[mythtv-users] Closed captioning question?

[Boleslaw Ciesielski]

Dave Carrigan wrote:
> I've been using Myth 0.18 with a PVR-350 for both capture and display. 
> The PVR-350 seems to capture closed-caption data, and when viewing 
> recorded programs, I can see the captions if I turn on the TV's caption 
> decoder. This isn't optimal because the captions also block out Myth's 
> on-screen menus.
> 
> There are also lots of other display limitations of the PVR-350, so I am 
> thinking of changing to a GeForce FX5200 for display. I would continue 
> to use the 350 for capture. I will also upgrade to the latest 
> Myth/ivtv/etc. at the same time.
> 
> Before I spend the money, I would like to get confirmation from somebody 
> with similar hardware that display of closed captions does indeed work 
> with this setup. I prefer to use Myth to do the caption decoding/display 
> rather than use the TV's caption decoder, but either is acceptable. What 
> isn't acceptable is no support for captions.

Yes, this works. I use PVR-350 for capture and FX5200 for playback. 
MythTV does the caption decoding (my TV does not even have CC decoding).

Bolek