Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.

'Hell Bound'


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omnis_audis - Apr 18, 2009 9:07:16 pm PDT #9725 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Does hdmi pass closed captioning? I can't figure out how to toggle it with my new cable box, and the tv says not available when I click it on the tv remote.


Tom Scola - Apr 18, 2009 10:00:35 pm PDT #9726 of 25505
hwæt

What kind of cable box is it?


omnis_audis - Apr 19, 2009 6:25:27 am PDT #9727 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Motorola. Their pdf manual was more "check with your provider for features. Tthis is how you connect an HDMI cable to your TV".


Tom Scola - Apr 19, 2009 6:32:22 am PDT #9728 of 25505
hwæt

What model is it?


megan walker - Apr 19, 2009 6:40:36 am PDT #9729 of 25505
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oooh, omnis got a new cable box...

Insent.


omnis_audis - Apr 19, 2009 11:33:07 am PDT #9730 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Ah, found it on the Motorola website. It's nothing I can do from the remote (which is what I was using). It appears I have to do it from the few buttons on the front face of the box. I hope it then enables them on the TV to toggle on/off. I only use them when I can't understand what someone said, and then turn it off (or when I'm on the phone with family for HOURS at a time).

The model I have is the DCH3416. I found the info at [link] In case anyone else was having the same problem.

Megan_Walker, back flung.


omnis_audis - Apr 19, 2009 9:31:49 pm PDT #9731 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Now that I am home, the attempt to get cc didn't work. The cable box says subtitles ON. But I'm not seeing them. Guess I'll call tech support.


Vortex - Apr 20, 2009 8:22:38 pm PDT #9732 of 25505
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

okay, here is my pain in the ass, extremely first world diamond shoe problem, which I am trying to solve without making any purchases. or at least not a major one.

1. I have an HD tivo in the living room with a cable card, so that it recieves digital cable and the pay channels.

2. I have a series 2 tivo with a DVD burner in the bedroom, but it's connected to an old tv with an RF adapter, so I have only one set of RF inputs.

3. I own a laptop with a DVD burner, using Windows DVD maker.

My problem? I would like to burn DVDs of tivo recordings. Thus far, this has been impossible because

1. If I transfer a recording from the living room tivo to the bedroom (dvd burner) tivo, the machine automatically copyright protects the transfer so that it cannot be burned.

2. I can download the recording to the laptop, but the format is incompatible with the DVD burner, and wants me to buy $100 Roxio software. I figured this out after ruining 3 or 4 DVDs

3. Because of the RF adapter, I cannot hook up both the tivo and the digital cable box to be able to record shows on the DVD burning tivo.

Suggestions? Hacks? Freeware?


Jon B. - Apr 21, 2009 2:26:17 am PDT #9733 of 25505
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

This might help, Vortex. It "converts TiVo files into standard mpeg2 files which can then be used to produce a playable DVD."


Ailleann - Apr 21, 2009 4:19:30 am PDT #9734 of 25505
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

It's not free, Vortex, but I use VideoReDo to convert the .tivo files. There's a free trial to try, and frankly I found it so useful that to me it was worth the $$.

(Other than the issues I've been having with Nero, but I think that's really a codec issue.)