[linux-dvb] Re: Text channels

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 07:36:41AM -0800, Glyn Edwards wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I can't seem to find any advice in the archives about how to use the
> text services on digital terrestrial. Has anyone got any favourite
> methods.

Do you mean traditional 40x24 8-colour teletext that just happens to be
broadcast alongside the DVB stream, or the high quality 
interactive-style services?

If you mean the old-style stuff, there's an excellent 'teletext' plugin 
for VDR available.

If you mean the new-style interactive services, then there is no 
complete solution as yet. A VDR plugin exists (google for dsmcc) to 
decode the MHEG5/MHP carousels into files on hard disk... and there are 
2 or 3 free-to-use Java-based MHEG5 interpreters available, but so far 
they haven't been integrated...

It's the perfect opportunity to give something useful back to DVB 
development, if you have the time/ability =)

gdh


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