User`s guide

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file, and you go in and out of your NLE with FireWire, then DV Encoder will encode your
captions with software only – no hardware encoder required.
NLE Encoder (NLE but no caption preparation option)
Same as DV encoder, plus encodes uncompressed 720x486 video.
DTV Encoder (DTV but no caption preparation option)
Same as NLE encoder, plus encodes SD and HD videos using Matrox MXO2, AJA Kona 3 or
BlackMagic HD.
HD Enterprise Encoder (HD but no caption preparation option)
Same as NLE encoder, plus captions HD materials.
Note: Encoder versions only allow 40 changes (key strokes & a limited number of other
things) to an imported file.
Captioning Process at a Glance
To caption a video, you need to go through the following steps:
Captioning is a three-step process.
• Transcribe the video.
• Caption file creation; this is when the timing and placement of the captions are done.
• Encoding process; the caption data is encoded on to the video for display on TV sets with
built-in closed caption decoder, or using an external decoder.
Captioning Digital Videos
(No generation loss)
If you are dealing with digital videos, once the caption file has been created, you have three
distinct options for creating your captioned master directly on the hard drive without using a
closed caption encoder hardware.
If you are dealing with 720x480 DV25 or DV50 (compressed) video, or MPEG-2 video, you
choose the DV and MPEG-2 route. No need for any Non-Linear system. On the other hand if
you are using a Non-Linear system and want to work with 720x486 uncompressed video, then
you choose the NLE route. For HD video, there are a few options.