Hello, As far as I can tell you need to buy any ISO 7816 standard smartcard reader like this on on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5173799541&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT I intend to buy one of these cards very soon and attempt to get it working with mythtv as this howto mentions that there is limited CAM support: http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb3.html I'm using a budget cx88 dvb-t card on Ubuntu. I'll let you know how it goes - might take me a while tho ;) Also there may be a way to use a smartcard reader/writer to gain these encrpted channels for free, but that's a whole other story..... Regards, > Hey Gavin, > > I saw your post re encrypted Freeview channels. I have an Avermedia 771 > DVB-T card under Fedora. Is a 'CAM' something I can plug in in addition to > the AverMedia ? Or does it require a 'ACM' enabled DVB card in the first > place ? > > Thanks. > > Matthew > > > > > Gavin Hamill <gdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent by: linux-dvb-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx > 12/03/2005 15:37 > > To > Soyeb Aswat <soyeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > cc > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject > Re: [linux-dvb] Encrypted UK Freeview channels > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 03:27:55PM +0000, Soyeb Aswat wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Does anyone know how the encrypted UK Freeview channels are encrypted? >> Has anyone tried a subscription card with one of the DVB-CI cards >> supported by linux? If so which DVB card did you use and did it work? >> ?7/month is an excellent deal, but I wanna know if it'll work first. > > Hi :) > > Yep they're using MediaGuard 7.6 (more popularly known as "SECA 2") and > you can either use their own CAM for ?40, or any other SECA 2-compatible > CAM. > > I haven't personally used one with Linux but there's zero reason why it > shouldn't work. > > It's ?7.99 a month, but just be aware that you only get 4 channels extra > at any one time - they share time slots so e.g. you won't get any > cartoons after 6pm etc. :) > > Cheers, > Gavin. > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the uuNet Internet Managed > Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb --- A.R.Haswell
