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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
Here is a DVD caption file format used by most DVD authoring
systems. The time code is separated from the caption data (in binary
format) by a tab character:
01:03:24:22
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94AE 9420 945E 97A2
49A7 CD20 C154 2054 C845 204C 4546 5494 FE97 A24F 4620 54C8 4520 D343
5245 45CE AE94 2C00 0000 0094 2F00 |
01:03:26:21
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94AE 9420 945E 97A2
D34F 2043 C1D0 5449 4FCE D394 FE97 A24F 4620 57C8 C154 2049 20D3 C1D9
942C 0000 0000 942F |
01:03:28:01
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94AE 9420 945E 97A2
C1D0 D045 C152 20C1 5420 54C8 4520 4C45 4654 94FE 97A2 4F46 2054 C845
20D3 4352 4545 CE2C 2054 4F4F AE94 2C00 0000 0094 2F00 |
01:03:31:08
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94AE 9420 9458 CE4F
5720 49A7 CD20 C154 2054 C845 94F4 97A2 5249 C7C8 5420 4F46 2054 C845
20D3 4352 4545 CE2C 942C 0000 0000 942F |
To see how a DVD .scc file is exported from
CaptionMaker (Win), 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 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.
directory C:\Program Files\CPC\CaptionMaker\demo
demo0001.tif 01:03:24:22 01:03:26:21 290 088 030 341
demo0002.tif 01:03:26:21 01:03:28:01 258 088 030 341
demo0003.tif 01:03:28:01 01:03:31:08 382 088 030 341
demo0004.tif 01:03:31:08 01:03:33:07 404 088 285 341
demo0005.tif 01:03:33:07 01:03:35:17 404 088 285 341
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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