Extracting Digital Feed from STB

[pad]

I was wondering if it is possible to get the digital version of the selected TV channel out of the STB?

My best guess as to the processes in the STB would be:

Input -> Decryption & validation -> Channel Selection -> Digital to Analogue Conversion -> Output

I was wondering if, by fair means or foul, it is possible to intercept the individual channel feed before it is converted from its digital format (MPEG2?) into analogue.

I can't see why NTL would be too concerned as I am not wanting to mess with their security settings, I just want the single channel TV output in non-PAL format

[bob_builder]

Originally Posted by pad

I was wondering if it is possible to get the digital version of the selected TV channel out of the STB?

My best guess as to the processes in the STB would be:

Input -> Decryption & validation -> Channel Selection -> Digital to Analogue Conversion -> Output

I doubt this is possible. The channels are bundled in Muxes and I guess the process would be more like:

Input -> Mux Selection -> Channel De-Mux -> Decryption -> Digital to Analogue -> Output

However, I would assume that the STB uses a single integrated chip that does all of the above from digital input to analogue output rather than discrete chips for each stage.