Possible bug with SCC / closed captions?

Hi,
I just want to post this so that anyone else that runs into the same problem I did might be helped...
Like a lot of other people, I was having trouble getting Encore to properly encode closed captions. I tried over and over with no success. I tried placing the SCC in field 1, field 2, both at the same time, etc... I tried with and without re-encoding the already compliant MPEG-2 file being used as the source. Still no luck. No matter what I did I could not get Encore DVD to properly encode my SCC file on the new DVD.
However, I did have one clue that eventually helped me figure out a workaround. Although I was not seeing the closed captions from my SCC file, I was seeing the original closed captions from the original VHS videotape my source file was captured from (I should note that even then, I wasn't seeing the original closed captions on standalone DVD players...I could only see them with PowerDVD...) So, I began to ask myself why Encore DVD was not overwriting the original line-21 captions with my new SCC file. It was as if Encore DVD was completely ignoring the new SCC file.
Well, to make a long story short, I found that I could get the new captions to work perfectly if I removed the old captions from the original MPEG-2 source file first. Apparently, Encore DVD will not overwrite existing line-21 data (a bug, I'm guessing...) even if the user properly loads the new SCC file.
For anyone who is having this problem and wants to try my solution, download ReStream and remove the user data from the existing MPEG-2 file. The new file without user data has now worked for me every time I have tried it. Actually, to be honest, I'm not really sure if this bug pops up only when existing captions are detected or if just any user data will trigger it. So, anyone who is having trouble getting SCC to work with Encore DVD and successfully uses this workaround, post back here and maybe Adobe will do something about it.
Thanks.

Ok well I tested it by going VCR->DV converter->iMovie->iDVD, and the closed captions were lost at some point. The tape does have closed captions when played in the VCR, and I know my DVD player displays closed captions properly (I tested a commercial disc both in the Mac and in a standalone DVD player and those showed captions), but the DVD I created doesn't display closed captions either in the Mac DVD Player or the standalone unit.
So...anyone think maybe importing into Final Cut Pro and burning with DVD Studio Pro would work better for this than iMovie? I imagine there would be no difference (since iDVD uses the same Compressor app as DVDSP).
So I guess I'm stuck. At this point I can't even use the DVD/VCR dub machine since it won't allow dubbing of copy-protected tapes (even though this tape will likely never see a DVD release and it's crappy VHS quality anyway and it's just for my own personal use as a backup)...any suggestions?

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Ok well I tested it by going VCR->DV converter->iMovie->iDVD, and the closed captions were lost at some point. The tape does have closed captions when played in the VCR, and I know my DVD player displays closed captions properly (I tested a commercial disc both in the Mac and in a standalone DVD player and those showed captions), but the DVD I created doesn't display closed captions either in the Mac DVD Player or the standalone unit.
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So I guess I'm stuck. At this point I can't even use the DVD/VCR dub machine since it won't allow dubbing of copy-protected tapes (even though this tape will likely never see a DVD release and it's crappy VHS quality anyway and it's just for my own personal use as a backup)...any suggestions?

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: _______ 67890123456789012345678901234567890
Original: ********12345./~\.12345***************************
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Original: ********12345./~\.12345***************************
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     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.LabelLayoutRenderer.encodeAll(LabelLayoutRenderer.java:299)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.LabeledInputRenderer.encodeAll(LabeledInputRenderer.java:140)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeChild(CoreRenderer.java:287)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelFormLayoutRenderer._encodeFormItem(PanelFormLayoutRenderer.java:958)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelFormLayoutRenderer._encodeFormColumns(PanelFormLayoutRenderer.java:831)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelFormLayoutRenderer._encodeChildren(PanelFormLayoutRenderer.java:326)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelFormLayoutRenderer.encodeAll(PanelFormLayoutRenderer.java:195)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeChild(CoreRenderer.java:287)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeAllChildren(CoreRenderer.java:304)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelWindowRenderer.encodeContent(PanelWindowRenderer.java:269)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PanelWindowRenderer.encodeAll(PanelWindowRenderer.java:190)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeChild(CoreRenderer.java:287)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeAllChildren(CoreRenderer.java:304)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.PopupRenderer.encodeAll(PopupRenderer.java:225)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeChild(CoreRenderer.java:287)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeAllChildren(CoreRenderer.java:304)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.FormRenderer.encodeAll(FormRenderer.java:136)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeChild(CoreRenderer.java:287)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeAllChildren(CoreRenderer.java:304)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.renderkit.rich.DocumentRenderer.encodeAll(DocumentRenderer.java:374)
     at oracle.adf.view.rich.render.RichRenderer.encodeAll(RichRenderer.java:815)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.render.CoreRenderer.encodeEnd(CoreRenderer.java:208)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIXComponentBase.java:733)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.__encodeRecursive(UIXComponentBase.java:1271)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponentBase.encodeAll(UIXComponentBase.java:753)
     at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
     at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl.doRenderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:244)
     at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:175)
     at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:178)
     at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:174)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl._renderResponse(LifecycleImpl.java:619)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl._executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:241)
     at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:201)
     at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)If there are at least one detail record, all works as expected
Any idea why this happens ? Sounds like a u bug to me....

Hi,
good news first: The behavior you describe doesn't reproduce in a later build that we use to verify TP4. I didn't test with TP3 but observed two wrong PPR references that I fixed before running the app
the corrected PPR entries are
partialTriggers=":::saveAndCreateOrderItemsBtn :::cancelInsertOrderItemsBtn">
and
partialTriggers="::ordersPanelCol:ordersTable">
Also, on the panel Splitter I removed the inline style width:100% height:100% with AFVisualRoot as the style class property. Its a minor cosmetic correction that had nothing to do with the behavior
Again, thanks for your cooperation. I really apreciate good testcases
Frank

Possible bug with AlphaComposite.Src?

While this is possibly a bug, it's more likely a misunderstanding on my part which is why I want to post it here first for comment.
I have a BufferedImage (type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB) with some graphics drawn in it that I want to clear out with a transparent white background (argb=0x00ffffff). That is, I want to replace every pixel in the image with a color of (new Color(255,255,255,0)). FWIW the reason for this is that after clearing and then drawing some new stuff onto the BufferedImage, it will be written out as a 32-bit PNG with a "canvas" color that will render as transparent on Mozilla and opaque white on MSIE (which ignores the 32-bit PNG alpha channel).
In order to clear the BufferedImage (img), I tried the following:
// img is a BufferedImage with stuff drawn in it
g2 = (Graphics2D)img.getGraphics();
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
g2.setPaint(new Color(255,255,255,0));
g2.fillRect(0,0,w,h); // w=image width, h=image height
g2.setPaintMode();
(draw stuff)The javadocs on AlphaComposite.SRC indicate that the destination pixels should be replaced by the source pixels, so I'd expect the image to be filled with color 0x00ffffff after the fillRect operation. However, I've found that the preexisting contents of img remain unchanged.
What leads me to suspect that this may be a bug is that if I change the setPaint line to
g2.setPaint(new Color(255,255,255,1));the contents of img are cleared out. Why should an increase in alpha of only 1/256 make such a difference? The javadocs say that AlphaComposite.SRC should ignore the destination image altogether.
I'd like it if someone could either 1) explain to me why this is the correct behavior or 2) verify that this could be a bug.
Thanks
Ryan Olson

Ok, I've isolated the bug, I think. It has to do with setting the RenderingHints for a BufferedImage's Graphics2D context, strangely enough. The following test case illustrates the problem:
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.*;
public class AlphaCompositeSrcTest {
    private static final Color TRANSPARENT_COLOR = new Color(255,127,255,0);
    /** Creates a new instance of AlphaCompositeSrcTest */
    public AlphaCompositeSrcTest() {
        BufferedImage canvas = new BufferedImage(100,100,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)canvas.getGraphics();
        // turning on anti-aliasing here doesn't seem to matter
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
        for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
            drawOnImage(canvas);
        System.out.println("All done");
    private void drawOnImage(BufferedImage canvas) {
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)canvas.getGraphics();
        // the following line will cause an assertion failure at [1] if not commented out
        g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); // [1]
        g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
        g2.setPaint(TRANSPARENT_COLOR);
        g2.fillRect(0,0,100,100);
        // entire image should now be the transparent color
        assert canvas.getRGB(50, 50) == TRANSPARENT_COLOR.getRGB(); // [2] <-- fails if [1] is present
        g2.setPaintMode();
        g2.setPaint(Color.BLUE);
        g2.fillRect(10, 10, 80, 80);
        // should now be an opaque blue square in center of image with edges still
        // in transparent color
        assert canvas.getRGB(5, 5) == TRANSPARENT_COLOR.getRGB();
        assert canvas.getRGB(50, 50) == Color.BLUE.getRGB();
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new AlphaCompositeSrcTest();
}

Please help with a closed caption or subs solution!

Hi all,
I have been reading up on the various methods of including cc or subs with QT movies but am still a bit stumped as to the best solution for my situation.
We have a desktop application that allows customers to purchase educational videos through branded client catalogs. The videos are downloaded to the customer's Mac or PC and then play back, within our program, utilizing QT player (and we also have the option to switch to MPlayer for older PCs).
Our clients have begun asking if they can also offer alternate versions of their videos with subtitles in various languages. My first thought was this would be a snap, just by adding properly-named and formatted .srt files to the proper directories, and while it seems like this will work if they are using MPlayer, the vast majority of our customers are using QT. Is there a type of text file we can have our clients supply us with that will work automatically in this sense? If not, is there any sort of command-line client we might be able to use to quickly and easily mux mp4 files with cc or subs?
The key here is simplicity, and ideally we would really like to not have to have multiple versions of the mp4s themselves, just having various cc or sub txt files would make everything so much easier!
Is this possible? Am I totally missing an obvious solution?
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!
Best,
Jeff

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071103080237904
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=282408
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