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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Exporting Captions/Subtitles
MacCaption encodes captions directly onto digital video without the need for encoding
hardware. MacCaption can insert open and closed captions directly into a DV QuickTime movie
and directly into DVD MPEG video assets. It can also add captions to all types MPEG-2 video
(SD and HD) for DTV and ATSC.
MacCaption can also be used to add captions to a QuickTime movie's Text Track or to create a
RealVideo smil and Windows Media sami caption file for webcast. The software also generates
open captions that can be merged with video material and DVD description files that can be used
by DVD authoring systems to create closed captions. Here is a list of exports:
• Open and closed caption DV video
• Caption MPEG-2 (DVD) and MPEG-2 (DTV/ATSC) – both 4:3 and 16:9
• Caption NLE video directly and via a 720x486 black video
• DVD caption file (.scc) for DVD studio Pro, Sonic, Scenarist
• Caption/Subtitle Webcast for Quick Time, Windows Media Video, Real Video & Flash
• Subtitle Texas Instruments DLP Cinema XML
• Subtitle with Final Cut Pro using Apple XML file
• Subtitle DVD using Spruce, Sonic Solutions, DVD Studio Pro authoring systems
Sample Files: Sample examples of almost all kinds of files, which can be exported from
MacCaption are available on the MacCaption distribution CD.
Movie Time Code vs. Simulated Time Code: MacCaption can read the time codes from a DV
video if the DV video contains time codes. MacCaption can also simulate time codes by
simply converting number of frames to time codes either in Drop frames or Non-drop frames.
You have to be very careful which time code you use to time stamp a caption/subtitle file. If
you produce your final product from MacCaption, it does not matter which TC you use. But
if you export a file to be used with software like DVD Studio Pro or any other software, you
must use the same type of TC (DF or NDF). Otherwise you will notice caption/subtitle will
slowly go out of sync with time. For 1 hour video you will be off by 3 seconds and 18
frames.
There is way to fix this problem by using the functions like Convert TC (DF to NDF or NDF
to DF) and also TC Stretch/Shrink function.