[mythtv-users] VBI/Closed Captions with HD-PVR

Devin Heitmueller dheitmueller at kernellabs.com
Mon Jan 13 17:20:53 UTC 2014


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Bob <mythtv at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> However, when using zvbi2raw or ccextractor I am not getting any output.
>> I've also tried both of these commands while using the "cat /dev/videoX" and
>> still do not get any output.
>>
> This may or may not be useful for your situation, but...  When I first tried
> getting this to work (on a PVR-150), I had the DISH STB configured to "burn
> in" the captions, and in this configuration, the STB deliberately disables
> the VBI caption data in the relevant outputs.  Changing that configuration
> setting fixed it.

Jim makes a good point.  As a test, hook the composite feed from the
STB to a television, and make sure you're getting captions at all.

Devin

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