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Captioning HD Tapes

Asian Language Captioning for HD

Flash CS3 Captioning

Blu-ray Subtitles

Captioning for iPod and iPhone

Captioning HD Tapes

Panasonic DVCPRO HD
Captions can be added to DVCPROHD. You need to use FireWire to send the captioned video to a compatible VTR such as a Panasonic AJ-HD1400.

SONY XDCAM
Captions can be added to XDCAM.

Panasonic DVCPROHD and Sony XDCAM captioning is a new feature 
and we are looking for end users to help us test this new capability.

For more details, click on www.cpcweb.com/hdtv 

Asian Language Captioning for HD

Closed Captioning in Asian Languages for DTV Broadcasting
to be Released at NAB 2008

Rockville, MD, March 19, 2008: CPC’s MacCaption (Mac) and CaptionMaker (Windows) closed captioning software are the first to caption DTV (digital TV) programs in Korean, Chinese and Japanese. This new capability greatly increases the audience for closed captioning by allowing Asian, non-English speakers to understand and enjoy English language broadcasts. It also opens up a new market for advertisers, who can now reach this huge audience.

Vast New Audience for English Language TV Programs

There are millions of Asian households in the US, many of which have one or more Korean, Chinese or Japanese speakers who do not understand English.  Up until now, this population did not have the ability to understand network programs with closed captions, because traditional closed caption encoders and decoders only handled English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. 

New Technology Makes Asian Language Captioning a Reality

Closed captioning requires two basic components: an encoder, to encode the captions onto the video signal prior to broadcast, and a decoder, to decode the captions onto the television in the viewer’s home or office.

CPC’s MacCaption and CaptionMaker software provides the encoding component, by adding these Asian language captions for DTV delivery. The software encoder costs much less than traditional caption encoding hardware, and allows the complete captioning process, including caption placement and timing, to be done on a computer.

Other companies have developed a set top DTV converter box that can decode Asian language closed captions. This set top box will be available to anyone for approximately $20, after a proposed U.S. government $40 rebate coupon.

Available as Encoding Only Software or as a Complete Captioning System on a CD

MacCaption and CaptionMaker are complete captioning systems on a CD. They let users position, timecode and encode both captions and subtitles on MPEG2 HD video. They are also available as encoder only versions, which are designed for users that need to do MPEG2HD caption encoding only.

CPC – The Caption Software Leader Since 1986

Since CPC released the first simultaneous closed captioning/teleprompting software in 1986, it has been the captioning industry leader. CPC also operates an award winning captioning service, and also develops subtitling and teleprompting software.

For more information, please visit www.cpcweb.com/hdtv

Flash CS3 Captioning

 (Click on the picture to see flash video with captions)

CPC Captioning Software for Flash
to be Released at NAB 2008

Rockville, MD, March 19, 2008: CPC’s industry leading MacCaption (Mac) and CaptionMaker (Windows) software can now create captioned Flash files for Webcasts efficiently, quickly and professionally.

The software can even read time coded captions from previously closed captioned videos, and automatically turn them into time coded Flash webcast captions.

CPC software supports Flash Google video and Flash CS3 captions, among others.

Automatically Convert Closed Captions To Flash Captions

Thousands of videos have closed captions, but only a small fraction of these closed captioned videos are in a format that allows Flash to display the captions. CPC has come up with a quick and easy way to turn those closed captions into Flash captions – automatically!

CPC software reads both the closed caption text and time code from a closed captioned video. The software then converts that file to a Flash file format. The user has the option to re-format the caption file, or simply send it out as subtitles without re-formatting.

Numerous Other Webcast Formats Supported

In addition to Flash, other supported formats include: Windows Media Player (SAMI), QT Text, QT Captions for iTunes/iPhone, SRT and Real Video.

Caption Placement, Timing and Import Control

The software gives creative control over left, center and right positioning; as well as size, color, bold, and italics.

It allows users to adjust timing of captions to compensate for commercial breaks and Zero-Based web content.

You can also convert timecode to match frame rate for online delivery 29.97 to 23.976.

The software can import captioned files from Cheetah Cap, .SCC, .ONL, Tab delimited and others.

CPC – The Caption Software Leader Since 1986

Since CPC released the first simultaneous closed captioning/teleprompting software in 1986, it has been the captioning industry leader. CPC also operates an award winning captioning service, and develops subtitling and teleprompting software.

For more information, please visit www.cpcweb.com/webcasts/webcast_samples.htm 

Blu-ray Subtitles

CPC Subtitling Software for Blu-Ray Discs
to be Released at NAB 2008

Rockville, MD, March 19, 2008: CPC’s industry leading MacCaption-HD (Mac) and CaptionMaker-HD (Windows) software can now create subtitle files for Blu-Ray Discs efficiently, quickly and professionally.

The software can even read time-coded captions from previously closed captioned videos, and automatically turn them into time-coded Blu-Ray subtitles. (Blu-Ray Discs do not support closed captions)

CPC software exports subtitle files for all Blu-Ray Disc authoring systems.

Automatically Convert Closed Captions To Blu-Ray Subtitles

Blu-Ray Discs can be subtitled, but they cannot be closed captioned. The logical reason for this is that because Blu-Ray subtitles can be turned on or off by the user, which traditionally was the prime advantage of closed captions over subtitles, there was no reason to add the closed captioning feature.

However, there are thousands of non Blu-Ray videos that have closed captions. CPC has come up with a quick and easy way to turn those thousands of non Blu-Ray videos into subtitled Blu-Ray Discs – automatically!

CPC software reads both the closed captioned text and time code from a closed captioned video. The software then converts that file to a .bdn file, which is required by Blu-Ray authoring systems. The user has the option to re-format the caption file, or simply send it out as subtitles without re-formatting.

Renowned Array Of Subtitling Tools – 22 Years In The Making

The key to the software’s power is its formidable set of positioning, formatting and timing tools. These powerful tools are so intuitive, that they have almost no learning curve.

They have been enhanced and refined since 1986, when CPC released its first subtitling software.

For example, with one mouse click, the unique “Push” feature pushes the last word of the first subtitle down to make it the first word of the second subtitle. Conversely, the “Pull” feature pulls the first word of the second subtitle up, making it the last word of the first subtitle – all with one mouse click.

No need to first highlight the word to move, and then place the cursor at the point you want to move it to, and then click again.

Versatility – Plus Many Other Features

The CPC software can output subtitle files from 480i all the way to 1080p. Title safe margins can be set up for both 4:3 and 16:9 projects. Numerous closed caption file formats can be imported including Cheetah Cap, SCC, ONL and Tab Delimited.

CPC – The Subtitle Software Leader

Blu-Ray subtitling is the latest addition to CPC’s industry leading line of Macintosh and Windows subtitling and closed captioning software.

Since CPC released the first simultaneous closed captioning/teleprompting software in 1986, it has been the subtitling and captioning industry leader. CPC also operates an award winning subtitling and captioning service. For more information, please visit www.cpcweb.com

Captioning for iPod and iPhone

Rockville, MD, October 29, 2007: Not only are Apple’s iPod and iPhone the most popular portable music devices in the world, now they can provide the consumer with true portable closed captioned video.
 
Many videos currently can be viewed on these devices. However few of them are captioned, because it is so time consuming to create a captioned video in the format these devices require.
 
CPC’s MacCaption software overcomes this problem by instantly embedding closed captions into any QuickTime movie format.
 
MacCaption’s instant caption embedding clears the way for thousands of videos to be made available in a captioned format for these portable devices.
 
Convert Existing Captioned Videos to iPod/iPhone Format
MacCaption can retrieve captions with time code from previously closed captioned videos (which use traditional Line 21 captioning). These captions are then used to create a captioned QuickTime format movie for the iPod and iPhone with just a few clicks of your mouse.
 
MacCaption software can also caption a video from start to finish.
 
Quick and Easy Captioning of Previously Downloaded Video
MacCaption generates a tiny closed caption reference file that can be delivered to online audiences without them having to download the entire video again. The end user can simply download a small reference file and apply the captions to the video already present. Additionally, this new digital closed captioning workflow could allow online video delivery services to quickly and easily upgrade their video libraries for the hearing impaired.
 
Instant Caption Embedding vs. Time Consuming Compression
Without MacCaption, iPod/iPhone compatible video must be compressed first to a *.m4v or a similar compatible format so that it can be downloaded to the iPod Touch/iPhone via iTunes.  Once that is done, the captions can be applied using a compression software into the *.m4v video file (this could take a few minutes to a few hours depending on the length of the video).
 
MacCaption’s key innovation is that it requires no time consuming re-compression to add closed captions.
 
CPC – The Caption Software Leader Since 1986
CPC’s Mac closed captioning software series includes MacCaption-NLE, MacCaption-DV, and MacCaption-Lite.
 
Since CPC released the first simultaneous closed captioning/teleprompting software in 1986, it has been the captioning industry leader. CPC also operates an award winning captioning service, and develops subtitling and teleprompting software.