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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DVCPRO HD video content can also be encoded with closed captions for the Omneon Spectrum
Playout Server with the optional HD-SDI DV100 I/O port attached to the server. The Omneon
Specturm Playout Server can translate the user data packets in the DVCPRO HD QuickTime file
and converts them to VANC information for HD-SDI playout of closed captions. DVCPRO HD
QuickTime files with closed captions captured from the Omneon server can also be decoded by
MacCaption.
DVCPRO HD video content can also be encoded with closed captions for the SKY Micro
playout board. This board also translates the user data packets in the DVCPRO HD QuickTime
file and converts them to VANC information for HD-SDI playout of Closed Captions. Please go
to http://www.skymicro.com/ for more information.
DVCPRO HD QuickTime files cannot be edited once they are encoded with closed caption
information. To edit these clips please refer to the Assemble Captions section of this manual.
DVCPRO HD is a codec that is compatible with QuickTime and is installed on the Mac with
Final Cut Studio 2. To check if your QuickTime file contains the DVCPRO HD codec, open
your file in QuickTime player and press Command+I. This option will open an information
window with the listing of the formatted codec. If this format reads DVCPRO HD then your file
is created with the appropriate codec.
Alternately, DVCPRO HD content can be closed captioned within Final Cut Pro using the
Matrox MXO2 board and the Matrox 4VANC audio file that MacCaption can generate and
export for the Final Cut Pro timeline. For more information about the MXO2 and closed
captions go to www.cpcweb.com/mxo2.
SONY XDCAM HD
Captions can be added to XDCAM HD MXF files which can be played back in the Sony
XDCAM HD 1500 VTR.
To caption XDCAM HD follow the directions below:
Go to top menu Caption>Encode Preferences
In the Encode Preferences window makes sure that program A is set to CC1 for 608 Encode
Targets and Program A is set to “1” for 708 Encode Service Number Targets.
Enable the checkboxes that say Include 608 captions in DTV export operations and 708 captions
in DTV export operations.
Click OK.
Now go to File>Export>HD>Material eXchange format MXF