Comments on: VDR as set-top-box for IPTV http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/828 Welcome to Home 2.0! This blog is about home automation techologies, digital TV, VDR, gadgets, Plutohome, HD TV Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael Stepanov http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/828/comment-page-1#comment-21134 Michael Stepanov Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:58:45 +0000 http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/828#comment-21134 Yes, encryption is a problem for that solution. As I know IPTV providers check MAC of STB. So, it won't be possible to replace it by VDR box. But theoretically VDR can be used as a client for IPTV and it might be interesting solution. Yes, encryption is a problem for that solution. As I know IPTV providers check MAC of STB. So, it won’t be possible to replace it by VDR box. But theoretically VDR can be used as a client for IPTV and it might be interesting solution.

]]> By: kent http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/828/comment-page-1#comment-21131 kent Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:35:23 +0000 http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/828#comment-21131 commercial iptv companies send mpeg 2 or mpeg 4 transport streams not program streams via multicast. they sometimes use encryption. you will have to know the multicast address and port to access the stream. commercial iptv companies send mpeg 2 or mpeg 4 transport streams not program streams via multicast. they sometimes use encryption. you will have to know the multicast address and port to access the stream.

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