Proxy Video & How to Upload it
No need to send a physical tape to CPC
There is no need to mail us a video tape or a hard drive containing huge
video files, even if your end product needs to be pristine HD quality. For
virtually all types of closed captioning, you can simply upload a proxy
movie. A proxy movie is a smaller sized video file which is easier to
upload, and which gives our captioners a reference for the picture and audio
when creating the closed captions.
Once we create a captions file and
send it to you, you can easily combine it together with your original
full-quality video. This is called e-Captioning and was invented by CPC.
Your end result will be a full-quality, full-resolution, broadcast-ready
video file or master tape with closed captions, but without the headaches of
needing to ship video tapes or upload massive video files.
How to create a proxy movie
You can use any video editing
software (Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere, QuickTime Pro, Windows Movie Maker,
or a number of free video utilities) to save your video into a compressed
format which is faster to transfer online. (If you do an internet search for
"video converter," you'll find lots of information and free software which
can convert your file.) Usually there will be a export preset for "iPod
Quality", "mobile device", "web streaming video" etc. which creates a small
file that is good enough for us to do the closed captioning. The most
important consideration is to keep the original frame rate of the video
(i.e. don't convert it to a lower frame rate as this might affect the timing
of the captions.)
If you're still not sure what format to
choose, here are some suggestions
QuickTime (.mov, .mp4): Use "iPod" preset
if available, or 320x240, H.264 or MPEG-4 codec 500kbps, AAC audio 128kbps.
Windows Media: 320x240 500kbps (broadband medium quality preset)
YouTube: In general, videos used for YouTube are already around 500kbps. In
this case, you can send us the original file.
Uploading your
proxy movie to CPC
CPC runs a FTP site to which you can upload your video
using your web browser or a free FTP program like FileZilla or many others.
Please contact our service department
for the login details. If you have your own FTP or web server, you can
simply e-mail us a link to the file. You can also use file upload services
such as YouSendIt, File Factory, Rapidshare, DropBox, iDisk, etc. to send us
a download link.
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