FrontRow and Quicktime Closed Caption Scaling and Enabling

Currently, FrontRow renders Text tracks (for example Closed Captioning and Subtitles) to the same resolution as the Video. A low-res Video will have blocky, heavily anti-aliased text.
The same video played Fullscreen from Quicktime Pro or iTunes doesn't have these Artifacts. Text is smooth and crisp.
Hopefully FrontRow 2 will render Text tracks at the same resolution as the Display.
Enabling and Disabling Text Tracks and Supplementary Audio tracks needs to be addressed in FrontRow too. Quicktime needs improvements, but at least it is possible.

I would recommend, in addition to this topic, you send Apple some Mac OS X feedback directly:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
-Doug

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Script for Quicktime Closed Caption

Help please-
Using the basic script I've found online to produce closed captions, I seem to have problems with timecode-for example, captions don't always appear or disappear on time(some do and some don't).
Is there a trick to the script layout to improve caption performance?
thanks!

Do you want to be able to have them both recording at the same time?
I have had a little look through quicktimes dictionary and there doesnt really seem to be much there in regards to changing the source of the sound for recordings.
So i would suggest at looking to altering the preferrence file for quicktime player before you send it the activate command.
What you are going to have to do is to get the InputID line from within the preference file. Use the little script below to get the information about the inputId. So open quicktime, set the input to one of the two you want. Close it run the script and save the information somewhere, so you can compare it later on. Then open quicktime again change the preference to the other input you want and run the script again. Then you can compare the preference files and see what is needed to be altered to get it to record from the different locations.
set quickpref to (do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults read com.apple.quicktimeplayer CapturePreferenceDefaultMovieAudioDevice")
The script should work but i have only tested it on my computer, if it fails either spotlight for com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist or get it from users/library/preferences
A little tricky i know but hopefully shoulnt be too hard once you have narrowed down the items that need to be changed.
If you dont know how to alter your preference file with a script post the results and the items that change from what and to what and i will give it ago.

Premiere CC support Closed Captions with mpeg2, mpg, ts import and export embedded

Using a side-car file is not an option. This question is about embedded closed caption files.
Will Adobe Premiere Creative Cloud support the import of closed captioned data from already captioned mpg, ts, mpeg2 video files, and will it support the export of mpg, ts, mpeg2 video with closed captions embedded? If they are adding this feature, do you know when? At least a rough estimate?
I create content that broadcasts ON DEMAND for major cable television providers and currently we are working with Mac Caption/ Caption Maker and Manzanita to individually caption each video. We need the ability to take the finalized captioned content and occasionally cut sections out and replace with other finalized captioned content. We wanted to do this without needing to RE-Caption every video after we export from Premiere, as that will add many additional hours of work per video.
Researching online I found that CC supports the import and export of embedded QuickTime closed captioned files. Our provider's standards are mpg/ts. One youtube video I found said that Adobe was adding mpeg2/ts support for closed captioning but I can not find any official word on the subject.
I appreciate any and all help/information on the subject.

Hi Waga Fox 5,
waga fox 5 wrote:
Is there somewhere that we can request this as a feature? We have not upgrade to 2014.1 yet, but it looks like that is still not a feature as you mentioned.
Yes, here you go: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Thanks,
Kevin

I'm having major issues with closed captioning

I can't bring in SCC files. I'm working on a mac using 6 and cc and it's driving mad.

Try this:
Using PPRO CS 6.0
1. Make sure that in the Program monitor, under the flag-menu options for the Program monitor (upper right icon), that "Closed Caption Display" is enabled and set to whatever your SCC is set to -- my SCC is CC1
2. Select the Sequence you want captioning to appear in, and under "Sequence" menu in the main task bar, go to "Closed Captioning" and attach the SCC file
You should see captions now when you scrub in the Sequence
Good luck!
CM

HT4613 Is it normal that closed captions do not show in the trailers and other promos, even if they are present in the movie? I don't want to pay to rent a movie that supposedly has CC if it doesn't show up on the samples.

I want to rent some iTunes movies with closed captions, but in order to confirm that the CCs work, tried watching the trailers first. I have CCs enabled on the iPod touch, but no captions showed up on the trailers or promos. Is this normal? Can I be sure that if a movie is marked with CCs, that they will be there if I rent it? Thanks.

Hi Karen
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You might also take a moment and suggest to the RoboHelp development team that we need some flexibility with this aspect. (Link is in my sig)
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HDS and closed captioning

Hey there,
Does anyone know if CC is supported in a standardized form?
From what I gathered, there seems to be support for a text track in the fragments sent over HTTP, but there is no mention of the correct format and usage of the text data,. Is the text track used for closed captioning (by standard, using a TTML or simialr format) or is it a 'free text' track, which can be interpreted by the HDS player at any way?
If CC is not supported by the official standard, are there any players (e.g. OSMF, Strobe) which support it, even by using plaugins?
Thanks.

There is support for both inline and external CC. Look at the ClosedCaptioning plugin for OSMF to enable CC through external TTML files. That's in the OSMF repo. Look for the OSMFCCDecoder for inline CC. It's included in AMS installs. But it is much harder to set up to test.

Text caption in hidden not exported (export /project captions and closed captions)

If you have in your demonstration text caption (ballooons) in
hidden , if you export the project caption to word it's not in
there...
I use to set some text captions to hidden to ease my life on
slides that contain lots of ballons (and some over other ones) ,
when I export the flash animation, everything is fine , all is in
there (including the "hidden text") .
The trouble is that if i export the "project caption and
closed caption" to Word , the text of captions in hidden is not in
there . (I'm not talking about exporting handsout where you have an
option to export as well hidden slides.)
Exept if I'm wrong, I have not founded any option to manage
the fact to export hidden caption as well (or set all hidden
caption of the demonstration to "not hidden") .
It is really a problem , especially if you have done lots of
movie that needs translation, you have sent the "exported caption"
to the translation service and now you realise that some parts are
missing .... ;(

Hi There,
When you export the doc file as Project Caption and Closed Caption. if you change the fonts and style in Doc file and the reimported it in Captivate. It will accept those changes and you can see those changes in Captivate with the same fonts settings.
Thanks
Priyank

Importing swf file with skin and closed captioning problems

I created a flv file in Preimere and I pulled it into flash to create close captioning. When I publish it, it creates a swf file that I can open up on its own and it has the skin with the button to push to show the closed caption. When I try to bring that file into captivate, it doesnt bring in the skin and it just automatically shows the captions. How do I get it to bring the skin in with it?

Are you seeing this problem when you preview you project. or only after you publish it? If it is when you publish, is it in both the local version and/or in the web version?
Also, which version of Flash Catalyst? 1.0 or 5.5.?
Chris

I have purchased many movies on iTunes, now they are adding closed captioning or subtitles to those movies, BUT can not reload them so I can view those subtitles. I am mentally disabled and need the subtitles.

Hello, To start off, I have been a member of iTunes for awhile and have been content with them, until now. I am legally disabled due to a head injury that happened when I was a teenager. I am everyday functional, but I do need closed captioning(cc) or subtitles to understand the movie or TV show. I have purchased lots of movies and TV shows from iTunes. As any new business does, iTunes has updated itself and added features for their customers. They figure out what the consumers want and like. I started to realize that iTunes added subtitles for the deaf and disabled, but as I was told by Apple there was nothing I could do about reloading those already purchased movies, to include the cc or subtitles. Since then, I don't use iTunes and it's a real shame because I love electronics and it's technology. I wish Apple would work with the consumer. Why can't I reload the iTunes movies on my PC (Win7) with the subtitles, which they now offer, but didn't when I purchased them? To me, that is wrong to do that to a customer. Now that they are including cc/subtitles , everyone is able to enjoy iTunes and not be excluded. Someone__please explain this to me. Thank you for reading this.
Carrie-

Untill the movie studios agree to allow past downloads of movies outside of the US, you aill always have to have a copy of purchased movies on your computer. If not, you will have to buy them again if you delete them.

When I open logic express 8 with eyetv open but not active and i close logic express 8 and make eyetv active it won't show closed captioning even though closed captioning is turned on

when I open logic express 8 with eyetv open but not active and i close logic express 8 and make eyetv active eyetv won't show closed captioning even though closed captioning is turned on. When I totally close eyetv and reopen eyetv and open a live tv window the closed captioning comes back. I never noticed this with os leopard, Just after i installed os snow leopard. All software is up to date only I think, thanks to apple they droped support for logic express. Thanks for any suggestions.

Does toggling CC off & back on bring it back?
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

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...

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

HT200047 when watching a movie sub titles keep popping up and wont go away unless I stop the movie and restart it. I have sub titles and closed caption off but it still comes up.

dont know what to do. When watching a movie, closed caption comes up and it wont go away unless I stop the movie and restart it. Closed caption and sub titles are off but still comes up. I restored my apple tv to factory settings to see if that would stop it, but it didn't work still comes up. What can I do?

Hi,
I suggest you try the steps in this thread for test:
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TV@nywhere and closed captioning?

Is it possible to get closed captioning through S-video?
It's been a while since i used this tuner. I used it for a while till i installed an ATI all-in-wonder.
Now i am back with a different video card and back to the TV@nywhere. I remember being able to get CC with the TV@nywhere but i cant seem to get it to work now.
I'm using DirecTV connected through S-video with WinDVR3. The close caption option is greyed out.
I am also using the latest driver from MSI's website.
Is it becuase i'm using S-video? Does closed caption only work with coax (gross)?
Thanks

Quote from: jbl on 03-January-07, 10:19:55
I don't want to seem dense but the only thing I see available from their web site is drivers. I have the drivers installed that came on the CD with the MSI TV@nywhere Plus tuner card that I just bought. What is the "MSIPVS software from MSI's website". Do I need other drivers, if so, which ones.
Thanks
Try this: http://us1.msi.com.tw/support/dvr_exe/mut_dvr/WinDVR.exe

Movie and TV purchases do not include closed captioning

I just started using AppleTV for movie and some TV show purchases. Before I used Netflix via AppleTV exclusively. The problem I am encountering is ITunes movie and TV productes do not come with closed captioning.
To troubleshoot I went to Settings, Audio & Video and checked 'closed captioning' to "ON". But still no luck.
With Netflix everything came with 'cc' and I would like to order more from ITunes but I won't until I can figure out how to get 'cc' working.

Closed captioning is not available on all content, check the information at the point of purchase to see whether content has closed captioning or not.

FrontRow and Quicktime Closed Caption Scaling and Enabling

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