Capturing Closed Captionin FCP

I was old to capture for closed captioning in FCP you should change your settings (sequence I think?) to 720x486. But when I change(in the general tab) it defaults to 729x486. Is this OK?
Need help ASAp
Thanks
Jeff

You might need a capture card for this. DV only
captured 720x480. If you want to capture 720x486
from a source like Beta or Digibeta, you'll need a
capture card.
What is your source?
Shane
Hi Shane.
Thanks for answering right away. My capture source is Mini DV tape and I was told captureing in720x480 cuts off the "CC"portion so 720x486 is reccomended. But as I said it seems to default to 729x486. I don't know f this setting is ok. I was also told that Compressor kill any "CC" that may be on the video. I'm not shure about this ether as I will have to compress for DVD.
Jeff

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