DVBServer

[Kevin Bishop]

I have dual Technotrend Cards in my HTPC running DVBViewer 3.9

 

I would like 'idealy' to have a second PC access the satellite channels across the network, at the same time as viewong them on teh host PC. I have got the webserver working, but if I change a channel from the web, it changes on the HTPC.

 

I haven't got DVBServer working yet, because the first thing it says in the instructions is that you must not have DVBViewer running. Presumably only one application (Viewer or Server) can access the tuners at a time, but can I load DVBServer on my HTPC, then run DVBViewer - accessing DVBServer on the same PC, then access DVBServer from another PC at the same time?

 

Or is there another way?

 

Or is this not possible?

[Lars_MQ]

but can I load DVBServer on my HTPC, then run DVBViewer - accessing DVBServer on the same PC, then access DVBServer from another PC at the same time?

That's the way it works. the local DVBViewer acts like a networked client.

[Kevin Bishop]

That's the way it works. the local DVBViewer acts like a networked client.

I have tried DVB Server and it does work, but not for encrypted channels. If I do not select CI module on the Unicast network settings on the client, it displays 'no hardware' if I do select CI module, I get no picture.

 

Encrypted channels are fine on the HTPC (local to the technotrend S3200 cards & CI Module and DVB server)

 

Should encrypted channels work for netwrok streaming?

[Lars_MQ]

ofcourse they do. I use it myself. But remember only one channel at a time can be decrypted by the CAM.

[Kevin Bishop]

Thats odd because I could not view any encrypted channels on the remote client and the client on the HTPC could only access a single card, even when it was the only client running, which means I cannot record one channel and watch another.

 

Can you please clarify? If you can only decrypt one channel - is that on any one client, or between them all?

Edited November 26, 2007 by Kevin Bishop

[Lars_MQ]

I rephrase it: The CAM of the dvb-card in the server can only decrypt one channel.

this means: if you have one server with one card/CAM and 5 clients, all clients can only watch the same encypted channel.

[Kevin Bishop]

I read in various other articles (mostly referring to Vista MC) that a single CI could decrypt for both cards. I assumed that was hardware controlled and would be the case with DVBW.

 

I guess I was wrong :-(

[Derrick]

The Common Interface is hardwired between the tuner and the rest of the card. There is no way possible to make the module available for another card. Neither with vista nor xp nor linux.. You'll need a different hardware architecture. The USB_CI could be a solution but for the time being it's not working with the DVBViewer and I don't know whether the bundled applications will support more than one card. But even then, it will be limited to one transponder at a time

[sanderik]

How is it than possible that I can change the channels on 3 different clients?

 

I only have one card from TVVLAANDEREN (Belgium) and all the channels are encrypted.

I use a FireDTV DVB-S with only 1 CI-slot on one server PC and have only one simm-card from TvVlaanderen.

I have select channel 'één' on one PC and record on the same time.

On the second PC I have selected 'VTM' and record on the same time.

The third PC I selected 'Ketnet' and recorded this too on the same time.

 

If it can be done as you mentioned, what can be the reason that this works here?

[Kevin Bishop]

sanderik ,

 

With help from others on the forum, I have configured the server and multiple clients and I can change channels on the clients, however I can only view/record a single encrypted channel at any one time. I was under the impression (from where I do not recall) that The CI module on the TTS2 3200 was shared between the cards, permitting the decryption of two channels simultaneously. However It seems I was missled somewhere along the line.

 

I am interested if you have 3 clients watching different encrypted channels at the same time....

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin.

[sanderik]

sanderik ,

 

With help from others on the forum, I have configured the server and multiple clients and I can change channels on the clients, however I can only view/record a single encrypted channel at any one time. I was under the impression (from where I do not recall) that The CI module on the TTS2 3200 was shared between the cards, permitting the decryption of two channels simultaneously. However It seems I was missled somewhere along the line.

 

I am interested if you have 3 clients watching different encrypted channels at the same time....

 

Thanks,

 

Kevin.

 

Hi Kevin,

 

I spoke today a specialist (our distributor in satellite stuff) and he said that the reason for the receipt of the different channels at the same time is the same principle as card-sharing.

As he said too card sharing is allowd and legal if you use this privately.

 

Otherwise I should say that I don't know anything about card-sharing.

 

Also I found out today that the third PC (stream) sometimes hangs.

 

regards

(sand)Erik

[Kevin Bishop]

(sand)Erik,

 

Thanks for the update, I have looked into card sharing, but unfortunately Sky Digital in the UK uses videoguard encryption, which doesn't seem to support card sharing, or at least nobody has found a way around it yet....

 

I think I will have to buy a second card to do this properly. Again Sky have the edge here in that they insist a multi-room card is connected to the same phone line, so they can check both cards are at the same address (that means the card has to be in the sky box). So I will have to pay for a full second card, CI and CAM :-(

 

Kevin.

[Derrick]

Before this is developing further in the wrong direction (CS is at least infringing the subscription contract) I will close this topic