[mythtv-users] VBI CC not an option on remote frontend

[Eloy Paris]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:52:29PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 03/31/2010 11:11 PM, Bob wrote:
> >Good suggestion, but that option is active for the remote
> >frontend.  Also, pressing "T" while the program is playing on the
> >remote frontend indicates "No Captions".
> 
> 
> Basically, shut down all your MythTV programs (all frontends and
> backends on all hosts), then do:
> 
> mysql -umythtv -p mythconverg \
>       -e "DELETE FROM settings WHERE value = 'VbiFormat';"
> 
> Then start mythtv-setup on any (one) machine, then set the "VBI
> format" to the proper value for your source material (NTSC Closed
> Caption for NTSC/ATSC or PAL Teletext for PAL/DVB) in General
> Settings on the 2nd page or so ("Locale Settings").  Then restart
> your system and try things (and please let us know if this fixed
> it).
> 
> I think you have a corrupted DB where you have a host-specific
> setting that's supposed to be global.

I had this exact problem happen to me a long time ago and it turned to
be something like what Mike describes above. The solution was to delete
a specific preference from the settings table like Mike shows above. It
actually could have been the exact same thing Mike describes but I don't
remember the details since it's been a while. In any case, OP should do
what Mike suggests and that will most likely fix the problem.

On a related note, "corrupted DB" in this context is not something to
be worried about since it only affects frontend settings. Nothing that
would require a database restore, IMHO.

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-