[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-S with CI card to buy

[Flemming Frandsen <ff@partyticket.net>]

Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> I belive the CI interface for the budget cards is still experimental/unstable, 
> for something that has been around for ages and is rock solid you would get 
> the Hauppauge Nexus-S or Technotrend TT Premium (iirc).
Exelent, that's what I wanted to know.


> The Nexus has been rock solid here for about 1 1/2 years, with a conax cam + 
> canal digital scandinavia. And you also get 2 CI slots, the budget cards only 
> has one. They are a bit more expensive, since there's a mpeg decoder on there 
> in addition, but in my oppinion it's worth it.
Do those cards provide:
1) The raw un-descrambled stream?
2) The descrambled stream (so it's possible to scale it and output it
   with mplayer)?
3) The decoded frames?

How is the interface to the mpeg2 decoder? is it possible to decode any 
mpeg2 stream or does it only accept data from the card itself?

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