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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/ break-out boxes will ignore the caption data. See the link
www.cpcweb.com/nle/nle-hardware.htm for a list of compatible NLE systems.
Captioning HD Video
Using Matrox MXO2
MacCaption can encode and decode HD captions to and from any HD or SD decks using the
Matrox MXO2 and HD-SDI, SDI, or Analog I/O. MacCaption exports a file which you then
drag onto your Final Cut Pro timeline. It can then be played out in real time without any
rendering needed. The MXO2 can also up/down/cross-convert any video format to any other
format while maintaining the captions.
Using AJA Kona
MacCaption DTV and HD Enterprise software now works with the AJA KONA 3 and LHi cards
along with Final Cut Pro 7 to create HD closed captions. This means AJA users that edit with
Final Cut Pro 7 can utilize MacCaption to create HD closed captions.
Panasonic DVCPRO HD
Captions can be added to DVCPRO-HD .mov (QuickTime) files. You need to use MacCaption-
HD to print the captioned video via FireWire to a compatible VTR such as a Panasonic AJ-
HD1400.
SONY XDCAM HD
MacCaption-HD can decode and encode captions from Sony XDCAM MXF files (1080i and
720p) which came from a Sony XDCAM HD deck or the Sony XDCAM Transfer tool for Final
Cut Pro.
Sony XDCAM EX and HDV decks currently do not support HD captioning.
Omneon Server
MacCaption can export a caption encoded DVCPro HD file for playback to the Omneon Server.
Captioning Webcasts
MacCaption can generate captions for video on the web for players like QuickTime, Podcast,
iTune, Flash, Google, YouTube, RealVideo and Windows Media. For sample webcasts with
captions, check the link: www.cpcweb.com/webcasts/webcast_samples.htm.