FTO AUSTRALIA

Watching Cable Channels Thru you Cable Net Connection?
Anyone know how to do this?

ive got the hardware...not sure of the software

There are a few programs around and im not sure which one works.. Ive got the sound but the pic is scrambeled..

ideas?



ps..I know its not xactly "legal" ... but lets call it "curiosity"

Google "BT747"

Through a TV don't you just need a programmed box and a splitter thing for the cable. you should get all the channels fairly clear, but u'll need a good splitter. Through a computer no idea.

or so I would assume

we use to do this when i first subscribe to my provider, but some dumbass decided to spread the word to the wrong ppl so now all channels are encoded so no more free cable channels.... :evil:

Mikey was that Optus or Telstra?
I heard that the optus ones u can still do it but they've blocked the telstra one
(fig out which one ive got - telstra! damn!)

Not sure how true that is though. What prog did u use for it?

Oh and kev- whats BT747?? i searched for it in google but nothing usefull came up?? is it a patch or sumting?

BT747 is the chipset of the TV tuner card, however you'll generally find that those which use the BT878 chipset will work with more software. The "878" bit is the important part, as you may also find it listed with other letters such as CN878. When buying a TV card for your computer, look to see which chipset it uses.

Although Telstra / Foxtel is encrypted you can get around this by using the right software with the right decryption software. Look out for "HNCPLUS".

Optus used to use "colour inversion" which is a bit like a photo negative (the colours are reversed) and used to be quite easy to overcome using a piece of software called DSCALER. However, recently Optus have introduced "sync suppression" which is where they remove either the verticle or horizontal (can't remember which) synchronisation signal, which basically means the picture keeps scrolling like your verticle-hold or horizontal-hold adjustment is out of whack. The best program so far to combat this is called CCD-XP32. You'll have to fiddle with it quite a bit and still the picture won't be perfect.

Of course all this information is purely for "research" purposes only and not to obtain cable TV illegally

WoooHooooo free advertising here, if you need to get any of those chipset for you little research, i've got them & strictly for research purpose only.