NETTV - Brazil - which CAM for FloppyDTV C/CI (1 Viewer)

[finrudd341]

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.0.0 RC3
MediaPortal Skin: Xface
Windows Version: Windows XP Pro SP3
CPU Type: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
HDD: 2 x Wester Digital WD10EACS 1000Gb (RAID 1) & 1 x Wester Digital WD1600Js 160GB boot drive
Memory: 2 x 2GB Kingston (cheap stuff) DDR2
Motherboard: Asustek P5E-V HDMI L775 Motherboard
Video Card: MOBO HDMI Output
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Realtek onboard
Sound Card AC3: optical output to AV Receiver
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Not got it yet - probably will be the FloppyDTV C/CI
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Starhub Cable (Singapore)
HTPC Case: Zalman HD160-XT PLUS Case Silver
Cooling: Zalman CNPS8500 LED CPU Fan
Power Supply: ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled 600W Modular PSU
Remote: Logitech Harmony 525
TV: Sharp Aquos 42"
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI to AV Receiver - to HDMI on LCD

Not sure if this is the right place, but I am about to start with my first TV card on MediaPortal, which is the FloppyDTV C/CI for a cable TV service in Brazil with NetTV.

I've had a look at a friends NetTV box, and it has a smart card in the back, so I will need a CAM of some sort for my card, but am struggling to know which one to use.

From searching the web, I can see that NetTV use CAM's by a company called Nagravision from the Kudelski Group, and the version of encryption is Nagra 2. I think this is an American company who have the contract for the NetTV boxes.

Can anyone suggest to me from this what type of CAM I need for my HTPC please? I am not really sure, but I sense there is some sort of legal question over the whole CAM issue, perhaps with companies not wanting people to be able to plug their service into an HTPC, where recording is possible. With this in mind, I assume that Nagravision are going to be unlikely to tell me which CAM I should use?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.



EDIT: some websites seem to suggest that the Matrix Reborn 308 CAM and Dragon 330 CAM will do the job, but nearly everything I can find is about cracking the Nagra2 encryption, where as all I want to do it use my legitimate smartcard in my HTPC, rather than in the set top box from NetTV.

 

[BugsBunny]

The Kudelski Group is swiss not american see: Kudelski Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Probably this is not the right forum to ask. There are other more specialized forums for cams and receivers.

 

[acgualbano]

Hi ! (Olá)

Dear friend,

Please, let me know if you are trying to watch NET or TELEFONICA through the Amazonas Satellite, 'cause NET use NDS cards Rev 3.0 in this case you can use MDIAPIFILTER with NDSCAM, all you have to do start TV Server, scan for your channel insert your card into the smartcard reader and nothing more... the plugin will automatically open the NDSCam and read your pay-tv package.

If you are trying to use it to watch Telefonica, you cant use this method, cause NDSCam doesn't work with Nagra, but you have a lot of other options do try, like vplug and s2emu. But, i can't tell you how to use this here, 'cause it's against the rules of the forum.

Best Regards.