> > satellite. But only terrestrial, as far as I know, provides unencrypted > > content. The cable and satellite broadcasters do not provide CAMs for > > their encryptions: you must use their closed receiver boxes. > > You can get DVB and DVB-S cards that work in Linux and use the smart cards > www.linuxtv.org has digital pvr, card drivers and other tools (eg you need > java for this pile) Alan - the part of my post you quoated was in the context of the UK. I don't believe that there are CAMs available to decrypt Sky or NTL's digital cable? If I'm wrong I'd be very pleased to be corrected and will go shopping forthwith! For encrypted channels I have video come into the house in DVB format, convert to PAL video in the Sky/NTL box, and then recapture and convert back to mpeg. That really sucks compared to the DVB-T card. Steve
