Sky HD Broadcasts in the UK

Author: baby hum
Date: 27-Jan-2007, 3:07 PM

Author: baby hum
Time: 27-Jan-2007 3:07 PM
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Here's a technical question. I've downloaded an HD copy of Star Wars Shortened from Usenet in it's original .TS format. I'd like to know how it's possible to grab the HD signal from Sky HD transmissions before I invest in Sky HD myself. I know Sky+ SD is encrypted in a way that you can't rip the files from the internal hard drive, but is this different with Sky HD?

Author: Moth3r
Time: 29-Jan-2007 4:38 AM
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The fact that these HD captures appear on Usenet demonstrates that it is possible to capture them.

I don't know how it's done, and the people who do know how it's done are unlikely to tell you (decryption methods for digital satellite are not generally discussed in open forums). I believe it used to be possible to capture Sky Digital using certain DVB-S cards to which you could attach a conditional access module (CAM) emulator.

What I'm basically saying is that if you do want to go ahead with this, be prepared to spend a lot of time carrying out difficult research, and a lot of money on specialist hardware. Good luck!

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Author: Wer-Al_Zwowe
Time: 1-Feb-2007 4:19 PM
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Well, you could grab it with a dreambox 7025. Although this box doesn't support showing HD mpeg 4 video on tv, it can decode the encryption (with help of the official Sky card) and record the stream.

A new release of Star Wars is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Author: Zeromancer
Time: 2-Feb-2007 12:38 PM
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the folks over at abhdtv.net would probably be able to help.