[mythtv-users] Feature request: VBI captions on by default

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/30/2007 09:48 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> I would like to have VBI captions on by default. ATSC captions have
> never worked right for me; they are slow, inaccurate, don't erase
> properly, and ugly. VBI captions are fast, accurate, erase properly,
> and the black background makes them much easier to read.
>
> However, TV Settings|Playback|Always display closed captioning or
> subtitles turns ATSC captions on by default. I've looked through
> NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp but am stumped. Anyone want to whip up a quick
> patch against 0.20.2 that would change this, so that the setting will
> affect VBI instead of ATSC?

You can remap T to TOGGLECC608 "Toggle VBI CC" (rather than
TOBBLECC--"Toggle any captions") and then it's only one keypress when
you start playback.

Mike