You're quite welcome, and I'm so glad it works for you too! I spent a lot of time, and documented every new lead, back then. I doubt these three simple commands appear consolidated until now, so when I saw your question I felt I had to share my experience. Good luck in the future! On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 10:39 PM Steven Zakulec <spzakulec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This worked exactly as you described- I had to install the libzvbi > devel headers, then a simple make of zvbi2raw let me use the program > with the exact command you provided. > > Thank you so much for this! > I spent a ton of time searching and I just didn't have the right keywords. > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:30 PM Lucas <jaffa225man@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I pieced this together myself, from Internet searches, in 2013: > > > > Since (at that time at least) zvbi-ntsc-cc was ignoring null bytes the > > time codes ended up being "significantly off," according to my > > findings and those of the author of the program I've been using, I > > switched completely to using it: https://github.com/codeman38/zvbi2raw > > > > To use it to capture the raw VBI information, here's the command I use: > > zvbi2raw -d /dev/vbi0 > file.vbi > > > > Then, I convert it to a .srt file with ccextractor as you expected: > > ccextractor -in=raw ./file.vbi -o ./file.srt > > > > If you want to change the time offset in the .srt file, you can use a > > program from the libsubtitles-perl package in debian (I didn't find it > > in debian back then, so I compiled the source in its "subtitles-1.00" > > directory). The program is subs, and here's how it can be used to > > subtract five minutes from every time in the .srt file (with -i, it > > edits in-place, but keeps a (.bak) backup file of the previous > > version, but I think repeating the command will lose your initial > > version): > > subs -i -b -5:00 file.srt > > > > It took me a lot longer to figure out than it probably will with this > > for you, but I didn't ask the mailing list. ;) > > > > I hope that helps, > > > > Lucas > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 6:21 PM Steven Zakulec <spzakulec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > HI, I am writing to the Linux-media mailing list in hopes that someone > > > can share how the /dev/vbi device can be captured from under Linux to > > > disk so it can be processed back into captions. > > > > > > I've tried a long list of items (listed below), and the only success > > > I've had under Linux is using old Hauppauge PVR (150 & 250) PCI cards, > > > and extracting the embedded VBI data from those captures. > > > > > > I can successfully display closed captions on my Hauppauge HVR-950q > > > USB device with "zvbi-ntsc-cc -d /dev/vbi0 -c" as long as I start a > > > capture first in one terminal, then run that command in a second > > > terminal, so I know that card works. > > > > > > With my Hauppauge HVR-950q, I've tried the following items: > > > cat /dev/vbi (both before, during, and after a capture is started on the card > > > > > > Trying to use ffmpeg to capture /dev/vbi - unclear if this is even > > > supposed to work, and if so, what the proper commands are > > > > > > I've tried using zvbi to capture the captions- at best, I can get the > > > text dumped to a file, but no timestamps, or raw/sliced VBI that I > > > could convert using ccextractor into a subtitle file. > > > I had thought one of the commands below should work based on the > > > descriptions from --help. > > > zvbi-ntsc-cc -d /dev/vbi0 -r -C vbi.bin > > > zvbi-ntsc-cc -d /dev/vbi0 -r -R -C vbi.bin > > > > > > I've tried some of the test tools in the zvbi source code test folder, > > > but it's not entirely clear if they work with NTSC closed captions. > > > > > > I'm on Kubuntu 20.04 with kernel 5.4.0-77-generic. > > > > > > If anyone knows an application/device combination (any Linux OS), > > > please let me know- this seems totally possible, I just can't figure > > > out how to make it happen. > > > Thank you in advance for any insights or guidance you can provide here. > > > > > > > > -- > > Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at > > http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm > > On a related note, also see https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/surveillance -- Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm On a related note, also see https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/surveillance
