Re: WinTV-CI from Hauppauge

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Steven Toth wrote:
> Per Olofsson wrote:
>> Steven Toth wrote:
>>>> Can I ask you then, would it be possible to use the WinTV-CI with
>>>> other cards
>>>> than Hauppauge's own? Could it be used with multiple tuners?
>>>>
>>> Under Linux? You should be able to do whatever you like once a GPL
>>> driver is available.
>> Right, under Linux, that's what I meant. I was wondering because other CI's are
>> usually tied to a specific tuner card and cannot decode anything else which is
>> not passing through it.
> 
> Agreed. Except the Hauppauge products is a fairly straight-forward USB 
> device. With the right driver it is able to decode _ANY_ transport 
> stream feed through it, providing that the correct CAM and subscriber 
> card are inserted.
> 
> Check the retail packaging for a ist of which cams are supported.

I believe there may be a misunderstanding here.

>From what I have read, Per is wanting to use the card as a
'decryption engine' for a multiple receiving card setup,
using only 1 CI / CAM / Smartcard. As far as I am aware,
there are no DVB cards that can do this.

Cheers,

Allan.

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