[vdr] Re: Teletext pass-through

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 10:37:44PM +0200, Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
> Am Montag, 25. Oktober 2004 20:03 schrieb Anssi Hannula:
> > Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
> > >>Hi!
> > >>
> > >>Would it be possible for VDR to pass teletext to the tv set, so that I
> > >>could use the tv's teletext-function?
> > >>If not, is it possible with the ff dvb cards at all?
> > >
> > >It is possible, and it is done. If you have correct teletext PIDs (found
> > >automatically by 1.3 series), and no teletext plugin loaded, teletext will
> > > be reinserted on the TV out.
> > >However, you can only have either the osd-teletext plugin or teletext
> > >reinsertion, both at the same time is not supported by the firmware.
> >
> > Well, what about when transferring video from budget card to ff card, it
> > doesn't seem to work?
> 
> I don't think the firmware supports this, but I am not absolutely sure.

Hmmm ... for my TV set this only works with FBAS connection.  With
S-Video or within transfer mode, which is simply a replay with a
timshift of a few seconds, it does not work.  Clearly the later
one is given by the limits of replaying, whereas the first one
is caused by the video format.

      Werner

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