I second that. Could someone explain this stuff to us mere mortals? I've been trying for weeks to get this working and I get nothing.
Daniel - how did you get passthrough working? I still can't even get that to work. --- Daniel Segel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm confused about how things work (or don't work) > on my MythTV system, > and I have a few questions. Sorry if I have some of > the terminology > wrong - this is all new territory for me: > > 1. What does the wss option do? I can set it with > ivtvctl, but when I > check the current setting it seems to not be set > (see output below). Do > I even need it for standard 4:3 NTSC broadcasts? > > # ivtvctl -b wss > ioctl IVTV_IOC_S_VBI_MODE ok > vbi service_set set to 00000008 > # ivtvctl -B > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_VBI_MODE ok > vbi service_set = 00000000 > > Is this a problem? > > 2. Is 'passthrough mode' only useful if I'm watching > live TV and want to > use the TVs built-in CC decoder? If I'm watching a > recording in MythTV, > does 'passthrough mode' even matter? Which decoder > should I use for a > recording (TV or MythTV)? Or does that depend on > whether I'm using the > PVR-350 decoder for video or the built-in MythTV > drivers? > > I can only get CC working with live TV using the TVs > own decoder. With > recordings it's scrambled and unusable via the TVs > decoder, and I never > get anything at all via MythTVs CC support.. > > I'm using ivtv 0.3.7 and MythTV 0.18.1-r2. > > Thanks for any light anybody can shed on this. > > Daniel > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software > Conference & EXPO September > 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development > Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects > & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
