Aidan Thornton wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Recap: I said I'd notify the list when the spec was released for the >> Hauppauge CI device. >> >> Hello! >> >> http://www.smardtv.com/index.php?page=dvbci&rubrique=specification >> >> Looks like SmartDTV have finally got something out of the door. Put your >> email address in their database and they'll email you the PDF with full >> command interface describing the protocol. >> >> Regards, >> >> - Steve > > Hi, > > I'm not sure how that's relevant. It seems to be the spec for > something called CI+, intended to prevent unauthorised systems from > getting access to the decrypted stream coming out the CAM and ensure > only authorised host devices can use CAMs. I expect open source > software will be able to make use of this stuff approximately when > hell freezes over. If this catches on, say hello to more copy > protection and bye-bye to being able to use CAMs under Linux! A subset of the spec will work with the CI USB device, for those that are interested. - Steve _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
