Introduction
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Introduction
The TVP5154A video decoder has an internal Vertical Data Processor (VDP) that can be used to slice
various VBI data services such as V-Chip, Teletext (WST, NABTS), Closed Captioning (CC), Wide Screen
Signaling (WSS), Copy Generation Management System (CGMS), Video Program System (VPS),
Electronic Program Guide (EPG or Gemstar), Program Delivery Control (PDC), and Vertical Interval Time
Code (VITC). These data services are typically transmitted during the vertical blanking interval of the video
frame.
provides a summary of the supported data services including the line numbers on which
they are typically transmitted.
Table 1. Supported Data Services
VBI System
Standard
Line Number
Number of Bytes
Specification
Teletext WST A
SECAM
6-23 (field 1, 2)
38
ITU-R BT 653-3
Teletext WST B
PAL
6-22 (field 1, 2)
43
ITU-R BT 653-3
Teletext NABTS C
NTSC-M
10-21 (field 1, 2)
34
ITU-R BT 653-3
Teletext NABTS D
NTSC-J
10-21 (field 1, 2)
35
ITU-R BT 653-3
Closed Caption
PAL
22 (field 1, 2)
2
EIA-608-D
Closed Caption
NTSC
21 (field 1, 2)
2
EIA-608-D
WSS/CGMS
PAL
23 (field 1, 2)
14 bits
ITU-R BT 1119-1
WSS/CGMS
NTSC
20 (field 1, 2)
20 bits
IEC 61880
VITC
PAL
6-22
9
SMPTE 12M-1999
VITC
NTSC
10-20
9
SMPTE 12M-1999
VPS (PDC)
PAL
16
13
ETS 300 231
V-Chip
NTSC
21 (field 2)
2
EIA-744-A
Gemstar 1x
NTSC
2
Gemstar 2x
NTSC
5 with frame byte
User
Any
Programmable
Programmable
A host or backend receiver can retrieve the sliced data using one of three methods:
•
I
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C access of dedicated Closed Caption, WSS, CGMS, VPS, Gemstar, VITC, and V-Chip data
registers.
•
I
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C access of an internal 512-byte FIFO used primarily for high-bandwidth data services such as
full-field teletext.
•
As ITU-R BT.656 ancillary data, inserted by the TVP5154A in the data stream during the horizontal
blanking interval.
Note: This document will focus primarily on the more commonly used dedicated I
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C data registers.
Prior to accessing the VBI sliced data, the TVP5154A must be configured for the desired VBI data service.
This includes loading of the VDP Configuration RAM (C-RAM) and the Line Mode registers that are used
to enable various data services. Detailed descriptions of the VBI related I
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C registers are shown in
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TVP5154A VBI Quick Start
SLEA104 – July 2010
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