[mythtv-users] Myth, ivtv, and VBI. Is it possible?

[Robert Johnston]

On 5/27/05, Greg Chila <greg.chila at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been a mythTV user for almost two years now, and never looked
> back.  However, I just built a mythbox for my girlfriend.  Everything
> is working great (audio is a little off, but otherwise OK).  The
> problem is, she loves closed captioning.
> 
> I know myth has support for CC (aka VBI), and I have the options
> enabled in myth's setup, but I cannot figure out how to properly
> configure the pvr250MCE so that CC will work.  The pvr350 in my box
> also won't work.  I've scoured the net trying to find a solution, but
> none is available.
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction to enable VBI?  I've seen
> some inferences in the ivtv mailing list that embedding VBI in the
> mpeg stream has been possible for some time, but no details on how
> this is possible.  Is this how myth expects the VBI, embedded in the
> MPEG?
> 
> *Any* help at all is much appreciated.

IIRC, a PVRx50 card will embed the VBI/CC info into the MPEG Stream.
MythTV has the Capability to read this, but it has to be enabled in
the drivers, which was only supported in IVTV 0.3.<something>. Try
looking into the newer IVTV versions.
-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston