README - Version 1.3.9 --------------------------------------------------------------- !! WARNING NOTE !! This program is intended for educational and research use only. It might not be legal to decode and view an encrypted channel. All use of this program is at your own risk!! --------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://sector17.tvand.net/cabletv Email: twisti@fusion.at or cabletv@gmx.net This is a cablecrypt decoder for linux supporting these chips: Brooktree BT878 Brooktree BT879 Brooktree BT848A The decoder has been tested on a Hauppauge WinTV-PCI (BT878). CableTV has now MMX support, so you maybe need a MMX capable processor. But I think with pre MMX processors, watching isn't much fun ;-) You MUST have compiled kernel support for bttv cards or get the newest bttv drivers from here: http://www.strusel007.de/linux/bttv/. There is only support for PAL, because we do not have NTSC here. So it's very hard to implement this. Maybe we get some support. To run the program you must be root, otherwise it bails out with an error. This version has reported to work perfect with many cable operators all across europe and around the world. Files: cabletv ... main program v4l-conf ... configures the kernel driver CableTV.ad ... X11 app-default README ... obviously this one Modeline.sample ... sample Modline for XServer (384x288 fullscreen mode) You have to paste this to your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. cabletv.sample ... sample channel configuration (modify and copy it to ~/.cabletv) lircrc.sample ... sample config for lirc (copy it to ~/.lircrc) Keys: Up scroll image up Down scroll image down Right scroll image to the right Left scroll image to the left A toggle luma (best with off) P invert polarity C invert chroma L lock image F fullscreen I show Frames/Second V show CableTV version information M hide / show mouse pointer PageUp next channel PageDown prev channel Ctrl Up tune channel up Ctrl Down tune channel down Ctrl Right fine tune channel up Ctrl Left fine tune channel down Keypad + volume up Keypad - volume down Keypad Enter mute volume Escape quit F1 brightness - F2 brightness + F3 contrast - F4 contrast + F5 saturation - F6 saturation + T toggle undocumented test register. Please use with care!!! It's maybe required to press twice for BT848A chips! (again: you out there with a BT848A send me your experiences) Mouse: Button 1 channel list Button 2 next channel (wheel on a wheelmouse) Button 3 fullscreen Button 4 next channel Button 5 prev channel Config file: freq-tab = ntsc-bcast, ntsc-cable, ntsc-bcast-jp, ntsc-cable-jp, pal-europe, pal-europe-east, pal-italy, pal-newzealand, pal-australia, pal-ireland (but only pal tables make sense) norm = pal, ntsc, secam (only pal supported yet) source = television (where else should you get your signal) Description: First scroll the image down and stop at a position where you can see exactly one line of the vertical sync at the top of the image (maybe 2-4 lines, but look at the counter). Then move the image to left or right as slow as possible. You have to look at the titlebar to see how far you are away from the perfect locking position, this is 0 (should count slowly from e.g. -60 upwards). If the number in the console is between -2 and 2 (ideally 0) press L (locking). Now the image should be locked. Thanks to: Ewald Snel and Ronny C, authors of ccd and ccrypt for Windows, for helping us. Further notes: There will never be a windows version of this software available, cause we are not interested and there are enough good programs (look at the FreeTV sites). by TWISTI & FUX (2002)