Closed Captioning help

Working on a project which i've added click boxes to pause the audio until the user clicks to start. I also have closed caption tied to that audio. When preview and/or publish, when user enters slide and possibly takes an extra moment to start the audio, the closed captions are already up and running. Now the audio and captions are out of synch. Is there a way or reason for the captions to be paused along with the audio that it's attached to?
Thanks
Tony

I looked at various options too. IE. using voice recognition to produce a text file then using MacCaption to encode it on line 21. I understand MacCaption produces a quicktime file that can be brought into FCP and rendered. When printing to tape it will entered into line 21 in you use an approved card like AJA, media 100, Targa, etc (these cards know how to handle this since this a problem with DV at 720x480. CC likes 720x486 ie DVCPRO 50, Digi Beta etc.
However, my local station (UPN network) said they would do our 30 min. show for $85 each. As you could expect, my research ended there.

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Closed caption help

I have a DVCAM master that is encoded for closed captioning. My client would like a DVD with closed captioning. Is this a simple matter of capturing the master tape in FCP and importing the file into DVD SP and burning a copy or is there more to it? Any help would be appreciated.
dual 2GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

True closed captioning is part of the video, (line 21.) DV video encodes the caption data as meta data and is stored as a resource in the DV QT file.
That data can only be retrieved if the DV program is run through a software that can read the meta data resource. The software that can do that is Mac Caption Pro.
Once you have captured the video from the DV tape, to a DV QT file, that file can then be imported into Mac caption Pro and decoded and captured to a .scc file, (Scenarist_SCC V1.0.)
The .scc file can then be brought into DVD SP through the line 21 option for closed captioning in the track inspector, under the other tab.
Mac Caption Pro also allows you to merge the .scc file with a already existing Mpeg2 file and then import the Mpeg2 file normally, with captioning already part of the Mpeg2 file, (no need to use the line 21 option in DVD SP.)
The software is very expensive $5000.00, but way cheeper than a hardware system for captioning. Educational facilities receive a discount upon request.
There URL: http://www.ccaption.com/
If you can get the program owners to send you a .scc file, that is timecoded to the copy of the program you have, then you can just use the line 21 option of DVD SP to import the captioning.

Closed caption help please

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Closed Captions don't appear when I play my video exported with Premiere Pro CC

So, I've spent some time researching this, but can't seem to get anywhere. I'm fairly new to Premiere Pro and I've created a sequence with closed captions. I've tried exporting several different ways (Quicktime, H264, etc.). I've also been careful to include a sidecar closed caption file or to embed the closed captions within the video when exporting using Quicktime. I've also been sure that both files (the movie and the scc file) are in the same place. I've tried playing different versions of the exported video on Quicktime Player and VLC, but have had no luck getting the closed captions to appear. In Quicktime player I've tried it with the closed captions activated, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. In VLC I've tried the Advanced Open option which enables you to select the subtitles file you want to load with the movie. Once again, no luck. I've tried dragging and dropping the .scc file onto the movie while it plays. I've tried selecting a Subtitle track using the video drop-down menu. Once again, no luck. I've tried exporting from Premiere Pro with the sidecar file as a .mcc file and that didn't work either. I even tried converting the .scc file to an .srt file via some online app.
Anyway, I'm stumped. All I want to do is to get my movie to play with the subtitles with some simple application. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
S.@@

Sorry, Fritz. It's been a while since I really looked at the Closed Captioning help page, and I just assumed that the New Caption workflow is covered there. And a second apology because the state of that page is at least partly my fault insofar as I promised our technical writer months ago that I'd help flesh out this page.
You're not doing anything wrong when it comes to adjusting the start/end times for caption blocks. Caption tracks in the Timeline are basically display-only. The apparent handles are really just indicators; they're not interactive. I believe it's on our roadmap to make them interactive, but I have no idea where that enhancement sits in the priority order.
I'm not sure what you mean about "each caption track block [being] limited to just over 30 seconds." If there's a maximum duration for a caption clip, it's probably up at 12 or 24 hours. I've worked with several that are longer than an hour. As for individual caption blocks within a clip, my memory has grown fuzzy in the months since I worked on the feature, but I think the program does not enforce a limit on the duration you can give a block. However, there may be a limit on how long a given caption block will actually get displayed. I thought that limit was 15 seconds, but I just did a test with blocks of 10, 20, and 40 seconds, and all of them had the full assigned duration in the encoded output. Could be that the limit I'm thinking of is standard-specific... Come Monday, I'll have to check with colleagues who have remained closer to the feature set.
Note that if you add a caption clip to a sequence before you've finished adding the blocks, then you'll need to trim out the clip after increasing its duration by adding blocks.
Lastly, although Premiere supports authoring captions from scratch, the feature set was conceived chiefly for importing captions created in a third-party authoring tool and, as needed, revising the content and adjusting the timing.

New to OSMF - have several questions (closed captions, tutorial, etc), please help!

Hello,
I came across OSMF this week and am extremely curious to learn more about this for my job and personal work/knowledge. If any of these questions could be answered I will be ever-so grateful!! Thank you.
1) Anyone know of or have any information or tutorials or plug-ins on how to make OSMF videos work with closed captions for single or a multi-video player gallery for each video? (captions - this is very important for my job)
2) Does anyone know of any good and easy to understand (I'm mid-level in AS3) tutorials and/or source files on how to build an OSMF player preferably in Flash?
3) I know Flash Builder (Flex) some, but am better with Flash (CS4/5), but a lot of what I see is for Flex... what is preferred for OSMF - Flex or Flash or it doesn't matter?
4) I searched Amazon.com, but couldn't find - are there any books for OSMF?
Sorry I posed this in Developers also, but unsure which is appropriate for my questions. Thank you, again.

Hi, Duane!
This may help with your questions re: captions..
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/osmf.adobe/index.php?title=Captions
As for tutorials, we've got some links to ones created by members of the community here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/osmf.adobe/index.php?title=osmf.adobe:Community_Port al
And, as far as OSMF books, there aren't any third-party ones of which I'm aware. You can download a PDF of Adobe's OSMF Dev Guide here (the PDF link is at the upper right):
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/OSMF/1.0/Dev/index.html
Or, you can view the very same content in topic-by-topic form at the wiki in the links above.
Best of luck with your endeavors!
donna

Closed Captioning saga.. need some help!

Hi,
I have the CC information available to me as a separate Line21 movie file and a .SCC file. (this was exported using this software http://unisay.com/subtitlersw.htm)
I added the Line21 file to my video track in FCP and used compressor to create the final MPEG2 file for DVDSP.
So, my questions are:
- Does MPEG2 preserve the Line21 data?
- Do I need to also add the .SCC file to the video track in DVDSP?
Thanks;
John

Hi John,
Sorry I couldn't respond in a more timely manner, deadlines and all that.
I see you're still having an issue with CC files in DVDSP. I thought I'd jump back in and see if I can shed some more light.
As I read the thread, a couple of things occur to me.
To quote a line from an earlier message, "- Out of FCP, I exported to Compressor and brought the media files (m2v and audio file) into DVDSP. Set the .scc file to the track and burned the DVD. This didn't work."
I'm a bit surprised as this is exactly the way it should work and has for me. In my experience, I always get an error message in the log during the build process if there's anything the tiniest bit wrong with the SCC file. Particularly time code overlaps and time codes out of range (not matching the TC of the video file). Did you get any type of error message in the log when you did the build?
Another quote, "I can see the captions using Apple's DVD player, but I can't see them when playing them on two different DVD players!! Not sure what's going on. I kept trying to turn on the captions, but nothing would show up. It ONLY shows up on the mac using dvd player. Any ideas?"
You should be aware for a future project that Apple's DVD Player DOES NOT show all styles of Closed Captioning, particularly the roll-up kind. I learned this lesson the hard way when I ranted to a SCC file supplier that their file was bogus because I was QCing the final using DVD Player. Later, when I burned a disc and checked it on a standard DVD player and TV, there they were. I had enough egg on my face for several omelets.
It would seem if the CC text showed up in DVD Player, the file is properly encoded as user bits in the MPEG file. Therefore, when you're playing the DVD in a stand-alone player, I suspect that you may not be viewing them on a TV that has a CC decoder in it. Remember, CC decoding was not mandated in new TVs until 1990 and most tech monitors have no capability to decode it either. Also, while the DVD player is extracting the CC data from the MPEG file, it's the TV (or monitor) that's actually decoding and displaying the CC text from line 21, not the DVD player. If you're using a tech monitor or an older TV to check the final disc, you would have to use an external decoder box in line with the video signal to see the CC text. Finally, not all DVD players "look" for the CC data in the MPEG file user bits and may simply ignore it. But it's hard to believe any newer or a least name-brand player would do this.
On another issue, personally I wouldn't bother monkeying around with STL files for handling CC. It's OK for subtitles placed in a subtitle track of DVDSP, but that's not the same as true CC. In short, I've never had a problem with a correctly formated "Scenarist_SCC V1.0" file as long as there were no time code issues with the m2v track.
I did a little surfing and came across this informative document. You might want to have a look:
http://www.dvdmadeeasy.com/downloads/acrobat/PreparingLine21.pdf
And if you really want SCC info overload go here:
http://www.geocities.com/mcpoodle43/SCCTOOLS/DOCS/SCCFORMAT.HTML
I sincerely hope some of this helps. It appears like you're doing everything right. Check for error messages on the build and view the final product on a DVD player and TV combination that you're quite sure is capable of accessing and decoding CC. (Hey, turn on the TV, tune to any network channel, and turn on the CC with your remote or on-screen set up guide. If it's there, it's there!)
Beiguy

CP8 Interactions and slides with audio and closed captions - not working well - please help

Okay, I am using cp8 on a windows 8 64 bit machine. I have placed an interaction on a slide. I also have audio on that slide and closed captions.
When I get to the slide, the audio does not play because the mere fact that the interaction is on there makes the slide pause upon enter. I could have the student click play on the playbar to go, but that is not required on slides without interactions, so I don't like that solution. I also could do an On Enter slide Play Audio and pick the wav file, but then the closed captions don't show up.
So, the question is, how do I have the slide automatically play the audio at the slide level without the student having to click the play button to go?? Slides with interactions should behave just like other slides with objects/widgets on them. This auto pausing thing is driving me nuts!
Thanks,
Lori

Lori, this is puzzling! Are you talking about one of the learning interactions included with Captivate? If yes, which one? My puzzlement is due to the fact that what you described is what happened in CP6: interaction paused slide at first frame (I had a workaround for audio). But since CP7 interactions do not pause any slide, you'll have to provide the pause yourself. There are some exceptions (games).
Lilybiri

Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Closed Captioning

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/closed-captioning.html

becasue this functions arn't implemented yet...
but hopefully soon in Premiere CC7:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-premiere-pro-cc/create-closed-captions-within-premiere-pro /

Help with closed captioning

Does anyone know how to correct the following issue: the
closed captioning works the first time you play the slide. However,
if I return to the slide and replay it, the close captioning no
longer appears. Any ideas?

Welcome to our community, mkovner08
When you say the Closed Captioning no longer appears, do you
mean to say that the area where it would appear no longer has the
highlighted section? Or is the section visible, but the Closed
Captioning text refuses to be presented on the section as it
normally is?
I've tested here on my own PC and it seems to work with no
issue. I can play a slide over and over and see Closed Captioning.
Perhaps try restarting Captivate or clearing the Temp files and
rebooting the PC?
Cheers... Rick

HT202157 In Settings on Apple TV2, while looking for Closed Captions, I accidentally changed the default Language to something I cannot decipher. I cannot read the lists to find English. Help?

Using AppleTV2, in Settings looking for closed caption aoption, I accidently changed the default language from English to something with hieroglyphics. How do I revert to English?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5255
Settings is the rightmost tab at the top.
Settings > General is the first choice under it.
Settings > General > Language should hopefully be the 11th item down, and there you should find English.

Movies playing in iTunes will not show closed captions

I have purchased several movies from the iTunes store. They all have Closed Captioning listed in the store description. I need Closed Captioning because I have hearing loss and even with my hearing aids, I cannot hear all the dialogue in movies.
In my iTunes app, I opened Preferences-->Playback and checked the box for "Show closed captioning when available." Then I play the movie in iTunes. No captions. I click on the Controls menu for Audio & Subtitles. It's grayed out.
I go to the .m4v file in Finder and open the movie with Quicktime to see whether I can get captions that way. No captions. I check the View menu for Show Closed Captioning. It's grayed out.
At this point I'm thinking these movies do not really HAVE captions, despite what the store description said. However, this proves to be wrong because I turn on my TV and start up my Apple TV 3. I select "Movies" and then "Purchased" and find these movies. When I play these movies via the Apple TV, they all show up on the TV screen with the captions working perfectly.
So, what gives? I've spent hours searching the internet for a solution, but all I can find is that the selection I've made in iTunes preferences *should* make the captions show up in iTunes. I'm stumped. I want to play the movies on my computer in iTunes (or in Quicktime) so that I don't have to be at my house in front of my TV in order the enjoy them. Is there any way I can make these movies play in iTunes with the captions showing? Can anyone make any suggestions? I'd be very grateful if someone could help me achieve this goal.

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Open with "Closed Captioning" on, or always show CC

I want to have my projects start with "closed captioning". I tried to down load the little SWF file, from the third party, recommended elseware, but it doesn't seem to work. It says it was made for Captivate 4, and I'm using 5.
Any help? Is there another way to set CC as the default?

Robert, I think the issue here is that after you insert the new slide and drag it to the first of the presentation, you then defeat the purpose of adding the new slide because you then configure THAT slide to execute the advanced action to set the variable.
The point of introducing a new slide is to introduce a delay that gives the presentation time to "settle" before turning on the Closed Captioning.
The bottom line is that you insert the slide, move it to the beginning and configure the timing for perhaps .1 or .2 seconds. THEN execute the action on the SECOND slide.
Give that a try and see if things improve.
Cheers... Rick
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How to change the closed caption display in cc 2014

Hi since the new CC update they the option to change the closed caption seems to be removed. Currently it is set to teletext level 1. But i would like to change this to CEA-708. In the older version of cc u could change this by clicking the program monitor settings but this option is no longer available.
The adobe site stats Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Closed Captioning "You can select the captioning standard for a caption clip loaded in the Source Monitor. In the Source Monitor panel pop-up menu, select Closed Captioning Display > Settings. For example, you can select CEA-608, CEA-708, CC1, CC2, and so on. You can toggle the Closed Caption display on and off."
But this button is now gone.
Any help?

The button icon you show above is for enabling/disabling closed captions display. To access the Program Monitor's Settings menu, click the wrench icon to the left of the Duration display.
If you want the Closed Captioning Display button back, click the plus sign in the monitor's bottom right corner and drag the button to the button bar.

Error by exporting Captivate to Word: "Project Captions and Closed Captions"

Hello everybody,
I'm from Germany, working in Heidelberg and I've got a problem! I would so much appreciate if somebody would have a solution for it.
Nobody could help me yet - no Adobe support via chat, no Adobe support via phone. They said the forum is my last chance. I'm frustrated. But a solution is important for my ongoing project...
Description of the problem situation:
I've created an e-learning project in German language. This e-learning shall be translated into other languages, so I want to export a word document with the captions inside. I'm doing this way:
File > Export > Project Captions and Closed Captions, and save it as word doc.
But then, after I typed in a name for the word document, another "Save as"-window appears in the background (I discovered it by coincidence) and wants me to save a word template before the export process starts. Here's a screenshot:
I don't know the reason for this second "Save as" window, so I try to save a word template (I saved it on my desktop, because I don't know where else).
After klicking on "Save" the following error message appears:
(in English: Error by exporting of captions. Try the following things: if Microsoft Word is installed, if Word is open, if the exported file is open etc.)
It's not depending on the captivate file as such, I tried it with other ones (which have only one slide) - the same problem.
It's not depending on my computer, I tried it with another one in my office - there was the same thing, same error message (but without the step of saving a word template!).
Maybe important: My hardware and versions I'm working with...
Windows 7 Professional (Service Pack 1), 64bit
Adobe Captivate 8
Microsoft Word 2010
Does anyone has the same problem or does anyone know the answer for this problem?
I would really really appreciate your answers!! Thank you in advance!
Chris

Dear Mayank, dear Lilybiri,
thank you both soooo much, I couldn't belive what I saw as the export of captions worked!!! It was really surprising!
I guess your both solutions helped me out - Mayank's hint of the admin's rights was the necessary information! But it first worked because Lilybiri told me to insist and to try it after I restarted the PC - and to do it several times! So it worked!! Otherwise I would probably still be confused.
Thank you so much!
Here's the proof
Chris
PS: Does anyone know, why I still have to decide if I want to save the "Adobe Captivate" Template thing?
Every time I'm doing an export it asks me every time if I want to save or not save the "Adobe Captivate"-file...

Met Opera to Apple TV but no "closed captions"

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I actually called the Met Opera people who seemed responable for the MET OPERA App. It Opera On-Demand App. It works great except unlike live in HD at the movies, OR on PBS television when they show a Met Opera, when transmitting it to my television using an Apple TV device, the Closed Caption goes away.
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