How To Install Newcs
A tutorial on how to setup NewCS or Oscam on Window 7 media center for watching Australia Foxtel satellite PAY TV.Component ListMotherboard with onboard COM port. Ensure it has enough PCI and PCIe slots to accommodate for all your hardware.
There are plenty around with onboard HDMI. Using the onboard frees up a PCIe slot.Phoenix card reader. I have found the to be the most practical card reader as it can be made to be internal and hidden out of sight. There are various USB card readers available which can work with NewCS and Oscam. Some even come free when you buy a TV tuner cardRAM.
More is always better. (32 bit or 64 bit)Core 2 Duo CPU. Quad core is nice, but reports are that NewCS does not work with them.Hard Driver.
Must be big enough to handle all the recording you wish to do, in addition to the operating system, other software and any other record media you might have (music, photos, etc.).Network hardware. If you want to stream media over a home network, then I suggest a hardwire LAN. Most motherboards have built in LAN ports. Otherwise, built in wireless or power line networking will be fine for downloading software and EPG updates.DVB-S/S2 TV tuner card, I use a PCIe quad tuner card. This is really the grand-daddy of DVB-S2 card.
Four tuners allows you change different channels. It is so good for IPTV providers.Remote control. Must be MCE compatible, most comes with the tv cards.S atellite Dish.
If you have an existing Foxtel / Sky Service, then the satellite dish installed will save you a lot of work as it is already aimed to the correct satellite. If you want to use multiple DVB-S tuners, you’ll need to change out the LNB, depending on the one already fitted. Most standard Foxtel installs include a single LNB for the basic service. If you do need to swap out the LNB, you will need to buy/rent/borrow a satellite finder and orientate the dish & LNB to the correct satellite.
For those in the Brisbane area, I have one that can be “borrowed” for the weekend for the cost of a six-pack.SoftwareRequired Software:-– Windows 7 Ultimate– All necessary drivers– Codec pack– DVBlink TVSource– NewCS / Oscam (for HD reception)– AcamdSetting UpI always prefer to begin with a clean install as my system is a dedicated HTPC. Start with no cards installed, except for the video card if you’re using one.1. Install Drivers3. Run Windows Update – Make sure you have all the updates you need. You may want to run it a few times to make sure you have everything4. Install Codecs5.
Shut Down PC6. Install and and drivers7. Download NewCS from the download area of this website.
Make a directory in C:/newcs8. Copy the following files into the directory:-mingwm10.dllNewcs.exeNewcs.xmlNewcsGUI.exepthreadGCE2.dll9. Make a shortcut in the startup folder to the NewcsGUI.exe. – This is so it starts up when the computer does.10.
Insert your Foxtel smartcard into the card reader and start the NewcsGUI.exe. – You need to confirm the provider ID for your TV service. Write it down. E.g., Foxtel Blue Card is 090B.11. Install DVBlink TV SourceFollow the instructions in the user manual provided with Tvsource and setup each tuner in turn.Once all the tuners are setup, place the acamdplugins (cardclint.conf and acamd.dll) intoC:Program FilesDVBLogicDVBlinkSourcesPluginsOrC:Program Files (x86)DVBLogicDVBlinkSourcesPlugins for a 64 bit install– Each tuner needs an individual name. Newcs and acamd will need to be modified to reflect this. For this purpose, the plugins you put in are cardclient.conf and acamd.dllContinue setup as per the manual.
You would want to setup MC now, following the instructions.12. Edit newcs.xml so it looks something like this:-Phoenix on COM1phoenix357COM1oddnormalnoyesnononoyes – –nonono34000yesfifono0000No10001localhost20-18080nonewcsnormalinitconsole,tcpnormal,init1001normal,inityesnewcs01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14tuner1password1localhost340001onoffnoYou can copy and paste the above example into a text file and save it as newcs.xml. Be sure to put in the boxid if you’re using an Orange Foxtel card and uncomment it so it looks like this 13. Edit cardclient.conf so it looks like this:-newcamd:localhost:34000:0/090b/ffff:tuner1:password1:11121314Restart the systemUpdate: With the advent of HD channels, more and more people are moving away from NewCS and towards Oscam. Also, Oscam has the ability to update your subscription card so you don’t need to put it back into the STB.At this point, you would setup your epg. You can use any number of methods that are described throughout the forum. You can include logos to give your setup a little more spark.
You could also setp Media Browser, weather programs, internet radio, etc.I would recommend using EPG Collector for this setup. It will pull down the EPG data directly off the satellite/cable, pretty much the same way the original STB’s do. A lot of work went into it’s development and it is a fantastic piece of software.You can get it here:From:pcmediacenter.com.au,written By MC Mentor.
For Dutch language,.OScam is an open source softcam (software conditional access module). To be precise: Open Source Conditional Access Module.It is the link between a smart card and the encrypted radio or tv channel.OScam is in huge development. Mostly more then once a day their is a update.It also supports connections to and from other Softcam clients and servers: Camd3.5 + Newcamd + Radegast + CCcam + CSP.OScam can act as a client and as a server, or both. It depends on your configuration.OScam works on many platforms, including: dreamboxfpu + mips-tuxbox-oe2.0 (Enigma2 top box) + mips-tuxbox-oe1.6 (Enigma2 top box) + powerpc-tuxbox + mips-fonera2 (yes the router / hotspot with USB Omnikey cardreader) + x8664-pc-linux (Linux 64bit PC) + i686-pc-linux(Linux 32bit PC) + Arm-cool stream + mips-tplink (TPlink router?) + Mips-WRT54G (Linksys router) + sh4-amino + mips-azbox (AZbox top box) + sh4-QBoxHD.A precompiled OScam1.20 (experimental) binary for the above mentioned platforms can be. If you upload the OScam binary to your device with a ftp client, make sure that your ftp client upload in binary mode, and not in ascii mode. (Eg edit settings Transfers File Types default transfer mode binary). Otherwise OScam gets corrupted.To update OScam: simply download the latest binary for your used platform to your computer, extract and rename if nessesary.
How To Install Newcs Windows 7
Shut down oscam on the device where it runs, and overwrite (example with ftp client on computer) the oscam (oscam1.20) binary file. At enigma2 oscam binary is located in /usr/bin. Be sure you shutdown oscam before you overwrite it with the same file name.After that start OScam on the device where it runs.There is also an (registration required). That includes for, and -OScam.To follow the most recent developments in OScam.Cool thing of OScam is that the version with webif, has a web interface so that you can control it with your computer browser (Eg configure, log, etc.), see an example here:At Enigma receivers, the location of:OScam binary is /usr/bin/OScam config files is /var/tuxbox/config/ (at OE2.0 based images) or /etc/tuxbox/config/./ (at oe1.6 based images where.