[MPlayer-users] Getting VPS data?

[Stefan Gehrer]

If you write "VDR PC", then I assume you receive digital video
over DVB. In this case there are _normally_ no VPS signals because
this kind of business should be done by a "running status" flag in a
DVB table for the corresponding program. I don't know if this flag
is evaluated in VDR or if the problem is that the broadcasters just set
it by the clock and not by the actual start of the program.

In analogue TV the VPS signal is transmitted in the same way
as the teletext and I heard rumors that some station repackage the 
VPS info into DVB sections just like they do it for the teletext, but somehow
I doubt it.

However, if my first assumption is wrong and you are talking about getting
the right timing for recording from an analogue TV capture card then
my answer is: I don't know. You might want to search for something
called vbidecode.

Regards
Stefan

On Tuesday 28 October 2003 12:34, Rainer Hantsch wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi!
>
> I currently use a long and complex bash script for entering capture times
> into my "VDR PC". (Well, I ask for station, start time, stop time, ... and
> finally build/queue an at-job from that.)
>
> What is driving me crazy is the fact that this time is often not the same
> when the movie starts in TV, so I always have to start earlier and stop
> later.
>
> What I would like to do is getting some kind of VPS function.
>
> Is there something in video4linux which allows me to actively wait for a
> VPS signature and then start immediately recording? (Would like to use that
> instead of queuing at-jobs.)
>
>
>
> mfg
>
>   Ing. Rainer Hantsch
>
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