vdrmail@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>Tomas Prybil wrote: >> >>>Hi list! >>> >>>C+ are now starting up a new channel with films in HDTV format named C >>>MORE HD on their Scandinavian feed from Thor. I'm interested in trying >>>to record and later have a look at this. >>>I've understand (and seen) that the FF cards are unable to handle the >>>feed itself and I therefore need to get a budget card. >>> >>>Now to the Q: Can the budget card use the CA inserted in the FF card in >>>order to decrypt the stream? >> >>No, that's not possible (AFAIK). >> >>But a FF card might be possible to _record_ the stream, even >>though it can't _replay_ it. The limiting factor here is the >>MPEG decoder. Haven't tried this, though. > > > The followup Q would then be how? I've tried to use a timer to record the > channel, but vdr shuts down. > > Jul 24 17:01:13 piglet vdr[23750]: transfer thread started (pid=23750, > tid=327686) > Jul 24 17:01:13 piglet vdr[23636]: timer 4 (694 1701-2001 '@TITLE > EPISODE') start > Jul 24 17:01:13 piglet vdr[23636]: waiting for EPG info... > Jul 24 17:01:13 piglet vdr[23751]: receiver on device 1 thread started > (pid=23751, tid=344071) > Jul 24 17:01:13 piglet vdr[23752]: TS buffer on device 1 thread started > (pid=23752, tid=360456) > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23636]: no EPG info available > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23636]: record > /video/@C_MORE_HD__/2005-07-24.17:01.50.99.rec > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23636]: creating directory /video/@C_MORE_HD__ > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23636]: creating directory > /video/@C_MORE_HD__/2005-07-24.17:01.50.99.rec > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23636]: recording to > '/video/@C_MORE_HD__/2005-07-24.17:01.50.99.rec/001.vdr' > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23753]: file writer thread started (pid=23753, > tid=376841) > Jul 24 17:01:17 piglet vdr[23754]: recording thread started (pid=23754, > tid=393226) > Jul 24 17:01:22 piglet vdr[23754]: ERROR: no useful data seen within > 10687236 byte of video stream > Jul 24 17:01:22 piglet vdr[23754]: initiating emergency exit > Jul 24 17:01:22 piglet vdr[23636]: emergency exit requested - shutting down Maybe the stream is encrypted? Klaus