[vdr] Digital Devices (Linux 4 Media) 4 port (8 tuner) octopus/Duoflex experiences

[Lars Hanisch]

Am 27.11.2012 10:46, schrieb Ralph Metzler:
> Halim Sahin writes:
>  > Hi,
>  > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 09:20:30PM +0100, Lars Hanisch wrote:
>  > > Hi,
>  > > 
>  > > Am 26.11.2012 20:10, schrieb Halim Sahin:
>  > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 06:20:56PM +0100, Lars Hanisch wrote:
>  > > >>  My DVB-C/T card is working here for months with no problems. Second
>  > > >>  dual tuner is ordered... :)
>  > > > 
>  > > > What about cam support in vdr for this card???
>  > > 
>  > >  It's not implemented yet. You can however redirect the input of one
>  > >  tuner through the ci, so you can decrypt one
>  > > transponder.
>  > 
>  > Well this is not good news for users in germany because without a
>  > working cam, you can't watch much channels with dvb-c.
>  > Don't know but I can't understand, why cam
>  > handling must be done in userspace for these new cards.
> 
> CI works fine with the redirect mentioned above. You do not need any 
> copying in userspace in this case. 
> 
> What could be supported, and this is not possible with any other DVB PCIe card
> hardware I know of, is that an encrypted stream is sent from 
> memory/hard disk/network to the CI and back for decryption.

 I started a plugin to get support of the CI (including MTD) into vdr. But for now no luck so far.
 I use the CAM handling of the vdr and write the TS packets to the sec device. But reading from it will block and
nothing will be decrypted. But I have to learn more about the whole CI/CAM stuff...

Lars.

> 
> Regards,
> Ralph
> 
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