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@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ Video Disk Recorder File Formats
If this channel also carries Dolby Digital sound, the Dolby PIDs follow
the audio PIDs, separated by a semicolon, as in "...:101,102;103,104:..."
- Teletext PID
- - Conditional Access (0 = Free To Air, 1 = can be decrypted by the first
- DVB card, 2 = can be decrypted by the second DVB card)
+ - Conditional Access (0 = Free To Air, 1..4 = explicitly requires the DVB card
+ with the given number, >=100 = requires a specific decryption method defined
+ in 'ca.conf').
- Program Number
Fields marked with ** are only meaningful for DVB-S receivers.
@@ -38,6 +39,20 @@ Video Disk Recorder File Formats
Fields marked with *** are only meaningful for DVB-S and DVB-C receivers.
DVB-T receivers simply ignore these.
+* ca.conf
+
+ This file contains the definitions of the various conditional access code
+ numbers. Anything after (and including) a '#' character is comment.
+ Value lines consist of an integer number, followed by a text describing
+ this decryption method (typically the name of the pay tv service using this
+ decryption method).
+ The special value 0 means "Free To Air", i.e. can be used for channels that
+ don't require additional decryption hardware.
+ The values 1..4 can be used for channels that for some reason explicitly
+ need a given DVB card (for backward compatibility).
+ The values defined in this file are the ones used in the 'Ca' parameter of
+ 'channels.conf'.
+
* timers.conf
This file contains the timer setup.