Classic & Classic Encoder
(formerly CPC-700 & CPC-710)

Classic (formerly CPC-700)	Post production captioning and subtitling with and without using timecode, plus live captioning using a closed caption encoder hardware.
Classic Encoder (formerly CPC-710)	Encoding software only for videotapes - timecode based post production captioning and subtitling.

Classic Version

• Traditional Post-Production (Off-line) Captioning using CC encoder
• Live Realtime (On-line) Captioning using CC encoder
• Traditional Post-Production Subtitling using Chyron Codi
• Import/export many standard caption/subtitle files
• Web captioning (QT, WMP, Real, Flash, YouTube etc.)
• Caption and subtitle all DVD formats

With the Classic version (formally CPC-700), you can caption any videotape using a closed caption encoder hardware. You can also do live captioning since this software has all the features of the Live (formally CPC-500).

To caption a video, you need the transcript of the video. There are many ways to transcribe a video. After obtaining the transcript, import the script to the CPC software and format the script. Finally, listen to the video and synchronize the captions to the video by associating timecodes to each caption manually. For details, click here.

Once you have a time stamped text file, you can add captions to a video. Send the captions from the computer to the closed caption encoder while the video is sent to the encoder from the video source. The captioned video will be recorded on a videotape.

Post Production System Diagram

Link time codes to captions

Start the playback VCR. When you hear the first word of each caption spoken, press the (+) key. Pressing the (+) key reads the time code via the time code reader, and also outputs the caption the cursor is on to the encoder. The time code is automatically captured and displayed on the far left side of the screen. After assigning time codes to each caption, you are ready to AutoSync.

AutoSync

When all the captions have time codes, rewind the tape to the beginning. Start the playback and record machines and click on the icon for AutoSync. As each time code is read, the caption associated with it will be output automatically at precisely the correct time. The result is perfect synchronization between dialogue and captions. The video with the captions is sent to the record machine. The Classic version minimizes the use of expensive VCRs by allowing you to perform everything but the final AutoSync process off-line on inexpensive VCRs (e.g. a VHS deck with two linear audio channels). You only need the higher-level VCRs (e.g. Betacam SP, Digital decks) for the final AutoSync process.

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Classic Encoder Version

The Encoder version only lets you do AutoSync and make minor changes in the file; it cannot be used to prepare captions. The Encoder version is ideal for those who need to do encoding of captions only. For example, suppose the video to be captioned is on professional BetaSP tape.

However, the caption script preparation, formatting, and time coding are done at a facility that does not have professional BetaSP tape decks. The formatted text with time-code could then be e-mailed to a facility that does have BetaSP decks, and using the Encoder version that facility can easily and quickly encode the captions onto a BetaSP tape.

For details of all import/export capabilities, click on Encoding only Software.