[ivtv-users] closed captions with zvbi to file?

[faginbagin]

Hi Andy,

Andy Walls wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 17:25 -0400, faginbagin wrote:
>> Hi Alexandra,
> 
> 
>> FWIW, closed captions are important to me, too. In my case, I wanted
>> to be able to burn DVDs of MythTV recordings that preserved closed
>> captions. If DVDs with closed captions in the form of subtitles would
>> work for you, then you might like to try my solution. You can read all
>> the details here:
>> http://www.hbuus.com/cc2subtitles/
>>
>> Even if my solution doesn't exactly meet your needs, I might be able
>> to adapt it to do what you want. That's because it uses libzvbi, from
>> the zapping project that also provided the zvbi program you're trying
>> to use, and it can be configured to save different file formats, like
>> SRT. If you'd like to discuss the possibilities,
> 
> 
>>  I welcome you to contact me off list, since I think we're straying
>> away from a ivtv driver issue.
> 
> Helen,
> 
> I respectfully disagree. :)
> 
> This is certainly on topic for an ivtv-users list discussion.  Only the
> ivtv and cx18 driver use the ivtv embedded VBI private packets.  A linux
> kernel driver isn't worth much without effective methods for use by
> applications and end users.
> 
> Plus once potential solutions are discussed on list, they'll be archived
> in the list archive for others to find later.
> 
> Regards,
> Andy

Thanks for your assessment on what is and isn't on topic. Perhaps the fact that I've posted the link to my solution is sufficient at this time?

I am helping Alexandra to get it working for her. Mostly issues with Debian package management tools, like when to be root. Although Alexandra's experience has made me aware of one step I need to add to my documentation.

If you feel our conversation belongs on list, I'll forward what's transpired so far, with Alexandra's permission, and continue the conversation on list.

Regards,
Helen