It’s possible to extract TeleText subtitles from TS or Transport Stream files recorded by the VU Uno satellite box using a tool called ccextractor.

Below guide is used on Mac OS X, using CCExtractor v0.78.

1. Download the source code of CCExtractor here: http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net/download-ccextractor.html
2. Extract the source code to a folder if not done automatically.
3. In Terminal locate the folder called “mac” within the extracted folder
4. Run the following command: sudo bash ./build.command
5. Type in your password if requested, and wait for the build to complete.
6. You should now find a file called “ccextractor” in the folder.
7. To extract subtitles from a file use the below command:

ccextractor -startat mm:ss -endat mm:ss -autoprogram  -out=srt -bom -utf8 -teletext -tpage yyy /path/to/my/file/name.ts

-tpage: Is the teletext page containing the subtitles for Danish TV this is normally page 399.

-startat: The point in time when the the extraction should start formatted in minutes:seconds

-endat: The point in time when the extraction should end formatted in minutes:seconds.

The above will extract the TeleText into a .srt file encoded in UTF8 and placed in the same folder as the input file.

Note: The extracted srt file will need to be synchronised with the video afterwards. To do this, you can use the online service called SubShifter (http://subshifter.bitsnbites.eu) where you upload the file, provide the off-set you need to match with your encoded video, and you will get a new file with the required off-set.

Happy extracting 🙂