diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.c b/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 7fe7697c404..0f9100baaae 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct
     int comp_page;
     int anc_page;
     int sub_id;
+    int txt_type;
 } dvb_caption_info_t;
 
 static int mpegts_parse_desc(dvb_caption_info_t *dvbci,
@@ -618,6 +619,8 @@ static void pmt_cb(void *opaque, const uint8_t *section, int section_len)
         if (dvbci.sub_id && (stream_type == STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA))
             stream_type = STREAM_TYPE_SUBTITLE_DVB;
 
+        if (dvbci.txt_type && (stream_type == STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA))
+            stream_type = STREAM_TYPE_VBI_DVB;
 #ifdef DEBUG_SI
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "stream_type=%d pid=0x%x\n", stream_type, pid);
 #endif
@@ -784,7 +787,7 @@ static int is_desired_stream(int type)
         case STREAM_TYPE_AUDIO_AAC:
         case STREAM_TYPE_AUDIO_AC3:
         case STREAM_TYPE_AUDIO_DTS:
-//        case STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA:
+        case STREAM_TYPE_VBI_DVB:
         case STREAM_TYPE_SUBTITLE_DVB:
             val = 1;
             break;
@@ -839,6 +842,12 @@ static int mpegts_parse_desc(dvb_caption_info_t *dvbci,
                 dvbci->language[2] = get8(p, desc_end);
                 dvbci->language[3] = 0;
                 break;
+            case DVB_VBI_DESCID:
+                dvbci->language[0] = get8(p, desc_end);
+                dvbci->language[1] = get8(p, desc_end);
+                dvbci->language[2] = get8(p, desc_end);
+                dvbci->txt_type = (get8(p, desc_end)) >> 3;
+                break;
             default:
                 break;
         }
@@ -1273,10 +1282,10 @@ static void init_stream(AVStream *st, int stream_type, int code)
             codec_type = CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO;
             codec_id = CODEC_ID_DTS;
             break;
-//        case STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA:
-//            codec_type = CODEC_TYPE_DATA;
-//            codec_id = CODEC_ID_DVB_VBI;
-//            break;
+        case STREAM_TYPE_VBI_DVB:
+            codec_type = CODEC_TYPE_DATA;
+            codec_id = CODEC_ID_DVB_VBI;
+            break;
         case STREAM_TYPE_SUBTITLE_DVB:
             codec_type = CODEC_TYPE_SUBTITLE;
             codec_id = CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE;
diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.h b/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.h
index e6924cc65be..8d6f0f098b4 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.h
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libavformat/mpegts.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SDT_TID   0x42
 
 /* descriptor ids */
+#define DVB_VBI_DESCID              0x56
 #define DVB_SUBT_DESCID             0x59
 
 #define STREAM_TYPE_VIDEO_MPEG1     0x01
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define STREAM_TYPE_AUDIO_DTS       0x8a
 
 #define STREAM_TYPE_SUBTITLE_DVB    0x100
+#define STREAM_TYPE_VBI_DVB         0x101
 
 unsigned int mpegts_crc32(const uint8_t *data, int len);
 extern AVOutputFormat mpegts_mux;