User`s guide

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Caption up to 4 Channels
You can caption all 4 caption channels in 4 different languages simultaneously as long as there is
enough space on the video to accommodate all 4 languages.
Note: Channel 1 and Channel 2 occupy the same space inside the Field 1. The same is
true for Channel 3 and Channel 4. When you caption two channels in the same field,
there is always fight with the space between CC1 and CC2. CC1 has the first priority.
Whatever space is left, is used by CC2. It is good idea to para-phrase the text and make it
short in both languages when you do CC1 and CC2 caption simultaneously.
There are four independent text editing areas in MacCaption. These are labeled Program A,
Program B, Program C and Program D. To switch between the different programs use the
Program pull down menu located at the top right corner of the main window.
For more details, see Encode Preferences under the Special menu and Duplicate Program under
the Edit menu in the Menu Chapter.
Batch Processing
The Batch function is used to perform a single repetitive import and export operation on a
number of files. A batch job can consist of the simple operation of extracting captions from a
series of QuickTime movie files and creating a .scc file for each of them or a more complicated
operation such as importing subtitles, putting them onto a second video and outputting the results
to a third video.
To select the batch function choose File > Batch or Command-B.
The Batch window consists of four separate functional areas:
The first area is the top half of the batch window. This is where the caption and subtitle source
and source files are specified. The Program A, Program B, Program C and Program D pop up
menus are used to select which programs are active and how caption and subtitle data is to be
imported into that program. Each export operation examines all four caption and subtitle
programs and imports data into those programs that require it. The CC1, CC2, CC3 and CC4 pop
up menus are used to specify which close caption data channel is to be extracted from the source
file. When extracting caption data from a MacCaption .cca file the CC1-4 selections are used to
choose which .cca program data, Program A – D, is to be extracted.
The second area is located in the middle of the bottom section of the batch window. This is
where the export operation is chosen.