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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a .cc file. The contents of .cc and .scc files are identical, the only difference is the extensions in
the names. A typical DVD caption file looks like this.
01:03:24:22 94AE 9420 945E 97A2 49A7 CD20 C154 2054 C845 204C 4546
5494 FE97 A24F 4620 54C8 4520 D343 5245 45CE AE94 2C00
0000 0094 2F00
01:03:26:21 94AE 9420 945E 97A2 D34F 2043 C1D0 5449 4FCE D394 FE97
A24F 4620 57C8 C154 2049 20D3 C1D9 942C 0000 0000 942F
01:03:28:01 94AE 9420 945E 97A2 C1D0 D045 C152 20C1 5420 54C8 4520
4C45 4654 94FE 97A2 4F46 2054 C845 20D3 4352 4545 CE2C
2054 4F4F AE94 2C00 0000 0094 2F00
DVD Studio Pro
1. Go to File >> Export and choose the DVD .scc File option.
2. In the “Caption Data Lower Limit” window, leave the box unchecked and the time codes
at 00:00:00:00, click OK.
3. Open your DVD Studio Pro project and import the movie (to the assets folder) that you
used to create the time-stamped .scc file. Drag that movie to your timeline.
4. From the Inspector, click the “Other” tab and check the box next to either Field 1 or Field
2.
5. Click the “Choose” button and select the .scc file that you exported from MacCaption,
click OK (Also see pages 557 and 558 in the DVD Studio Pro manual).
6. Build and Burn your DVD
QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption File (.srt)
You can import/export QT Podcast closed caption file (.srt) from File >> Import/Export menu.
EBU Subtitle File (.stl)
You can import/export EBU STL file (.stl) used by European companies to subtitle on-air
broadcasts. This feature is essential to convert already subtitled programs for DVD, Broadcast,
and Webcast applications.
Ultech Files (.ult)
You can import/export Ultech .ult files from File >> Import/Export menu.