[mythtv-users] Best atsc/qam/ntsc tuner for closed captions?

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Sat Jan 10 08:37:33 UTC 2009


faginbagin wrote:
> I've started thinking about my next Myth box and need some advice on 
> tuners. This box must be able to tune atsc/qam and ntsc channels and 
> closed captions MUST be supported on all three channel types. I assume 
> there's no issue with CCs and atsc/qam channels, other than choosing to 
> playback EIA-608 vs 708. But what about CCs and ntsc channels?
>
> I've been doing research on tuners that support both digital and analog 
> and am confused about whether there are any whose drivers support closed 
> captions when recording analog channels. Both linuxtv.org and mythtv.org 
> wikis seem to agree that CC is not yet supported for the Hauppauge 
> HVR-1600. But there's no clear statement on either wiki about the 
> pcHDTV-5500. So I thought I'd ask here whether anyone is getting closed 
> captions on ntsc channels using a tuner that also supports atsc/qam. If 
> so, what tuner and what myth version and distro are you using?
>   
I have a HD-5500 getting analog/digital OTA on Mythbuntu 8.04.1:
> MythTV Version   : 18207
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
I get VBI CC from NTSC using the HD5500

HTH

John


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