Creating Closed Captions in Final Cut Pro

Does anyone have any reference information on adding Caption Files to Final Cut Pro?

The caption file gets imported to the track.
The file must be in the correct format - see the section in the manual.
The timecode of the track or mpeg asset must match the timecode of the master used for the captioning.

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Final Cut Pro 7 Closed Captioning/Hardcoding question

Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the closed captioning that final cut 7 now allows. I'm using movcaptioner to create SCC files to import into final cut for closed captioning of a broadcast television series. However, this show is also to be broadcast with another language track besides english with hardcoded english subtitles. Is there any way to do this or any other application if I can't do it in final cut? It would be extremely beneficial to use the closed captioning as the english language subtitles for the foreign language version.
Thanks

If I understand your question, you want to re-use your SCC file.
My subtitle prep tool can do so (or even generate the .SCC)
http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=12
Then output to XML and have your subtitles as text generators in FCP.
Mind you, subtitling is very different from CC, so there will be some work.
(subtitles have two lines, while CC can go up to 4
Also, it's uncommon for subtitles to jump all over the screen.
There is a free demo, do toy with it.
hth,
Bouke
* Disclaimer, i AM the owner of the link provided, and i WILL make money on it! **

Moving from Linux to Final Cut Pro, Need Help Creating Same Mpeg-4 videos

I am seeking to move into Final Cut Pro to develop these types of videos that I have previously been creating in Linux.
How can Final Cut Pro make these videos in the format specified below (OR VERY CLOSE TO IT)?
Please let me know what settings with screenshots, etc. will make final cut pro output in this way.
MINIMUM output requirements Video codec: Mpeg-4 (divx) with 2400 vbitrate, Audio Codec: MP3 and File container .avi
I look forward to your help, below are the details I've used in Linux, so please help me create these videos using Final Cut Pro.
I need this information by the end of the week.
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To Convert from a captured uncompressed video to MPEG-4 (Divx) with MP3
audio at 2400 bits using mencoder
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html
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vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2400:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:mbcmp=3:autoaspect:vp ass=1
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-------------VIDEO ------------
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Trellis searched quantization. This will find the optimal encoding for
each 8x8 block. Trellis searched quantization is quite simply an optimal
quantization in the PSNR versus bitrate sense (Assuming that there would
be no rounding errors introduced by the IDCT, which is obviously not the
case.). It simply finds a block for the minimum of error and lambda*bits.
(trell)
Sets the comparison function for full pel motion estimation (cmp=3)
Sets the comparison function for sub pel motion estimation (subcmp=3)
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------------- AUDIO ------------
Audio Encoded to Codec (MPEG-3)
------------- FILE CONTAINER ------------
File Container (.avi)
DOCUMENTATION FOR MENCODER
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html#GENERAL%20ENCODING%20OPTIONS% 20(MENCODER%20ONLY)

I need this information by the end of the week.< </div>
Not likely.
Easiest solution is to produce your edited material in FCP and then move the fully rendered, self-contained movie, in whatever format you are producing, to your Linux machine and use its encoder/transcoder.
Compressor will do the job for MP3 and MP4 but you will need to purchase the DIVX codec or transport it to your Mac. You need to talk to DiVX and you need to open the manual for Compressor. Compressor is not easy to learn how to use i na day but whatever you were using on your Linux box was much more difficult to learn.
bogiesan

Creating FLVs from Final Cut Pro

I am trying to create an FLV from Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 on an
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happening? Do they not yet have an FLV exporter for FInal Cut Pro
5?
I am stumped any help would be greatly appreciated.

The only way I could make it work was to open FCP using
Rosetta. This opens the program as if it were running on an older
(non Intel) MAC. The plugin should then show up where it is
supposed to. I guess they haven't come up with an Intel MAC plugin
yet.
To open as a Rossetta program control click on the FCP icon
and click on Get Info. Then click on the Open using Rosetta
box.

Burning a DVD from Final Cut Pro X for DVD player

I created my video in Final Cut Pro X 10.1. I then exported it by "Share" to "DVD" and burned it to a Sony VDV+R disc. I needed 6 copies. Some worked when I put it in the DVD player to show on our TV and others said "Can't read disc" even though I followed the same process. What am I doing wrong and how can I export a video to a DVD to show on TV via a projector or DVD player. I am on a MAC OS X (10.9.2)

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Can I use Motion 5 without Final Cut Pro but maybe for iMovie?

Hi guys, if I buy Motion 5 can I use it to create a project without Final Cut Pro or X or what ever?! And can I create transitions for iMovie?
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Stelo08, yes, Motion will export in a handful of formats.
h264 is the most popular, but did not support transparency, which you would likely want if you wanted to do lower thirds (titles).
Motion will export in prores 444 which which supports transparency, but I do not know if it works in imovie.
(I tried it in Camtasia 2.3 and it did not there, but it seemed to work in ScreenFlow 4.03)
Additionally, you can import video footage into Motion, so worst case scenario, you could pull a shorter scene into motion, do your overlays, export that scene and then add it back into imovie.

How do I save a video in final cut pro externally?

I have created a video in final cut pro but cannot seem to export it anywhere. It keeps failing the transfer however I am trying to transfer to large enough storage devices. Any thoughts? Thank you.

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Problem exporting video using compressor for a final cut pro vid

I've created a video in Final Cut Pro and trying to export using compressor to apple tv. Each time about half way through it crashes final cut and gives me the 'final cut pro had to quit unexpectedly'.
Haven't a clue what is going on, it happened sometimes when i was trying to conform to HD but when i did it bit by bit it was ok.
All the media is online so really haven't a clue. I've tried using quicktime conversion in pro-res then bashing into compressor and it works but interlacing is all over the shop, even with de-interlace filter.
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Message was edited by: jim__bob

Hi Jim,
Can you update your profile, we don't know what your hardware set up is or your OS, or version of FCS. It could give you answers a lot faster if we know your details from the off.
Ok, what format is your original media, what are your sequence settings please.
DM

Showing a Final Cut Pro project to an audience - from Final Cut or Quicktime?

I've created a 13 min Final Cut Pro project to show at an Awards Ceremony of our college. Is it better to show the video directly from Final Cut or to export it and show it from Quicktime? What's the best quality output?

hi,
its not about quality. Since you can export out at the same quality as prorez. Its about performance. Since fcpx has to combine multiple sources, audio, graphix, video etc, then combine them al into a whole, there is far more that could go wrong. Always export out a finished mastered rendered file and play that. Just make sure that the computer playing the file back can handle it. ie if you chose an uncompressed codec to export out as, the computer may not like playing it back. Choose a prorez or h264 codec, they will be fine.
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adam

What is the best closed captioning program for Final Cut Pro 7?

I want to include closed captioning as a feature in my video products. What's the best third-party application for closed captioning in collaboration with Final Cut Pro 7?

You can get a better response on the FC Studio forum.
Good luck.
Russ

Any word about final cut pro and closed captioning?

Has anyone heard any news of Final Cut Pro dealing with the issue of closed caption for their software?

Close Captioning is done through/with DVDSP, not FCP. Not good news if you want to deliver on tape-- but great if you deliver on DVD<<</div>
Todd,
Not exactly true ... While they may seem to serve a similar function, Closed Captioning and Subtitling are two distinctly different things. Subtitles can be used on DVD-Video and turned on or off by the user via the remote (or defaulted to on by the author). Subtitles are also used by film makers releasing their films in foreign language countries.
On the other hand, Closed Captioning is encoded into line 21 of an NTSC video signal. CC is received and decoded by TV sets (required on ALL TV sets sold in the U.S.) as mandated by FCC ruling several years ago and more recently required by law under provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Since it's inception, CC inclusion was a very expensive process and remained in the realm of specialized service companies for many years. With the recent passing of the FCC's deadline for almost ALL broadcast programing (with few exceptions) to be closed-captioned, I would think/hope that NLE vendors, like Apple, Avid and others would incorporate CC capabilities into their programs. There is one other CC software solution for Macs that I'm aware of available from: http://www.ccaption.com/
-DH

Captions Are Disappearing in Final Cut Pro X

Here's my problem. I'm currently using Final Cut Pro X to put together a 40 min movie. This movie includes various video clips as well as still images. Naturally there is a need for many captions/subtitles. However, when I'm finished for the day and close everything out, the next day upon opening up Final Cut Pro X again, i've found that many of my captions have returned to the default view. For instance, my caption may have said, "Johnny enjoys a day at the park." But upon returning, it says "title." I'm spending countless hours perfecting these captions only to find that they have to be redone. This will be the third time having to do this. The crazy thing is, not all of them do this. What is the problem here? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm finding myself having to leave my mac on 24/7 in order to keep this from happening, but even that is impossible to continue.

I'm having exactly the same problem with a ten minute movie.
Some captions revert to "title" and keep the formatting that I'd set. Some revert to the default font and size.
A very few of them are saved as I created them.
If I had the responsibility of saving my work as I go along, I could blame myself if changes weren't saved, but the program is supposed to be keeping track of every change I make.
Very frustrating.
Help please.

How do I import an .scc caption file into final cut pro x?

I use final cut pro x. I am needing to import an .scc file for closed captioning and need to know a software compatible with FCPX that will allow me to do so. Does anybody know what I need to do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r59sSiDBKU

My final cut pro has been slowing down unbearably and creating duplicates

Hi. I have an appointment booked for the end of next week to have my laptop looked at but I was wondering if anyone might know what my issue is.
I've edited 7 projects on final cut pro 10 and they've all been fine. For some reason every time I closed the program a duplicate of my library was created to the point I had about 100 files. So when I started work on an eighth project, the program was running unbearably slow and my start up disk was full. I deleted all the duplicates but it is still running slow to the point it can't really be used, and it is still creating duplicates every time I close the program. It's also telling me my start up disk is full even though I've just deleted about 100 files and emptied them from the trash.
Another thing, I'm using an external hard drive for this project so I haven't added any new heavy files onto the computer. They're all on the hard drive.
It's a bit vague but basically how can I avoid it creating duplicates and has anyone else experienced this problem, as to why it's so slow. It may be an actual software issue in which case I'll find out next week. But in the mean time...
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Tom

Thanks everyone for responding. I've actually been away from my computer for the whole weekend so haven't been looking at this forum that I only posted on Friday morning. Actually had a heck of a lot else to deal with this weekend so maybe Innocentius and Russ I'd appreciate if you'd keep your rather irritating remarks to yourself. It's been two days.
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I've attached a screen shot of the details of my computer and a shot of final Cut Pro. It's actually got to the point where I can hardly open final Cut pro because the whole computer seizes up as soon as it gets turned on.
It took five attempts and several hours to export the last project I did, kept saying the start up disk was full despite the fact I deleted whole folders of videos and then tried again. I'm not sure it's the computer but more the program.
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In Final Cut Pro I was trying to move an Event Library from one hard drive to another as explained in the Help section. After doing so, I received a message that my event is already open with the same identifier as the new one I just creat

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What exactly are you doing and what version are you using with OS X 10.8?

Creating Closed Captions in Final Cut Pro

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