[mythtv-users] MythTV Raspberry Pi2 - MythFrontend Setup Tutorial

[Curtis Gedak]

On 16-03-08 08:43 AM, Peter Bennett (cats22) wrote:
> On 03/07/2016 09:11 PM, Curtis Gedak wrote:
>> There are some issues with the placement of the MythTV menu and shows on
>> my screen.  If I ignore these screen issues for now, on some shows I can
>> toggle the subtitle enabled/disabled button using "T".  This displays
>> "ATSC CC 1: English On/Off"; however no subtitles are visible on my
>> monitor screen.
> 
> For the placement of the menu etc., I suggest using the frontend setup
> appearance menu. You can enter pixel values for the top, left, height
> and width. I find trial and error is the best way to get the values right.

Thanks Peter for this suggestion.  I haven't played with these settings
before so it will be interesting to learn how they work.


>> All of the shows I tested have subtitles when played on my Intel
>> i5-2500K backend/frontend combo.
>>
>> Is there some other setting I might be missing to get subtitles to display?
> 
> ATSC (i.e. USA) subtitles do not currently work on raspberry pi. That is
> on my todo list (low priority because I still have to figure it out).
> Subtitles for videos (e.g. Mkv) do work.

Ah, my mistake.  I had assumed ATSC subtitles were now working.  These
would be nice-to-have, but are not critical.  More important to me is
smooth video with clear sound.

Curtis