Ubuntu Manpage: zvbi-atsc-cc - ATSC Closed Caption decoder

NAME

       zvbi-atsc-cc - ATSC Closed Caption decoder

SYNOPSIS

       zvbi-atsc-cc [ options ] [-n] station name

DESCRIPTION

       zvbi-atsc-cc  captures  ATSC  TV  transmissions  using  a Linux DVB device and decodes the
       enclosed Closed Caption data. It can record  both  NTSC  caption  (EIA  608-B)  and  DTVCC
       caption (CEA 708-C).

OPTIONS

-? -h --help --usage
Print a short usage message.

-q --quiet
Suppress all progress and error messages.

-v --verbose
Increase verbosity.

Device options
-a number
--adapter-num number
Select a different DVB device to capture the signal (/dev/dvb/adapterN). The
default is adapter 0.

-i number
--frontend-id number
Select a different frontend on the DVB device (/dev/dvb/adapterN/frontendM). Most
devices have only one frontend. The default is frontend 0.

-d number
--demux-id number
Select a different demultiplexer on the DVB device (/dev/dvb/adapterN/demuxM). Most
devices have only one demultiplexer. The default is demultiplexer 0.

-r number
--dvr-id number
Select a different DVR interface on the DVB device (/dev/dvb/adapterN/dvrM). Most
devices have only one DVR interface. The default is DVR interface 0.

-T
--ts Decode an MPEG-2 Transport Stream on standard input instead of opening a DVB
device. This option is mainly intended for debugging.

Since Transport Streams can contain multiple programs you must still specify one or
more station names, which zvbi-atsc-cc will look up in a channel configuration file
to determine the Program ID of the video elementary stream or streams it should
extract. You should also add the --atsc option to clarify that this is an ATSC TS
and the program should expect an azap channel configuration file, which is
otherwise inferred from the DVB device capabilities.

Tuning options
-e file name
--channel-conf file name
To tune in a TV station zvbi-atsc-cc needs a channel configuration file. We use the
config file of the azap tuning tool from the linuxtv-dvb-apps package. You can
create it with the scan tool from the same package.

The azap channel configuration file is a text file which lists one station per
line. Each line contains six fields separated by a colon: The station name, the
transponder frequency in Hz, the modulation used (8VSB, 16VSB, QAM_64, QAM_256),
the video stream PID, the audio stream PID, and the service ID. Empty lines and
lines starting with a number sign will be ignored.

This option selects a different channel configuration file. The default is
$HOME/.azap/channels.conf

-L --list
List all stations in the channel configuration file and their transponder
frequency.

-n station name
--station station name
The station to tune in. Usually the -n can be omitted.

zvbi-atsc-cc can record caption from multiple stations at once if they share a
transponder frequency. Just specify multiple station names on the command line to
enable this.

Caption options
With the caption and XDS options you specify which data zvbi-atsc-cc should extract. If
multiple station names are given these options apply to the succeeding station name. You
must specify at least one of these options for each station.

-c --cc
Print any received caption on standard output.

-C file name
--cc-file file name
Append any received caption to the specified file.

-l number
--channel number
Print NTSC Closed Caption channel 1, 2, 3 or 4 on standard output.

-1 ... -4 file name
--cc1-file ... --cc4-file file name
Filter out NTSC Closed Caption channel CC1 ... CC4 and append the text to the
specified file. CC1 is the primary, CC3 the secondary caption service. If both
services are transmitted CC1 usually carries English, CC3 Spanish caption.

-5 ... -8 file name
--t1-file ... --t4-file file name
Filter out NTSC Text service T1 ... T4 and append the text to the specified file.

-9 ... -0 file name
--s1-file ... --s2-file file name
Filter out DTVCC service 1 or 2 and append the text to the specified file. Service
1 is the primary, service 2 the secondary caption service. If both services are
transmitted service 1 usually carries English, service 2 Spanish caption.

Digital TV stations are supposed to transmit language codes and other information
about the available caption services but these are not presently evaluated.
zvbi-atsc-cc filters out text which does not appear to be caption, such as tickers
or vertically printed text.

-b --no-webtv
Do not print WebTV links.

-m --timestamps
Prepend timestamps (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) to caption lines.

-s --sentences
Print caption one sentence at a time.

-j type
--format type
When type is "plain" zvbi-atsc-cc prints caption and XDS text without any markup.
When type is "vt100" it faithfully reproduces the caption foreground and background
color, italic and underline attributes by inserting VT.100 terminal control codes.
With type "ntsc-cc" it mimics the output of the ntsc-cc and zvbi-ntsc-cc tool. The
default is "ntsc-cc".

zvbi-atsc-cc supports all Closed Caption character sets and converts to the
encoding of the current locale, usually UTF-8.

-p --plain
Same as -j plain

XDS options
-x --xds
Print all received XDS data on standard output.

-X file name
--xds-file file name
Filter out eXtended Data Service data (station name, program name, program rating
etc.) and append it as text to the specified file.

-f type[,type]*
--filter type[,type]*
Filter out specific XDS information: all, call (station call sign), desc (program
synopsis), length, network, rating, time, timecode, timezone, title. Multiple -f
options accumulate. The default is "all".

EXAMPLES

       zvbi-atsc-cc -c NJN-HD

       zvbi-atsc-cc --cc1-file wnyw.txt WNYW-DT --cc1-file wwor.txt WWOR-DT

       (NJN-HD, WNYW-DT and WWOR-DT are TV stations in New York. WNYW-DT
       and WWOR-DT can be captured simultaneously because they share a
       transponder frequency.)

FILES

       $HOME/.azap/channels.conf

AUTHORS

       Michael H. Schimek (mschimek AT users.sourceforge.net)
       timecop@japan.co.jp
       Mike Baker
       Mark K. Kim

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as  published  by  the  Free  Software  Foundation;  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program;
       if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,  51  Franklin  Street,  Fifth  Floor,
       Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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