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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Software Installation
Installing MacCaption software
Inside the CD you will find a file similar to MacCaptionV5.0.hqx. V5.0 reflects the version of
the software available at the time of writing this manual. Your version might be different. Install
the software the same way you install any other Mac software. After installing MacCaption
software, you have to install the driver for the CPC software protection key. Follow the steps
below.
CPC Protection Key (Key)
A CPC Protection Key (USB type), also known as Dongle, is supplied with MacCaption
software. The CPK must be attached to a USB port on the computer for MacCaption to work.
MacCaption is protected by this hardware.
Warning: If you lose the CPC Protection Key, you will not be able to run the software!
You will have to pay a hefty price to replace it. You may move the Protection Key from
computer to computer, allowing different users to operate the MacCaption software on
different computers, but only one user may run the software at a time.
All CPC software is protected by a USB hardware key. The HASP driver can be found on the
CD or can be downloaded from www.cpcweb.com/download/MAC_HASP_driver.zip.
The hardware key is manufactured by Aladdin. The most recent driver for the keys may be found
at the following link: http://www.ealaddin.com/support/hasp/hasp4/enduser.asp.
HASP Driver Installation
CPC software distribution CD has a folder: HASP_Setup_ForMacOS-X containing a file
HaspDriverForMacOS-9-X.sit.hqx
After you run the Hasp driver software you are ready to run MacCaption. You must have the
USB CPC software protection key attached to a USB port.