[ExtractStream] DirecTV vs. Directivo

[Drew Tennenbaum]

>From what I understand, DirecTivo stores the encoded stream directly from the satellite. I could
be wrong.

-Drew

--- "Makhratchev, Konstantin" <konstantin.makhratchev@l...> wrote:
> I was under the impression that DirecTV and Directivo are two different
> things...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sharkey@a...
> [mailto:sharkey@a...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:53 AM
> To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ExtractStream] If this was covered allready....sorry
> 
> 
> > Does anyone know if there is work being done (or if it is already known)
> on d
> > ecoding the DirecTV format?
> 
> Nick mentioned this in an earlier post:
> 
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:02:44 -0000
> To: ExtractStream@yahoogroups.com
> From: nickhull@y...
> Subject: [ExtractStream] Re: Directivo, TivoNET, and ExtractStream
> 
> It's very likely that the DirectTivo streams could be extracted in a 
> similar fashion to SA. However, you will not catch me writing code 
> for this - and I would say that anyone who releases such code is a 
> fool waiting for a lawsuit.
> 
> As it stands, the ExtractStream/mplex combination will not work with 
> the DirectTivo. There are several issues that will make it fail. 
> Please discover for yourself what these issues are, I have no desire 
> to assist in that effort.
> 
> Nick
> 
> I disagree with his legal opinion. This code would be fully 100% legal,
> but, he seems nervous.
> 
> My advice to you would be to try to understand how ES works on the SA
> and then try to adapt that for the DirectTivo. It can be done, but I
> don't have a DirectTivo, so, I don't really know much about them.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 


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