[mythtv-users] What's in store for HD-PVR and closed captions?

[Robert McNamara]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Closed captions are a big part of the WAF, and I'm wondering how this
> will work when 0.22 comes out and I upgrade to the HD-PVR.
>

According to Hauppauge, there is no VBI/CC support for the HD-PVR at all.

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/support_hdpvr.html#captiondata

>
> A much better option would be for the HD-PVR to blend VBI information
> from the s-video input with video from the component input.  Does
> anyone in the know see this as a possibility?

This would not be a possibility-- there's only one encoder on the box,
which can only accommodate a single input at a time.

Robert