MDAPI support update

[sub]

There is another problem with this filter. Annoyingly they've changed the definition of the IMDAPIFilter interface several times. This will lead to crashes if you have you use a version of filter that has a different IMDAPIFilter interface definition to that which the application using application was compiled for. Because of this, you cant just update the version of mdapifilter.ax and hope the application will continue to work unchanged.

They should have instead added additional versioned interfaces like IMDAPIFilter2 or IMDAPIFilterEx or something similiar.

[varesino]

Do you think that having the latest source code of the filter could you lead up to a good solution? Look at the attachment.

Now, if you want and without any obbligation, you can integrate a optimized version of the filter your installation package or made it avaiable as a separate download and add a line in the release note explaining the advantages of this upgrade.

Regards
Varesino

[Reddwarf]

What exactly does this filter do? Can I use it to watch encrypted TV-channels on my cable-tv network?

[sub]

Yes, if you have the correct multidec plugins installed and configured. I only want to discuss the plumbing of this here on the GB-PVR forums. If you want to find out what sort of systems can be decrypted, and what plugins and keys you need etc, this sort for stuff is better discussed elsewhere (try the DVBN forums).

[Reddwarf]

Thanks, just curious

[varesino]

Hi sub,
mbb restarted the development of the mdapifilter just today, releasing a new version (2.06) that restart the project from the 2.05 source.
http://dvbn.happysat.org/viewtopic.php?p=266436#266436

Also in this version there is the delay on startup we discussed earlier, so I posted your modified code asking to insert it in the next release.

I hope to receive some good news soon.

regards
Varesino

[varesino]

Hi sub,

I saw in dvbn that you have not a tortoisesvn environment ready to manage a diff file.
I made this job for you, new patched source can be found as attachment.

I hope this can help you.

[sub]

Cheers - I'll take a look a little later today.

[sub]

Hi sub,

I saw in dvbn that you have not a tortoisesvn environment ready to manage a diff file.
I made this job for you, new patched source can be found as attachment.

I hope this can help you.

I just went to look into that delay, but found this source is still the unpatched source. It doesnt contain mbb's changes.

[varesino]

I double checked to zip file attached in my previous message and from what I can see in file decrypter.cpp at line 118 patch seems applied. Could be that it is the wrong place?
I used Tortoisemerge utility to do the job, no manual intervention was needed by me.

Could you please reconfirm that the file is not patched?