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Scrambled Channels

George Stoyanov edited this page Aug 31, 2017 · 2 revisions

Scrambled Channels

If you encounter an MPTS with scrambled channels you cannot transcode them using ffmpeg. You have to exclude all the scrambled streams from the transcoding process otherwise ffmpeg will stop and refuse to process your input file. In order to figure out which streams (PIDs) are scrambled you can use either dvbsnoopor demuxtoy. I didn't find a proper solution for displaying all the information in dvbsnoop. What you can do is to run:

    $ dvbsnoop -s ts -pd 9 -tssubdecode -nph -if mpts.ts 0x01
    
    TS sub-decoding (1 packet(s) stored for PID 0x0001):
        =====================================================
        TS contains Section...
        SI packet (length=88):
    
        SI packet hexdump:
    
            PID:  1 (0x0001)  [= assigned for: ISO 13818-1 Conditional Access Table (CAT)]
    
            Guess table from table id...
            CAT-decoding....
            Table_ID: 1 (0x01)  [= Conditional Access Table (CAT)]
            section_syntax_indicator: 1 (0x01)
            (fixed): 0 (0x00)
            reserved_1: 3 (0x03)
            Section_length: 85 (0x0055)
            reserved_2: 262143 (0x3ffff)
            Version_number: 10 (0x0a)
            current_next_indicator: 1 (0x01)  [= valid now]
            Section_number: 0 (0x00)
            Last_Section_number: 0 (0x00)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 06 48 e2 58                                  ...H.X
                   CA_system_ID: 1608 (0x0648)  [= Irdeto]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 600 (0x0258)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 06 50 e2 59                                  ...P.Y
                   CA_system_ID: 1616 (0x0650)  [= Irdeto]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 601 (0x0259)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 06 e2 e2 5a                                  .....Z
                   CA_system_ID: 1762 (0x06e2)  [= Irdeto]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 602 (0x025a)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 0d 95 e2 bd                                  ......
                   CA_system_ID: 3477 (0x0d95)  [= Philips (Cryptoworks)]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 701 (0x02bd)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 0d 98 e2 be                                  ......
                   CA_system_ID: 3480 (0x0d98)  [= Philips (Cryptoworks)]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 702 (0x02be)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 09 8c e3 3e                                  .....>
                   CA_system_ID: 2444 (0x098c)  [= News Datacom (Videoguard)]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 830 (0x033e)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 4 (0x04)
                     0000:  09 04 09 c4 e3 3e                                  .....>
                   CA_system_ID: 2500 (0x09c4)  [= News Datacom (Videoguard)]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 830 (0x033e)
    
                   MPEG-DescriptorTag: 9 (0x09)  [= CA_descriptor]
                   descriptor_length: 32 (0x20)
                     0000:  09 20 05 00 e3 84 13 01  20 14 03 04 25 00 14 03   . ...... ...%...
                     0010:  04 25 10 14 03 04 25 02  14 03 04 25 30 14 03 05   .%....%....%0...
                     0020:  19 00                                              ..
                   CA_system_ID: 1280 (0x0500)  [= France Telecom (Viaccess)]
                   reserved: 7 (0x07)
                   CA_PID: 900 (0x0384)
                   Private Data:
                        0000:  13 01 20 14 03 04 25 00  14 03 04 25 10 14 03 04   .. ...%....%....
                        0010:  25 02 14 03 04 25 30 14  03 05 19 00               %....%0.....
    
            CRC: 2807244644 (0xa7532764)

So using this command you can see the defined CAS in the CAT table PID 0x01.

With demuxtoy you can actually check which channels are scrambled and which are not:

$ demuxtoy --out=directory/ tmpts.ts

This will save the TS data in directory/ so you can navigate to there and check in directory/mpts/SUMMARY/ either CASMessages.txt or Programs.txt. This is the output of directory/mpts/SUMMARY/Programs.txt:

    $ cat Programs.txt
    Program                                                         PID             Component                                               Tag(s)          Comments
    ORF1 HD                                                         0x0078          Program 4911 ECM Irdeto (0x0648)                        -
                                                                    0x007A          Program 4911 ECM Irdeto (0x0650)                        -
                                                                    0x010E          Program 4911 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D95)           -
                                                                    0x0110          Program 4911 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D98)           -
                                                                    0x0140          Program 4911 ECM Irdeto (0x06E2)                        -
                                                                    0x01CD          Program 4911 ECM France Telecom (0x0500)                -
                                                                    0x01E0          Program 4911 ECM News Datacom (0x09C4)                  -
                                                                    0x01EA          Program 4911 ECM News Datacom (0x098C)                  -
                                                                    0x0780          Program 4911 H.264 AVC Video Stream                     1
                                                                    0x0781          Program 4911 AC-3 Audio Stream (deu)                    2
                                                                    0x0782          Program 4911 AC-3 Audio Stream (mis)                    3
                                                                    0x0785          Program 4911 Teletext (ger)                             5
                                                                    0x1C8E          Program 4911 AIT (HbbTV)                                11
                                                                    0x1C8F          Program 4911 HbbTv Carousel (0x1C8F)                    12
                                                                    0x0780          PCR PID                                                 -
    ORF2N HD                                                        0x0079          Program 4916 ECM Irdeto (0x0648)                        -
                                                                    0x007B          Program 4916 ECM Irdeto (0x0650)                        -
                                                                    0x010F          Program 4916 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D95)           -
                                                                    0x0111          Program 4916 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D98)           -
                                                                    0x0141          Program 4916 ECM Irdeto (0x06E2)                        -
                                                                    0x01CE          Program 4916 ECM France Telecom (0x0500)                -
                                                                    0x01E1          Program 4916 ECM News Datacom (0x09C4)                  -
                                                                    0x01EB          Program 4916 ECM News Datacom (0x098C)                  -
                                                                    0x0B68          Program 4916 H.264 AVC Video Stream                     1
                                                                    0x0B69          Program 4916 AC-3 Audio Stream (deu)                    2
                                                                    0x0B6A          Program 4916 AC-3 Audio Stream (mis)                    3
                                                                    0x0B6D          Program 4916 Teletext (ger)                             5
                                                                    0x1C8E          Program 4916 AIT (HbbTV)                                11
                                                                    0x1C8F          Program 4916 HbbTv Carousel (0x1C8F)                    12
                                                                    0x0B68          PCR PID                                                 -
    ORF2W HD                                                        0x0079          Program 4912 ECM Irdeto (0x0648)                        -
                                                                    0x007B          Program 4912 ECM Irdeto (0x0650)                        -
                                                                    0x010F          Program 4912 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D95)           -
                                                                    0x0111          Program 4912 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D98)           -
                                                                    0x0141          Program 4912 ECM Irdeto (0x06E2)                        -
                                                                    0x01CE          Program 4912 ECM France Telecom (0x0500)                -
                                                                    0x01E1          Program 4912 ECM News Datacom (0x09C4)                  -
                                                                    0x01EB          Program 4912 ECM News Datacom (0x098C)                  -
                                                                    0x0B68          Program 4912 H.264 AVC Video Stream                     1
                                                                    0x0B69          Program 4912 AC-3 Audio Stream (deu)                    2
                                                                    0x0B6A          Program 4912 AC-3 Audio Stream (mis)                    3
                                                                    0x0B6D          Program 4912 Teletext (ger)                             5
                                                                    0x1C8E          Program 4912 AIT (HbbTV)                                11
                                                                    0x1C8F          Program 4912 HbbTv Carousel (0x1C8F)                    12
                                                                    0x0B68          PCR PID                                                 -
    ServusTV HD Oesterreich                                         0x007C          Program 4913 ECM Irdeto (0x0648)                        -
                                                                    0x007D          Program 4913 ECM Irdeto (0x0650)                        -
                                                                    0x0112          Program 4913 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D95)           -
                                                                    0x0113          Program 4913 ECM CrytoWorks (Irdeto) (0x0D98)           -
                                                                    0x011D          Program 4913 ECM News Datacom (0x09C4)                  -
                                                                    0x0127          Program 4913 ECM News Datacom (0x098C)                  -
                                                                    0x0142          Program 4913 ECM Irdeto (0x06E2)                        -
                                                                    0x01D0          Program 4913 ECM France Telecom (0x0500)                -
                                                                    0x005C          Program 4913 AIT (HbbTV)                                21
                                                                    0x0DFF          Program 4913 H.264 AVC Video Stream                     1
                                                                    0x0E00          Program 4913 MPEG-2 Audio Stream (ger)                  2
                                                                    0x0E01          Program 4913 MPEG-2 Audio Stream (eng)                  3
                                                                    0x0E03          Program 4913 AC-3 Audio Stream (ger)                    4
                                                                    0x0E04          Program 4913 Teletext (ger)                             5
                                                                    0x0E05          Program 4913 EAC-3 Audio Stream (ger)                   7
                                                                    0x0DFF          PCR PID                                                 -
    ServusTV HD Deutschland                                         0x005B          Program 4914 AIT (HbbTV)                                21
                                                                    0x1338          Program 4914 H.264 AVC Video Stream                     1
                                                                    0x1339          Program 4914 MPEG-2 Audio Stream (ger)                  2
                                                                    0x133A          Program 4914 MPEG-2 Audio Stream (eng)                  3
                                                                    0x133C          Program 4914 AC-3 Audio Stream (ger)                    4
                                                                    0x133D          Program 4914 Teletext (ger)                             5
                                                                    0x133E          Program 4914 EAC-3 Audio Stream (ger)                   7
                                                                    0x1338          PCR PID                                                 

From the output is obvious that only ServusTV HD Deutschland is FTA, the only program which doesn't have ECM PIDs.

I have also tried to get the same information using tsreport and tsinfo part of the tstools but I was unable to do that.

References

DVBsnoop
Ddemuxtoy