User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Installation
- Caption/Subtitle Preparation
- A prepared final project
- The Captioning Process
- The Edit Window
- Now Let’s Get Your Feet Wet
- Retrieve Captions
- Roll-up Captioning
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Special Topics
- Import/Export Text & Caption/Subtitle Files
- ASCII Text (unformatted)
- ASCII Text (formatted)
- ASCII Text Files (Tab Delimited)
- Caption Center Files (.tds)
- Captions, Inc. Files (.cin)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.asc)
- Cheetah Caption Files (.cap)
- CPC-715 Online Files (.onl)
- DVD Caption Files (.scc)
- QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption File (.srt)
- EBU Subtitle File (.stl)
- Ultech Files (.ult)
- Exporting ASCII Text Files
- Using International Character Sets with MacCaption
- Preparing Foreign Language Text
- Exporting Captions/Subtitles
- DV – 720x480 video
- NLE 720x486 Videos
- Avid Media Composer
- Notes on Animation Codec
- Add Captions using Avid ABVB Hardware
- Add Captions using Avid Express Pro
- Add Captions using Avid Meridien Hardware
- Add Captions using the Media 100
- Add Captions using Pinnacle Systems
- Add Captions using Pinnacle TARGA 3000 & Adobe Premier
- Add Captions using Blackmagic Design DeckLink Extreme
- MPEG-2 (DVD) 720x480 Video
- MPEG-2 (DTV/ATSC)
- HD Tapes
- HD/SD Captioning using Matrox MXO2
- HD/SD Captioning using AJA Kona
- Add Subtitles to Digital Videos
- Adding Captions to Videos for Webcasts
- Flash Video.
- YouTube/Google Video
- QuickTime Text Track
- QuickTime Movie
- Real Video
- Windows Media Video
- Importing Captions
- Captioning with an External Encoder
- Menus
- Preferences
- File Menu
- New Window/Close Window
- Edit Menu
- Display Menu
- Font
- Program A, B, C, D, E, F
- Show Caption Grid
- Show Safe Titles
- Show Time Code
- Display as Subtitles or Captions
- Caption Menu
- Encode Preferences
- Decode Preferences
- Set Caption Data Lowest Limit…
- Set Caption Data Lower Limit
- Set Decode Channel
- Attributes
- Convert Illegal Caption Characters
- Device
- Properties
- Initialize Device
- Close Device
- Send Caption
- Erase Caption
- Live Caption
- Live Caption Options
- Subtitle Menu
- Time Code Menu
- Format Menu
- Special Menu
- Windows Menu
- Help Menu
- Suggestions for Breaking Lines
- Selecting Multiple Caption Text Boxes
- Moving Caption Text in the Movie Window
- Suggested Styles and Conventions
- Copy to Program A
- From To
- Trouble Shooting
- Appendix

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Display Tab
This Display Tab controls the type of errors that are reported for individual captions in the
caption text area. Select the error to include it. All errors can be disabled by deselecting the
Show Errors check box.
The caption errors are:
• No Caption Type - The caption Type is missing
• Line Length - A caption is more than 32 characters in length
• No Starting Time - The caption does not have a starting time
• Out of Sequence - The Starting Time of this caption is ahead of the starting time of the
previous caption.
• Too Many Lines - The current caption has more than the specified number of lines
(default is 4), or more than 1 line if the caption is a roll up caption
• Erase Too Long - The Erase Time of the current caption extends into the next caption
• Illegal Closed Caption Character - A text character in the caption cannot be represented
as a closed caption character
• Caption Overlaps Scene Transition - The current caption overlaps a scene transition such
as a cut or dissolve.
• Non Optimal Character Sequence – Detects unusual formatting errors, such as a non-
italics space in between two italics words, etc.
NLE Tab
General I/O
Display
NLE Remote
• Show Errors
o No Caption Type
o Line Length
o No Starting Time
o Out of Sequence
o Too Many Lines. Max is [ 4 ]
o Erase Too Long
o Illegal Closed Caption Character
o Caption Overlaps Scene Transition
o Non Optimal Character Sequence
• Play a sound when a long operation completes
• Disable Help Tags
( Choose Selected Text Cell Color )