From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f194.google.com ([209.85.221.194]:33036 "EHLO mail-qy0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751862Ab0ARNid (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:38:33 -0500 Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so118868qyk.4 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:38:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B5464BC.20001@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:40:12 -0400 From: Emmanuel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CI USB References: <3f3a053b1001021407k6ce936b8gd7d3e575a25e734d@mail.gmail.com> <3f3a053b1001021411i2e9484d7rd2d13f1a355939fe@mail.gmail.com> <846899811001021455u28fccb5cr66fd4258d3dddd4d@mail.gmail.com> <4B49D1A4.4040702@gmail.com> <1a297b361001100535u1875de01jfe2b724c6643dfc0@mail.gmail.com> <846899811001100728x27eaf4faqd83373dd16ef58d3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <846899811001100728x27eaf4faqd83373dd16ef58d3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: HoP a écrit : >> I don't know the details into the USB device, but each of those CAM's >> have bandwidth limits on them and they vary from one CAM to the other. >> Also, there is a limit on the number of simultaneous PID's that which >> you can decrypt. >> >> Some allow only 1 PID, some allow 3. Those are the basic CAM's for >> home usage.The most expensive CAM's allow a maximum of 24 PID's. But >> > > You, of course, ment number of descramblers not PIDS because it is evident > that getting TV service descrambled, you need as minimum 2 PIDS for A/V. > > Anyway, it is very good note. Users, in general, don't know about it. > > /Honza > Just a quick note here: you might want to post to the mythtv ML and the VDR one also (probably others but I dont know them off hand) and see how people feel about this. My guess is that quite a few potential users are on these ML, and the CI threads are recurrent there because of good dvb-s cards but without CI support. A usb-CI or equivalent HW + good drivers would allow people to pick the dvb-s(2) cards without worrying about CI support. HTH Bye Manu