# HG changeset patch # User voroshil # Date 1190654335 0 # Node ID 90896a8ab7b7556e8b93285f06405a5fc3d62dd3 # Parent af12ba770230414d6969213808c70e42df78977c Teletext documentation diff -r af12ba770230 -r 90896a8ab7b7 DOCS/xml/en/tvinput.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/tvinput.xml Mon Sep 24 16:48:08 2007 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/tvinput.xml Mon Sep 24 17:18:55 2007 +0000 @@ -185,4 +185,95 @@ + + + + + +Teletext + + +Teletext is currently available only in MPlayer for v4l and v4l2 drivers. + + + +Implementation notes + + +MPlayer supports regular text, graphics and navigation links. +Unfortunately, colored pages are not fully supported yet - all pages are shown as grayscaled. +Subtitle pages (also known as Closed Captions) are supported, too. + + + +MPlayer starts caching all teletext pages upon +starting to receive TV input, so you do not need to wait until the requested page is loaded. + + + +Note: Using teletext with causes strange colors. + + + + +Using teletext + + +To enable teletext decoding you must specify the VBI device to get teletext data +from (usually /dev/vbi0 for Linux). This can be done by specifying + in your configuration file, like shown below: +tv=tdevice=/dev/vbi0 + + + +You might need to specify the teletext language code for your country. +To list all available country codes use +tv=tdevice=/dev/vbi0:tlang=-1 +Here is an example for Russian: +tv=tdevice=/dev/vbi0:tlang=33 + + + + + + + +Teletext hot keys + + + + + + Key + Description + + + + + X + Switch teletext display on/off + + + C + Cycle through teletext rendering modes (opaque, transparent, inverted opaque, + inverted transparent + + + Left/Right + Go to previous/next teletext page + + + PageUp/PageDown + Go to next/previous teletext subpage + + + digits + Enter teletext page number to jump to + + + + + + +