hey guys,this is a rough guide to get this working, ill edit it and tweak it over the next few weeks. but some people have asked how to get this working and instead of PMing everyone, here it is (very rough, i will improve it, and writing all from memory so my terminology might be a little off).
I'll start with this: This is not meant to help you steal cable/paid television, i have no idea how you would do that, I have no desire to do that or help anyone do that. This is meant if you want to "have one box to rule them all". I dont want have to change inputs on my tv, not be able to stop watching a recording in the lounge and continue in the bedroom. I want a sexy interface and be able to view that on every machine/tv in the house.
Hardware
im using a "OMNIKEY 1021 USB" as my card reader that I bought off ebay for $17.99 + $2 shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/tuutu5/m.html?_n...m270.l1313
only one I used and works well with Sky Digital in NZ.
I got a TBS card reader when I bought my quad tuner card from buydvb.net, but that burnt out the chip on my smart card. i think the settings/switches were wrong on it. The omnikey one doesn't have any settings, so no options to "fry your card" like the buydvb one.
Step 1. Oscam
oscam is a windows server with a web frontend. this handles the card reader side of things. you can use this instead of newcs (i found oscam easier). MDAPI plugins will connect to this service for decrypting the signal.
You need to setup users oscam so an mdapi plugin can connect to the server, much like a gmail account, username and password. My setup is i have a username/password for each instance and card. so I have 4 instances and a quad tuner, my usernames details are
tuner1a password
tuner1b password
tuner1c password
etc
Step 2. NextPVR
next pvr uses a mdapi plugin to do some magic, you need to enable multidec/CAM for the cards you want to tune decrypted channels. and specify how many streams you can record at once, I used 4.
Once you have done that nextpvr will create a "MDPlugins" directory with a folder for each tuner and instance/stream. in every one of those folders you need to put the acamd and a configuration file using the server details of oscam, username:password for each tuner/instance and the port etc. [ill expand on this later]
next pvr also requires a ffdecsa.dll in the root npvr directory (the c:\program files one, not the c:\users\public one). not sure what this does, but it needs it (all pvrs seem to)
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post377803
you *may* also need to install "mdapifilter 2009 v3", for the record and mediaportal require this so I assumed next pvr does aswell.
Basic Overview
[CARD Reader] <--> [OSCAM Server] <--> [ACAMD Plugin] <--> [NextPVR]
nextpvr loads acamd.
acamd talks to oscam for decrypting
oscam uses card to decrytion keys.
then goes back down the chain.
the hardest part for me was the configuration file for the acamd tuners, that each tuner had a different user, what to put into those settings. i'll upload samples of my configuration files later (dont have them on this computer).
hope that makes a little sense....
err i hope this post is ok, if its not, and too much in the grey area, I understand if you need to delete it.
I'll start with this: This is not meant to help you steal cable/paid television, i have no idea how you would do that, I have no desire to do that or help anyone do that. This is meant if you want to "have one box to rule them all". I dont want have to change inputs on my tv, not be able to stop watching a recording in the lounge and continue in the bedroom. I want a sexy interface and be able to view that on every machine/tv in the house.
Hardware
im using a "OMNIKEY 1021 USB" as my card reader that I bought off ebay for $17.99 + $2 shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/tuutu5/m.html?_n...m270.l1313
only one I used and works well with Sky Digital in NZ.
I got a TBS card reader when I bought my quad tuner card from buydvb.net, but that burnt out the chip on my smart card. i think the settings/switches were wrong on it. The omnikey one doesn't have any settings, so no options to "fry your card" like the buydvb one.
Step 1. Oscam
oscam is a windows server with a web frontend. this handles the card reader side of things. you can use this instead of newcs (i found oscam easier). MDAPI plugins will connect to this service for decrypting the signal.
You need to setup users oscam so an mdapi plugin can connect to the server, much like a gmail account, username and password. My setup is i have a username/password for each instance and card. so I have 4 instances and a quad tuner, my usernames details are
tuner1a password
tuner1b password
tuner1c password
etc
Step 2. NextPVR
next pvr uses a mdapi plugin to do some magic, you need to enable multidec/CAM for the cards you want to tune decrypted channels. and specify how many streams you can record at once, I used 4.
Once you have done that nextpvr will create a "MDPlugins" directory with a folder for each tuner and instance/stream. in every one of those folders you need to put the acamd and a configuration file using the server details of oscam, username:password for each tuner/instance and the port etc. [ill expand on this later]
next pvr also requires a ffdecsa.dll in the root npvr directory (the c:\program files one, not the c:\users\public one). not sure what this does, but it needs it (all pvrs seem to)
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post377803
you *may* also need to install "mdapifilter 2009 v3", for the record and mediaportal require this so I assumed next pvr does aswell.
Basic Overview
[CARD Reader] <--> [OSCAM Server] <--> [ACAMD Plugin] <--> [NextPVR]
nextpvr loads acamd.
acamd talks to oscam for decrypting
oscam uses card to decrytion keys.
then goes back down the chain.
the hardest part for me was the configuration file for the acamd tuners, that each tuner had a different user, what to put into those settings. i'll upload samples of my configuration files later (dont have them on this computer).
hope that makes a little sense....
err i hope this post is ok, if its not, and too much in the grey area, I understand if you need to delete it.
but am wondering if I should move it into the NextPVR specific documumentation thread? Of course if it is too much of a grey area I may be over-ruled. But we are talking 
