If you do not have any prepared time-coded caption file, you may use a description file to caption video using CCaption and MacCaption-Lite. 

You need to create these files in any text editor and save them as a txt files. If you have a short video, it is not difficult to create time stamped text file using a text editor. 

For long videos, it is much better for you to use full-blown MacCaption software. CCaption and MacCaption-Lite do not have caption text preparation capabilities. They are used for just caption encoding.



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** This is a Pop-on Plain Text File
**
** Lines beginning with 2 asterisks are comments.
** Blank lines separate each caption.
** All other lines are pop-on caption text.
**
** To use this file simply drag it into the Caption Text Area 
** then use Auto Fill Caption Times in the Special pull down menu
** to fill in the times between each of the specified timecodes.
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*popon

** Set next 2 line caption to appear 5 seconds into the movie
*TC 5:00
It was a dark and stormy night
and the butler was in the pantry

looking for food for one of the
assembled guests.

** Set next 3 line caption to appear 20 seconds into the movie
*TC 20:00
It was already 7:00 PM
and many more
guests were arriving.

** Set next single line caption to appear 30 seconds into the movie
*TC 30:00
Just then the phone rang.

It was the doctor phoning
to say that he was
going to be late.

** Set next single line caption to appear 40 seconds into the movie
*TC 40:00
Then the lights went out.






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** This is a Rollup2 Plain Text File
**
** Lines beginning with 2 asterisks are comments.
** Blank lines are ignored.
** All other lines are roll up caption text.
**
** To use this file simply drag it into the Caption Text Area 
** then use Auto Fill Caption Times in the Special pull down menu
** to fill in the times between each of the specified timecodes.
************************************************************

*rollup2

** Set next caption line to appear 5 seconds into the movie
*TC 5:00
It was a dark and stormy night
and the butler was in the pantry
looking for food for one of the
assembled guests.

** Set next caption line to appear 20 seconds into the movie
*TC 20:00
It was already 7:00 PM
and many more
guests were arriving.

** Set next caption line to appear 30 seconds into the movie
*TC 30:00
Just then the phone rang.
It was the doctor phoning
to say that he was
going to be late.

** Set next caption line to appear 40 seconds into the movie
*TC 40:00
Then the lights went out.