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<blockquote data-quote="starmat" data-source="post: 263835" data-attributes="member: 70206">Hi Guys,I have some problems and i hope you can help me solve them.Problem 1 (with MEDIA PORTAL): Setting up digital Cable - set top boxI used media portal to watch movies and online videos, but now i bought a hauppauge tv card.Now i would like to set media portal up so i can watch tv on the computer. It is a digital cable box.So, i re-installed media portal with the tv server (i heard you would need that), and i tried to scan the channels. Thats where it starts to give me trouble. I am unable to find any channels when i do the scan. Normally i would look for one channel in my case channel 3 (on the tv) and then i would be able to see the digital cable channels.I have tried other software for example MCE and the hauppauge software they all set it up correctly.Please help me, i know there where other topics regarding this issue, but it seems not to work with me.Problem 2 (with MCE VISTA): DRM issues regarding digital cable movie channelsI hooked up my digital cable box that came with my provider (shaw) to my computer.When i run mce vista, i am able to record and watch normal tv shows without any problems.As soon as i switch over to a &quot;movie channel&quot; (the channels that only play movies like movie central), i am able to watch it for a couple of seconds, then vista displays a message saying &quot; your cable provider has restricted access to this channel'.Hmmm. i am paying for these channels so i called them up to find out what is going on.They told me that it is the DRM. Normal tv channels dont have a drm built in, but movie channels do.All i want to do is to watch these channels on my computer.Any help will be greatly appreciated.Thank youMatthias</blockquote>

[QUOTE="starmat, post: 263835, member: 70206"] Hi Guys, I have some problems and i hope you can help me solve them. [B]Problem 1 (with MEDIA PORTAL): Setting up digital Cable - set top box[/B] I used media portal to watch movies and online videos, but now i bought a hauppauge tv card. Now i would like to set media portal up so i can watch tv on the computer. It is a digital cable box. So, i re-installed media portal with the tv server (i heard you would need that), and i tried to scan the channels. Thats where it starts to give me trouble. I am unable to find any channels when i do the scan. Normally i would look for one channel in my case channel 3 (on the tv) and then i would be able to see the digital cable channels. I have tried other software for example MCE and the hauppauge software they all set it up correctly. Please help me, i know there where other topics regarding this issue, but it seems not to work with me. [B]Problem 2 (with MCE VISTA): DRM issues regarding digital cable movie channels[/B] I hooked up my digital cable box that came with my provider (shaw) to my computer. When i run mce vista, i am able to record and watch normal tv shows without any problems. As soon as i switch over to a "movie channel" (the channels that only play movies like movie central), i am able to watch it for a couple of seconds, then vista displays a message saying " your cable provider has restricted access to this channel'. Hmmm. i am paying for these channels so i called them up to find out what is going on. They told me that it is the DRM. Normal tv channels dont have a drm built in, but movie channels do. All i want to do is to watch these channels on my computer. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you Matthias [/QUOTE]

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