An integrated plug-in card is configured to process subscription video
programming. The card consists of multiple integrated technologies. A
micro analog tuner/demodulator receives the subscription video
programming and provides output to a vertical blanking interval (VBI)
device. The vertical blanking interface device separates an unused
portion of the subscription video programming to extract an encoded
proprietary programming. Conditional access/decryption technology
controls user access to the encoded proprietary programming. Video and
audio decompression technology decompresses video and audio data from the
encoded proprietary programming. An encoder provides the video and audio
data in a desired protocol. A control interface controls video
programming properties and a memory is utilized for storing video
programming information.