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<blockquote data-quote="niooi" data-source="post: 72782" data-attributes="member: 186482"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I'm planning to buy 2 vdr cards Sat and Cable and make a linux box using softcam. I've been reading all over the net but it is time for me to ask several questions. </p><p></p><p>I/ If I buy a <a href="http://www.geosat.fr/asp-boutique/boutique/default.asp?x_prodid=6&x_rubrique=557&pp=1&x_soldelist=&x_newslist=&x_promolist=&x_accueil=&motscles=" target="_blank">GeoSat G3 Dish</a> with 3 LNBs it means I will get all the packages from those satellites and all the pay-per-view channels in it?:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #666666"><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>ASTRA 28.2°Est:</strong> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive"> Sky Digital</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">ASTRA 19.2°Est:</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive"> Digital + (Spanish Taquila MediaGuard)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive">Premiere</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive">CanalSatellite France</span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></strong><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>HOTBIRD 13°Est: </strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive"> TPS</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive">SkyItalia</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive">ABSAT</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Olive">Arabesque</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span> <span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <span style="color: Black">II/ Will Softcam be able to work on all those packages correctly? I know Dreambox is also a linux box but can it do the same exact job in terms of softcaming?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Blue"><em> [I know TPS is not working anymore since it uses Viacess2 but what about the rest of them]</em></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">II/ With a single Diseq card and a mutliple LNBs I can get them all if the card is Diseq too? Also I have read that DVB card needs 0.3 db LNBs instead of the usual 0.5-0.8 db LNBs Is it correct? Is a </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">III/ I want to get the cable in Paris. It uses TPS***. I have found some hex files for Gold, silver and MR cards. Can these hex files be converted into softcam? Is it compatible or those hex files are exclusively specific to a card?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Red">I have found a fun card to sfotcam converter but no goldcard to softcam. Any links?</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">IV/ From what I have read it seems vdr + sc using a Premium Card takes advantages of the card power to decypher. On the contrary, a budget card does softcam in a more complex manner. Is this correct? Premium is the way to go for softcam?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">V/ Is a MatrixCAM and the corresponding card (Matrix Card I guess) be able to replacer vdr +softcam to do all of the above packages? Are hex for such CAM and cards updated more regularly then a software equivalent?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">VI/ Do you think that if I'm able to make this work by girlfriend will quit me? ;p</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">Thanks a lot,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black">niooi</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="niooi, post: 72782, member: 186482"] Hello, I'm planning to buy 2 vdr cards Sat and Cable and make a linux box using softcam. I've been reading all over the net but it is time for me to ask several questions. I/ If I buy a [url="http://www.geosat.fr/asp-boutique/boutique/default.asp?x_prodid=6&x_rubrique=557&pp=1&x_soldelist=&x_newslist=&x_promolist=&x_accueil=&motscles="]GeoSat G3 Dish[/url] with 3 LNBs it means I will get all the packages from those satellites and all the pay-per-view channels in it?: [font=Verdana][size=2][color=#666666][color=DarkRed][b]ASTRA 28.2°Est:[/b] [/color][/color][/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2] [color=Olive] Sky Digital[/color] [/size][/font][color=DarkRed][b][font=Verdana][size=2]ASTRA 19.2°Est:[/size][/font][/b][/color][font=Verdana][size=2] [color=Olive] Digital + (Spanish Taquila MediaGuard)[/color][/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2][color=Olive]Premiere [/color][/size][/font][font=Verdana][size=2][color=Olive]CanalSatellite France[/color][/size][/font][b][font=Verdana][size=2] [/size][/font][/b][color=#666666][font=Verdana][size=2][color=DarkRed][b]HOTBIRD 13°Est: [/b][/color] [color=Olive] TPS SkyItalia ABSAT Arabesque[/color] [/size][/font][/color] [color=Black] [/color][color=#666666][font=Verdana][size=2] [color=Black]II/ Will Softcam be able to work on all those packages correctly? I know Dreambox is also a linux box but can it do the same exact job in terms of softcaming? [color=Blue][i] [I know TPS is not working anymore since it uses Viacess2 but what about the rest of them][/i][/color] II/ With a single Diseq card and a mutliple LNBs I can get them all if the card is Diseq too? Also I have read that DVB card needs 0.3 db LNBs instead of the usual 0.5-0.8 db LNBs Is it correct? Is a III/ I want to get the cable in Paris. It uses TPS***. I have found some hex files for Gold, silver and MR cards. Can these hex files be converted into softcam? Is it compatible or those hex files are exclusively specific to a card? [color=Red]I have found a fun card to sfotcam converter but no goldcard to softcam. Any links?[/color] IV/ From what I have read it seems vdr + sc using a Premium Card takes advantages of the card power to decypher. On the contrary, a budget card does softcam in a more complex manner. Is this correct? Premium is the way to go for softcam? V/ Is a MatrixCAM and the corresponding card (Matrix Card I guess) be able to replacer vdr +softcam to do all of the above packages? Are hex for such CAM and cards updated more regularly then a software equivalent? VI/ Do you think that if I'm able to make this work by girlfriend will quit me? ;p Thanks a lot, niooi [/color][/size][/font][/color] [/QUOTE]
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