[vdr] Re: What CAM for SECA2 (Canal Satellite) ?

[Patrick Gueneau <pgueneau@wanadoo.fr>]

Hi Laurent,

I am using an ASTON CAM (v1.05) with an old rev 1.3 Hauppauge card.

I had troubles trying to use VDR v1.2 with latest dvb driver (icam).
It only worked once (I haven't made many tests as I had to reboot very 
often during testing) using some changes made by Antonino Sergi (see 
and old post in October).

That's why I am still using vdr 1.04 with a modified driver using 
original TT firmware.

It is ok for me as I am just using this setup to record programs on my 
linux server and I am using another PC to replay recordings on TV.
But it won't replace a mediaguard decoder or a pilotime, as OSD is 
quite bad (half screen) and slow.

Maybe Antonino Sergi succeeded in patching VDR to fully support ASTON 
CAM and SECA2 ; I remember there was a problem with AudioTrack toggle.

Regards,

Patrick.

Le mercredi, 3 déc 2003, à 13:42 Europe/Paris, Laurent Farcy a écrit :

> Hi all,
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> I'm about to build my own vdr box in order to replace (for better :-)
> the official MediaGuard decoder for Canal Satellite here in France. I'm
> in the process of selecting the right components before moving forward.
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> Picking the right CAM seems to be tricky. I had a careful look at the
> cam support as described at 
> ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/cams.txt.
> Apparently, there's no choice (at least for me !). It will be a Magic
> Module since I want to decrypt SECA2-encrypted channels.
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> Could you please confirm ? Maybe cams.txt is not completely up to date.
> For instance, it does not confirm Magic Module is ok for vdr versions
> 1.2.x. I would be glad to get feedbacks from subscribers to Canal
> Satellite or Canal Digital.
>
> 2 more questions and I'm done :
> - I will go for a PCI CI attached to my Nova card. Is there any
> specific hardware version number I should be careful at ?
> - I understand PentaCrypt is the Magic Module firmware to use with VDR.
> But which version since 1.09 is outdated by 1.10 and 1.11 ?
>
> Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
>
> Cheers.
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> Laurent
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