Matrox & HBO Channel

[Kacho]

Hi all!
Does somebody knows something about decoding the HBO Channel with Marvel G400. I've found some things like DScaler but it's compatible only with bt848, bt849 or bt878 chip cards & not with Matrox.
Pls put some info if U know something!
Thanks

[Dr Mordrid]

You try putting a cable box between the cable and the Marvel?

Dr. Mordrid

[dZeus]

yeah I don't understand what the exact problem is..

is the output of the cable box incompatible with the Marvel? I thought that tv-signal = tv-signal, so it should work?

[Elie]

I think Kacho doesn't have a Box and wants to decode those channels, you know those that are scrambled from the cable company.

Sorry I don't have any idea how, I knew about a software or a driver a while back but I totally forgot.

Regards,
Elie

[Kacho]

Yes, Elie's right. I mean to decode with some software the channel. I know it's possible & especially with that other kind of cards - bt848, bt849 or bt878. Many friends told me they use DScaler with a plug-in. But when I tried to run it it said that I don't have a compatible device. I've seen the program running & it decoded the HBO quite good - I mean U can watch it but first there are enough settings to do.

[dZeus]

I know what you meant (and I'm sure Doc M. did too), but I was hoping you knew better.

descrambling without a box is like... illegal?

Warez and stuff is prohibited on this forum.

[mmp121]

What about those of us who legally have digital cable and want to use our TV tuner cards to decode those channels over 100?

I'm not talking about satellite, I mean the digital channels. I know I can't go above channel 125 on my AIW 9700 Pro. I just wish I could at least get the most out of my digital cable.

[dZeus]

like Doc said, plug the decoder box into the s-video or composite input of your capture card?

[mmp121]

I was hoping that there would be a way to either bypass it, or hook up the PC to the cable box to change the channels on the box via the PC. At least that way I would be able to have SOME control over the box.

Ahhh well, its probably not that simple anyhow.

[Kacho]

I'sorry dZeus!
I didn't mean to do piracy. I'm just currious why that progs don't work on Zoran chips & because there are some others like iuVCR etc. that gives the same error - incompatible or no TV card or capture. I think a Zoran based card like Matrox is much better than the others (at least was in the past with its HW MJpeg).
I put HBO just because people usually use that progs for decoding it & not for capture & edit video.

[KRSESQ]

This is a little off topic, but I once captured a PPV channel with my Marvel. The scrambled picture was a photographic negative of what it should have been, but otherwise perfect. I inverted the colors in Premiere and dumped it out to tape and I still have it somewhere.

Don't ask me the title. It was some dumb skin flick.

Kevin

BTW the only way I can think of doing what Kacho wants is to bypass the Marvel tuner completely, and bring the signal from your external tuner in through the Line-In. If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas!