. Can I do this using a DVB-S card and a dragon
(or similar) cam with VDR?

If not, can someone clarify what the sky-plugin does? I'm not sure if
it works with a tv-card re-encodes the stream or if it just copies the
stream directly to disk.

Any thoughts on what hardware or software I'd need to make this happen
(if it's even possible) would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alex

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