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DVD Subtitling/Captioning

Compatible with DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Encore, Sonic Solutions, 
Daikin Scenarist, Spruce and many other DVD authoring systems

Software needed: CaptionMaker or MacCaption series

DVD has opened up an exciting world of subtitling and closed captioning opportunities.

• A DVD disk can contain closed captions in up to six languages English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Dutch. The CPC CaptionMaker and MacCaption software can produce closed captions (.cc and .scc) files for all of these six languages.

• A single DVD disk can also contain subtitles in up to 32 different languages. The CPC CaptionMaker and MacCaption software can produce subtitles in every language, from Arabic to Zulu, using any Windows TrueType font. This gives you a limitless list of languages from which to choose.

1. Enter the video's dialogue into any word processor, or the built-in CPC word processor.
   
2. Use the CPC software to drag-and-drop the subtitles/captions to the desired screen location.
   
3. Run the video, and press the (+) key each time the first word of each subtitle/caption is spoken. The software will automatically read the time code and link it to the proper subtitle/caption.
   
4. Save the file for the appropriate DVD authoring system.

• Subtitles can be displayed in any32 languages.
  
• Closed captions in 6 languages, the maximum number of caption languages available anywhere.
  
• Outline borders and translucent backgrounds make subtitles easy to read on any background.
  
• Kerning feature controls space between characters.
  
• Subtitles or captions can be placed anywhere on the screen.
  
• Text can be loaded from Word, WordPerfect, or any other word processor in any language.
  
• Text spotting lists with time code in and out can be loaded.
  
• Built-in word processor is used to quickly format text into individual subtitles or captions.
  
• The video being subtitled or captioned appears on the computer monitor, providing true what-you-see-is-what-you-get control.
  
• Retrieve Caption data with time code from videos with existing captions.  After retrieving the captions, the file can be used for either captioning or subtitling.

To see how a DVD .scc file is exported from CaptionMaker (Mac), watch this short video: Exporting DVD Captions *.SCC file (1:01)

To see how a DVD .scc file is exported from MacCaption (Mac), watch this short video: Exporting DVD Captions *.SCC file (1:15)

DVD subtitle file formats
Here is a example of a DVD subtitle navigation file used by most DVD authoring systems. 

The MacCaption/CaptionMaker creates as many files as the number of subtitles. It also creates a navigation file. The navigation file lists details (time code, size and position) of each subtitle.

The first item on a line is the name of the TIF file which is a computer picture file of a subtitle using a TrueType Windows font.
The next two items are the in and out time codes of a subtitle.
The next two items are width and height of a subtitle.
The last two items are the position of a  subtitle on a 720X480 screen.

To see how DVD subtitle files are created from CaptionMaker (Win), watch the short video: Exporting DVD-Video Compatible Subtitles (0:59)

To see how DVD subtitle files are created from MacCaption (Mac), watch the short video: Exporting DVD-Video Compatible Subtitles (1:12)

Since the picture files are rather large, for an one hour video, the size of all the files could easily be close to 50MB. After zipping, it can be reduced to close to 2.5MB.

Note: You need a DVD authoring system to insert the captions/subtitles on the DVD. The CPC software may be used in conjunction with a DVD authoring system to create the caption/subtitle files that your authoring system requires.

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