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Can anyone tell me where I can get a DVB-S/S2 with CAM/CI decryption module or equivalent card from so I can push hd channels from dish network throughout a LinuxMCE system?  If not can anyone give me some links to research this more?

I read your other post and see that component even though analog can still carry true HD like 1080p.  If this is the case and the STB has component out, I've read other posts that suggest you can capture this.  Is it a lower rate than the 1.5 Gb/s with hdmi?  Will there be any loss as compared to hdmi?

Ok.  Thanks a lot collin.  Believe it or not I'm not trying to be a jerk here.  I'm learning a lot on many levels and I'm sure that these idiot posts will help other idiots.  There are a lot of us out there.  Usually we can be found in fender benders and stuck in elevators but maybe with help like this we can get a bit smarter and tax general society less.

Ok.  So if the Blue Ray Player only has an hdmi output then you're still in the same boat?  I mean the video will come out of the player at 1.5 G/s and will be useless to us.  Also if the Blue Ray Player has component video out then that would be analog and not true HD video right?

I guess you'd have to put a Blue Ray player in your actual media director so that the content can be decrypted, sent to hdd, then pushed to another media director and uncompressed out to the nvidia dvi connector through a dvi to hdmi cable and pushed into your tv via hdmi.

Ok.  This one has me confused.  According to colinjones "Component is not digital, dunno where that idea came from, component (as composite, s-video, VGA, etc) is analogue".  Since this is the case if you use component cables from your STB you still will not get true HD content.  So it seems that LinuxMCE CANNOT do full HD content especiall since there is no supported HDMI capture card.

Thanks for the info on component video.  I did think it was digital.  Apparently there is digital component but I don't think it's carried across the three cable standard component type.

Ok.  Here's what my conclusions are.  LinuxMCE in no way can push full HD content from a STB to other media directors over Gig Ethernet.  Apparently even though a small set top box from Dish Network can unencrypt the HD satellite signal and push the HD out of the HDMI port, a pc (no matter how beefy) cannot take that signal and push it to other pcs over Gig E.  I assume since this is the case that LinuxMCE also cannot push a Blue Ray disc players output to other Media Directors/TVs.

Also, the Holy Grail you spoke of will not be reached with Dish Network because they don't want that.  It's not as profitable for them.  I believe you may be able to get a Cable Card with like Road Runner or Direct TV but even then you are locked out of some content like PPV. 

So to sum up.  LinuxMCE is only good for old school non-HD formats or maybe having all your content already compressed into say AVI/DIVX format and playing from a central server.

So if I wanted to do this and had the money to spend I'd have to get another hd receiver since only one output is controlled via ir and an hauppage hd converter (alpha driver).  Which Hauppage cards should I get?

Let's use an example at the following url: 

http://dishnetwork.com/receivers/hd/vip722dvr/default.aspx

If I wanted to capture the output of this box via either hdmi or component video so it would remain 100 percent digital what would I have to do?  Can I control it with an IR card?  Is there currently a capture card that could accept the hdmi and or component output as it's input?  I have read on other posts that there is currently no supported linux hardware for this and/or template.

That would be very disappointing as most people are going digital and this will be the most common format.  Some may say I'm whining here and well yeah I am...I like whining...gimme a break.  But if it isn't supported what do I need to do to help get that ball rolling.  Do I need to pester some programmers somewhere else to help?  Do I need to donate to some Paypal account?  Do I need to just take a long walk on a short pier?  Should I strip totally naked in the mall on national tv and run from end to end shouting I like chickens to bring attention to this issue?  I'll do it guys.  I'm a complete lunatic.

I have not set this up at all.  I have a question before I do.  If I have my satellite set top box connected to a tv tuner card in one media director or the core can I push the video to a different media director/tv and watch tv in a different room even though the set top box is not connected in that room.  In other words can the video be pushed across ethernet/ip--that is live tv?