[mythtv] Re: [patch] enable vbi recording

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Daniel Thor Kristjansson wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Joaquín Lago Pérez wrote:
>]I am very interested on recording teletext subtitles with Myth. I tried many
>]options, but without luck. I will try this patch, but I would like to ask if
>]you know whether it works on reading telext subtitles, in PAL systems (Spain,
>]where subtitles are on page 888 of teletext), and if so, whether I need some
>]special configuration. I have a PVR-250, FC-2, with lattests ivtv drivers and a
>]month-old CVS of Myth.
>
>It does not record teletext. But if you remove the line:
>  vbifmt.service_set = VBI_TYPE_CC | VBI_TYPE_WSS;
>It will record teletext. Now this only enables the recording. You will 
>not see captions when you play these streams in MythTV.
>
>BTW VBI_TYPE_CC enables recording of line 22 in PAL countries, this is 
>not sufficient for Spain?
>
>-- Daniel
>
I for one am not aware of any european country that uses CC. Teletext 
page is used for subtitling.
So no, it is not sufficient.

Cheers,

Rudy

P.S. I am not aware of any European TV supporting CC either....