Digital closed caption file encoder

I have traditionally left CC service in the hands of the digital media distributor,
but recently I have a couple of clients asking about bringing it in house.
This thread clearly explains CC export capability from CS5.5 is via print to tape,
not file export.
Is there an industry standard digital closed caption file encoder?
Does anyone have any experience with using PixelTools to
insert closed captioning into an MPEG stream for broadcast?

Out of the box it is not available.   From html5 the track element can be used to display closed captions, subtitles etc....
Have you tried overlay [1] and modify video.jsp to include the track element.
[1]  /libs/foundation/components/video/

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  • Applying a closed-captioned file to track

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  • Reading Closed Caption Files

    Is there an application that can handle converting .scc files to a readable document.
    I have a lot of DVDs with closed captioning and I have all of the .scc files, I need to convert these into transcript files that a person can read.
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    I know pro apps like MacCaption can do it.
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  • Best way to create an ".scc" closed-caption file?

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  • Can you export a .srt closed captioned file from Captivate 8?

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  • Importing Closed Caption .scc file into Premiere Pro CS6.  Closed Captioning is enabled but cannot see the Captions tab.  Also get error message when importing to bin.

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    Hi Bracmanf,
    bracmanf wrote:
    I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.  My aim is to export an mpeg file with closed captioning embeded for network television. 
    Sorry, you cannot do this in Premiere Pro CS6. Only QuickTime files can be exported with embedded closed captioning and this must be done in Premiere Pro CC or later. All other formats must use a sidecar file.
    bracmanf wrote:
    When I try to "Import" the file I get an incompatible error message.  The same happens with all other cc file types when I try to import them.  Second, I tried attaching the .scc as an attachment in the sequence menu.  They show up in the preview window, but do no encode into the mpeg file. 
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    bracmanf wrote:
    However, I cannot find the "Caption" menu to do so?  Where is it?
    Caption is a tab is in the Export Settings dialog box if you want to export with closed captions. This tab is available in Premiere Pro CC and later.
    bracmanf wrote:
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    bracmanf wrote:
    IF so, is it possible to upgrade and how do i do that.  Adobe has made it incredibly difficult to contact anybody.
    You can download a free trial of Creative Cloud here: https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud
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    Kevin

  • Remove closed captions from H.264 file after converting?

    I processed a video file in Compressor using the Blu-Ray settings, and included a reference to a closed captions file. I now need to use the file in another application (Adobe Encore), but the closed captions appear to be hard coded in.
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    Message was edited by: nicholas.he
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    From the user manual:
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  • "Unknown error" when encoding embedded Closed captioning  in premiere pro cc

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  • Closed caption issue.  how to import a .scc  file into Encore

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    Are you sure you are attempting to add it to Encore correctly? You do not "import" the file the way you ordinarily import assets.
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  • Closed captioning with Premiere Pro CS5.5, exported to wmv/mp4

    My employer suddenly has a push to be ADA compliant, so all videos going forward need to have captioning, and would prefer to have it closed captioned. I've read that you can add captions with Encore and output them to disc, but since all of the videos are posted online, nothing is burned to disc so that doesn't help. I also know you can use scc or mcc files to add closed captions to a broadcast stream, but since these aren't for broadcast, that doesn't help either.
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    As a broadcast engineer, I would suspect, and it would make sense that online video files would also be encoded with EIA-608 and EIA-708 set forth by the Electronic Industries Alliance and monitored by the FCC ( Broadcast Standard ). This makes sense to me as all existing video programs which already comply with the EIA-608 and 708 standards would then, automatically play closed captioning when encoded to a video file for playback.
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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.
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    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.
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    I'm trying to output captions on CC3 but it's not working. They're only showing up when set to CC1. I've done a lot of searching online and found nothing regarding this in Premiere, wondering if you can help?
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    It seems like changing the CC channel in Premiere doesn't actually change which channel Premiere is encoding to. I've also found no info on if the channel of the CC is actually embedded in the .scc files. I have found through MacCaption's user manuals though that any caption file can be set to different channels through MacCaption's own encoder setting, which makes me believe the problem is in fact within Premiere not properly changing the channel.
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  • Closed captioning won't display in html/swf

    I have embedded a swf file in html. The closed captioning displays when I view the .swf file and when I view the Flash published html. However, when I view the fully created Web page, the closed captioning won't display. Does anyone have any ideas?
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    The video was created with Captivate 4, published as an .avi and then as an .f4v with Adobe Media Encoder CS4
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    Oddly enough, I played with the placement of the captioning file to get this to work. While all the other resource files associated with this project needed to remain in the original locations when I embedded my Flash within the html, this file needed to be in the same folder as the base html code for some reason. I hope this helps someone else down the road.

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