[mythtvnz] Sky->smart card reader->MythTV ???

[Kenneth Dixon]

Thanks Kristian, interesting stuff. I will advise my bro
that it might be feasible and hope he takes up the
challenge.

Ken  


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> > My brother was interested in setting up a MythTV box, he
> > has Sky but is not keen on IR Blasting.
> > After some investigation, it looks like it might be
> > possible to skip the middleman (Sky decoder box) and use
> > a smart card reader plugged directly into the MythTV box
> > to do the decoding. There are a couple of NZ forums
> > doing it for Windows and I found an Ausie site with a
> > howto for Linux:
>
http://omcentre.com.au/Getting-Pay-TV-to-Work-With-MythTV.102.0.html
> >
> 
> It's kind of in the gray legally, but with alot of
> providers it's   possible, and you only get
> the channels you pay for. Why it's in the gray is mostly
> because the   tv-companies lose control
> (and of course the possibility of sharing cards etc.). In
> my world,   though, it's as legal as you make it.
> 
> I can confirm this works, with programs/modules called
> newcs, open-sasc-ng and a usb-cardreader - though I can
> not confirm it works with Sky, I live   in Norway, and use
> it to decode my DVB-C channels. It can be a pain to get up
> and running, though, and I don't know the   policy of this
> list, so I won't go into details here and risk being sued
> by the tv-companies ;) Can point   you to a link for
> installing sasc-ng, though, the rest of the pieces are
> easily found with some googling, I would think.
> 
> http://dolot.kipdola.com/index.php?title=Install_SASC-NG
> 
> 
> -Kristian
> 
> > Has anyone on the list tried this technique?
> > If so how did it go?
> >
> > Thanks, Ken
> >
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