Cablecard decoder hack

To receive any and all channels …. Let me know if your intrested. The single stream cards sort of boot as pcmcia cards then switch into a non standard mode the video stream passes thru them on non standard wires, only control and meta data goes over the vaguely pcmcia compatible bus. The multi stream cards can act as single stream cards but really like to boot in their own separate world that looks nothing like any normal pcmcia card and when doing multi stream stuff are completely incompatible — they do use the same connectors though ….

If you are in a market that analong will be switching to DTA on comcast you are in luck. You get yourself a Mythtv box and a good QAM tuner. Oh boy, 37 home shopping networks! Sadly, Microsoft in their infinite stupidity does NOT have this capability. Typically because they think anyone tuning in and recording QAM are dirty thieves. MythTv will record anything no matter what flag is set. Cablecard in essence is a bigger clusterfart than any other thing done by cable companies.

Most major brands like Panasonic refuse to support cablecard as well. The Copy Freely flag being opened up just means that you can also use those recordings on other media center PCs or have the ability to transcode for Zune for instance.

No transcoding, no portability. Regardless of that reply, I do see these cards being full of fail and constant firmware updates. CableCards are designed for a custom bus that just happens to use the same connector as pcmcia. Its no different than the Cybiko reusing the pcmcia connector for a completely incompatible bus. The card is just a decoder, it contains no RF circuitry.

I still receive basic channels on my non-HD TVs using just the old analog cable hookups without cable boxes, so I must be getting some signal? Here in the states we tend to have half mangled mandates regarding digital ip which regard corporate endeavor over progress, e. But that is not really the biggest problem.

Current solutions to that problem are flakey at best! Many digital TV watchers use techniques such as card sharing or internet key sharing to spread the cost of a Pay-TV subscription among tens or hundreds of people.

And you can buy blank smartcards online from places such as Alibaba. There are also dedicated forums online to help would-be criminals access satellite TV and Pay-TV without a subscription. The information is out there and is easy to access. Of course, anyone attempting to use the information has to be technically capable and adventurous.

Is it being done on an industrial scale? Perhaps in places such as China or South America. A lot of the hardware which enables or supports unlawful access to IT systems e. ATM card skimming — the illegal copying of information from the magnetic strip of a credit or ATM card appears to be coming from those regions. The Chinese government is trying to stop hacking and the systems which support it.

My opinion is that the skills required to hack these smartcards are beyond most wannabe pirates and hackers. Edition: Available editions Global. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. All-digital providers are free to encrypt or unencrypt anything they see fit, no matter how much anyone complains to the FCC about it.

So that change that you noticed how you all of a sudden can't pick anything up, that's why. The analog spectrum was eliminated, and what little unencrypted digital channels you picked up before, now have been encrypted. Comcast seems to have been the first to do this, Time warner is following suit already has in some areas , and all of the local cablecos eventually will too.

The reason being that it eliminates cable theft and when someone cancels service, they don't have to pay someone to snip the line - it becomes as simple as a checkbox on a computer screen. You aren't doing anything tricky. Our customer support and technicians have been telling people to do that since early 's at least.

The reps in your area just suck ass. If you use shit cable, you'll get shit service. If you use decent cable, you'll get the services you should be getting. If you use the cable of the gods sprinkled with fairy dust, you will still get the service you pay for.

If you want more, you'll have to do something illegal Very informative and well written post! Quite interesting and nice topic chosen for the post. Nice blog to know info Thanks for sharing this, can you guide about Mediacom pay to everyone.

Post a Comment. Oct 8, Hacking Digital Cable. Repost from article I did over at Rocket City Hackers Save money by using a QAM tuner to get HD local channels and anything else your cable provider left unencrypted including your neighbor's on demand purchases I have been wanting to get rid of directv.

The one thing that stops me is live sporting events, news, etc. This made it somewhat reasonable to get cable internet alone without bundling in phone or digital cable.