[mythtv-users] Subtitle (Teletext) recording and PVR-350?

[Piers Kittel]

Joseph,

> Ah, here's the problem -- you're encountering different people's 
> definitions of 'digital' and 'analog' w.r.t. tuner cards.

Aha!  Got ya!  Thanks :)

> If you're recording from a digital STB, Myth may not have access to the 
> VBI subtitle data no matter what kind of card you get.  Presumably it's 
> the STB that's rendering the subtitles onto the picture, after having 
> decoded them from the digital transmission (you can probably check this 
> -- is the control that you use to turn Teletext on/off on your STB 
> remote or your TV remote?).  All Myth can do at that point is record 
> the complete picture with the subtitles pre-rendered.

Yeah - the STB "pastes" the digital subtitles onto the picture itself 
which is how I record subtitles with my non subtitle compatiable VCR. 
But the STB subtitles is a little unreliable (not sure if it's the box 
(2nd hand one off Ebay) or the aerial as it's probably 20-30 years old) 
compared to analog.  This will definitely need careful considering:

1) Go for Analogue card only - enjoy analogue subtitles or digital subs 
via STB but at cost of CPU power and upgrade to PVR-350 or DVB at a 
later date
2) Go for PVR-350 - enjoy digital subs only
3) Go for both - enjoy analogue or digital subs.

Need thinking on my part.  Oh well.  Hard! :)

Thanks very much for your help mate!

Cheers - Piers