0.0 Disclaimer / Explanation 1.0 What is a scrambling system? 1.1 Overview of scrambling in Europe 1.2 Characteristics of the major European Scrambling Systems 2.0 Hacking pay TV 2.1 Is it legal? 2.2 VideoCrypt Smart Cards 2.3 What is Season or Omigod software? 2.4 Where can I get the Season software?
2.5 The Season Cardadapter 2.6 I can’t ftp, Can someone post the file for me? 2.7 What are blockers and what is Phoenix? 2.8 Is there a D2-Mac Eurocrypt M version of Season? 2.9 Is there a hack on Nagra? 2.10 PIC source code for hacks.
Sep 24, 2010 This isn't a real hack but will improve your TV picture. Time Warner Cable Charter and Spectrum cable boxes modem and equipment reviewed - Duration. Any way of hacking digital cable. One limitation of Cable TV systems. And don't believe this crap about you HAVE to have a decoder box to get any sort of cable.
2.11 Other smart card projects for hacks. 2.12 WWW sites for information and files. 3.0 Finding out more 3.1 Reading List 4.0 Netiquette On The Newsgroups Please read the following carefully: This FAQ is provided for educational purposes only. What you do with the information herein is your business.
The contributors to this FAQ do not necessarily condone the illegal use of the devices or programs mentioned here. The contributors to this FAQ are in no way liable for any damage to equipment, revenue, or sanity as a result of the use or misuse of this information. 1.0 What Is A Scrambling System?
A scrambling system is applied to a television signal to ensure that it is only receivable by the audience for which it is intended. The more cynical amongst us may rephrase that to “those who have paid to receive it”. Therefore a good scrambling system is one that can effectively make the picture unusable to all except those who have paid. There are two basic types of scrambling system: dumb and addressable.
The dumb system does not have any over-the-air (OTA) addressing. As a result the channel cannot turn a subscriber’s descrambler off. This type of system is cheap and offers minimal security.
As a result it is not used for high value channels. An addressable scrambling system is more complex in that it allows the channel to individually turn on and off descramblers. Most systems in operation today are addressable. The basis of a scrambling system is the method by which it renders the picture unwatchable. The early scrambling systems were analogue. These systems interfered with the synch pulses or inverted the video either on a frame, field or line basis. Some actually delayed each line by one of three delays on a pseudo- random basis.
All of the analogue scrambling systems were vulnerable and offered little protection to the channel using them. It was trivial to build a descrambler that worked in an identical manner to the official descrambler. As the years and technology advanced, more complex systems came into operation. These systems were digital based systems. They digitised the picture or sound information and manipulated it.
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