Ben de Luca wrote:
DVICO FusionHDTV has stereo audio & SVHS input. the Lite version does not.
Hi
Can this card be used only for HDtv or can I plug my foxtel (after the decoder box) into it and record stuff ? Are there any box'es that can replace the foxtel box ?
The card might have Video in plug so u can capture from a set top box box but thats a lot of expense (cheaper capture cards exist). The card supports only SD and HD digital via Terrestrial transmitter.
Foxtel digital uses a proprietary encryption method to encode there material and at present known decryption tools, legal or not exist. You have to use a foxtel receiver.
Why not mail Chris directly if u have issues with the driver, I am sure he will respond.
it does sync the audio and video fairly well for a $200 non-professional tuner card.
there's more than just the encrypted video signal in foxtel digital (DVB-C) vs. Free to Air Digital TV (DVB-T), it's a new class of DVB hardware that is required + a few chips to decode the encrypted bandwidth feeds in hardware. it's easier to just record the Analogue Video from the Foxtel Digital set top box, and record the AC3/mpeg2 audio too.
DVICO and Twinhan have mentioned in passing they will support DVB-C for foxtel digital "soon" -- read that as "next century", it's largely dependent on how much cost/computational power/licensing fee is required to decode NDS VideoGuard, the encryption used to lock Foxtel Digital <http://www.foxtel.com.au/236_381.htm> , and the ability of the hardware to read the Foxtel SIM Card is another problem in itself.
on the other side, DVB-C hardware is relatively expensive as well, two PCI devices i have seen are the TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C, and the Hauppage WinTV DVB-C
The tangential problem of having hardware like this is...that it would require a dvb-c internal/external SIM Card reader that would read the contents of the smartcard that contains your personal ID for decoding content. since it's a form of DRM, the likelihood of NDS even considering it would be remote. this would be highly regarded as "a bad thing"for NDS, as you could very quietly open the encrypted content of the sim card while it's being operated, a la deCSS, etc. of course, NDS might license the Foxtel Digital hardware from the Set-Top-Box to an OEM manufacturer to play around with, so theres always hope for raw foxtel digital encodes.
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