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Transferring files between Mac and PC
Use a standalone FireWire Disk that is formatted for the PC and plug it into the Mac's FireWire
port. The Mac will recognize it and allow you to read and write it. Then drag the files you wish
to copy from the Macintosh disk to the PC FireWire disk icon. This will copy the file(s). When
the copy is complete drag the FireWire disk icon into the trash to unmount the disk. Take the
disk to the PC, plug it in, and you should be able to read the files on the PC.
Self contained QuickTime Movie
You should be aware that MacCaption only process movies that are "Self Contained". This
means that all of the QT movie's data must be present within the movie file itself and that there
cannot be any references to movie data in other files. A QuickTime movie can be made self-
contained by using the QuickTime Player Application, choosing Save As and making sure the
Save As Self Contained box is checked. Most of the movies on the Macintosh are self contained
but occasionally someone will attempt to play a non self-contained movie in MacCaption.
MacCaption only makes self-contained movies. By using Command-J in QuickTime Player you
can examine what files a given QuickTime movie uses. Also if a QuickTime movie seems very
small, like 4KB or so, it is not self-contained.
BlackMagic Hardware & Final Cut Pro
The BlackMagic hardware has a problem working with CC data because its real data path tends
to be 720x480 rather than 720x486, however, we believe that some customers with certain
hardware have gotten it to work.
You can try the following:
1. Digitize a known broadcast containing close captions into your BlackMagic hardware system.
Then play it back into their CC enabled TV receiver. If you see the CCs then that system will
work with MacCaption.
3. There is an option that in MacCaption (under File/Import/Decode NLE 720x486) that
will automatically search for the proper CC Primary Row and Starting Column CC data
information in the captured 720x486 NLE type QuickTime file. This feature will fill in
the proper values under Preferences/NLE for the given hardware and then it will decode
all of the captions in the original analog movie. Then you can use NLE exporter as usual.
This option will allow you to decode the captions in all types of video files, however,
decoding the captions in the image portion of a 720x486 movie is somewhat slow, but it
does work.