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
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Alex Fazzarialex.fazzari@gmail.com 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
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, Morfstamorfsta@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Alex Fazzarialex.fazzari@gmail.com 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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2009/8/1 Alex Fazzari alex.fazzari@gmail.com:
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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