Steve Hill writes: > > I've been Googling and not been able to find an answer so I'm hoping > someone here will be able to help me: > > Various DVB cards support plugging a separate CI slot into them so you can > use a CAM to view encrypted channels. As I understand it, the CI slot is > actually a PCMCIA slot, so the question is: can you just plug a CAM into a > normal PCMCIA or CardBus slot, grab the encrypted stream from the DVB card > and then send it through the CAM? > > The advantages would seem to be: > 1. Cards which have no support for a common interface seem to be quite a > bit cheaper > 2. You could have multiple receiver cards recording simultaneously and > then decrypt the data at a later date so that you only need a single CAM > and viewing card. (I believe the Sky+ box does this - only decrypting the > data when you play it) > > If you can plug a CAM directly into a PCMCIA slot, is there already any > software support for doing it or would new drivers need to be written? Sorry, this is all not possible and has been discussed before. Ralph
