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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.
System Operation
- Enter the video's dialogue into any word
processor, or the built-in CPC word processor.
- Use the CPC software to drag-and-drop the
subtitles/captions to the desired screen location.
- 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.
- Save the file for the appropriate DVD
authoring system.
Software Features
- 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.
Quickly Add Multiple
Languages
After you have subtitled/captioned a video in one
language and obtained the time codes, the same time codes can be easily used for
subsequent languages. In other words, once subtitles/captions are produced for
one language, a translation prepared in the CPC file format is all that is
needed to subtitle/caption in additional languages.
DVD caption file format
DVD caption file is a binary file consisting of a number of lines -
one line for each caption. Each line starts with a time code which is separated from the caption data (in binary
format) by a tab character.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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