HTPC Heaven :-)

THE source of information and tricks in the HTPC topic, is the DVBN forum at http://dvbn.happysat.org/ Naturally,  the forum requires that you register, but having done that you can speak with the people interested. Even coders of the key tools you need hang out here.

Anyway; I had colleague Daniel controlling my PC over VNC for a few hours and we didn’t manage to fix the deadlock of not being able to connect properly to the server. CRAP!

So, after having read the f*cking manual, googling for days, reading all fora available I though I had fulfilled the obligations before bothering people on DVBN with my petty problems. A few hours later JBravo posted this:

From the listed provider id’s I’m guessing that it’s Swedish boxer we are talking about. The problem is that boxer using both old and new cards with different provider id’s and WinCSC picks the wrong provider id and ECM and consequently the channel can’t be decoded.

Find the file MDAPIProvID.xml in the MDPlugins folder and add providerid 143880 (0x23208). This will hopefully make WinCSC find the correct ECM.

So I followed his advice, adjusting the XML file and hey presto – It worked! I provide you with the content of my file. The change marked in bold.

<?xml version=”1.0″?>
<!–
Sample file for MDAPIProvID.xml file.
–>
<mdapi fillout=”False”>
<providers>
<provider ID=”143880″ />
</providers>

<channels>
<!–<channel tp_id=”1110″ sid=”5360″ pmt_pid=”369″ ecm_pid=”104″ />–>
</channels>
<CA_Types>
<!–<CA_Type>0500</CA_Type>–>
</CA_Types>
</mdapi>