[mythtv-users] OT? No captions on The Walking Dead this season

[Phil Bridges]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:25 PM, faginbagin <mythtv at hbuus.com> wrote:

> On 10/28/2015 9:59 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com
> <mailto:gravityhammer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Ozzy Lash <ozzy.lash at gmail.com
> <mailto:ozzy.lash at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >         On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Phil Bridges <
> gravityhammer at gmail.com <mailto:gravityhammer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >             All of a sudden, this season of The Walking Dead doesn't
> have captions here (Comcast - Atlanta). Has anybody else experienced this?
> >
> >
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> >         Just checked my recording from Sunday night, and it has closed
> captioning.  I'm on comcast in the chicago area (Romeoville headend).
> >
> >         _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> >     Interesting.  Let me see if I can ping some others around here.
> >
> >
> > For grins and giggles, i ran mediainfo on the file, and came up with:
> > Text #1
> > ID                                       : 4268 (0x10AC)-CC1
> > Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
> > Format                                   : EIA-608
> > Muxing mode                              : SCTE 128 / DTVCC Transport
> > Muxing mode, more info                   : Muxed in Video #1
> > Duration                                 : 1h 2mn
> > Bit rate mode                            : Constant
> > Stream size                              : 0.00 Byte (0%)
> >
> > Text #2
> > ID                                       : 4268 (0x10AC)-1
> > Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
> > Format                                   : EIA-708
> > Muxing mode                              : SCTE 128 / DTVCC Transport
> > Muxing mode, more info                   : Muxed in Video #1
> > Duration                                 : 1h 2mn
> > Bit rate mode                            : Constant
> > Stream size                              : 0.00 Byte (0%)
> >
> > Text #3
> > ID                                       : 4268 (0x10AC)-2
> > Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
> > Format                                   : EIA-708
> > Muxing mode                              : SCTE 128 / DTVCC Transport
> > Muxing mode, more info                   : Muxed in Video #1
> > Duration                                 : 1h 2mn
> > Bit rate mode                            : Constant
> > Stream size                              : 0.00 Byte (0%)
> >
> >
> > Any guesses as to why my frontend doesn't detect the captions?  I see
> the "CC" icon on mythweb for the file.
>
> Do you have the option to always display CCs on? Do you have a button on
> your remote to turn them on and off (a CC toggle button)? Have you tried
> using that button when you don't see CCs when you're sure they should be
> displayed? I ask because there was a commit a few months ago that fixed a
> problem I reported where CCs would be turned off during a commercial break
> and the only way to turn them back on was to stop playback and then start
> it again:
> https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12054
>
> However, I have noticed that, since that commit, sometimes CCs are
> mysteriously turned off, but that I can turn them back on via my CC toggle
> button. IOW I don't have to stop/start playback. For me, that's preferable
> to the old behavior.
>
> I suggest you use the playback menu to get to the Subtitles submenu to see
> what captions mythfrontend thinks are available. Maybe you'll find they are
> recognized and all you need to do is use the CC toggle button or the
> Subtitles submenu to turn them on.
>
> HTH,
> Helen
> _______________________________________________
>

Thanks.  I have a "captions" toggle button on my remote.  In addition, the
on-screen menu had no captions folder.
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