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Blackmagic Hardware
by Bill Newman 8 months ago
Has anyone used any of the Blackmagic hardware for captioning purposes I am referring to the Intensity Extreme, UltraStudio Express in particular. Do they work with .scc files at all or do they need N
Re: Blackmagic Hardware
by Jason Livingston 3 weeks ago
Hi Mat, Try changing that Blackmagic capture setting from 18,19,20 to 20,21,22 (analog captions go on line 21 22), and make sure the setting is enabled overall. Also make sure you are capturing in 720
Digital Workflow for CEA-708 Captions
by Brandon Fenty 3 months ago
I've seen a lot of discussion on this, but most of the threads seem to be over a year old, and so I decide to ask: is there a good digital workflow to take a caption file and embed it into an HD video
Re: Digital Workflow for CEA-708 Captions
by Jason Livingston 3 weeks ago
Hi Mat, Sorry to hear that you think CPC software is overpriced. I think our customers would disagree. One of the things we are really proud of is our excellent technical support. When problems arise,
Multiple Languages in Scenarist
by Tom Amici 3 months ago
According to my research, you can add up to 6 languages worth of CC to a disc, using .scc files in Scenarist Studio 3.1. I've only had to add English and I load it into File 1. How would I add multipl
Re: Multiple Languages in Scenarist
by Jason Livingston 3 months ago
Hi Tom, DVD can have 4 languages of closed captions: CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4. Additionally it can have up to 32 subtitle tracks. SCC files contain either CC1 + CC2, or CC3 + CC4. So you can make one SC
CC to a DVCPRO SD deck
by Paul Southwick 4 months ago
How do I get CC to DVCPRO tape via component composite out I have a KONA AJA card for output. I can make dubs to Beta with CC...but with DV DVCPRO codec @ 720x480* and not 720x486 how do you get that
Re: CC to a DVCPRO SD deck
by Jason Livingston 4 months ago
Assuming that your sequence is set to 720x486 and the output from your Kona contains line 21 CC (if you can record to Beta and the CC works then this is the case). It depends on the model of DVCPRO de
Digitizing he-sdi with embedded 608 and 708 into file format
by Joel Cogan 4 months ago
I am looking for equipment to use to capture an hd-sdi signal with embedded 608 and 708 captioning. I am currently looking at the following devices: Blackmagic design h.264 ProRecorder Blackmagic desi
Re: Digitizing he-sdi with embedded 608 and 708 into file format
by Jason Livingston 4 months ago
The only one I have personal experience with is the Hyperdeck Studio, and it seems to work fine for HD CC capture & playback. Jason Livingston CPC Closed Captioning
HD Closed Captioning Issue
by Andrew Kosarko 7 months ago
Hello, I'm currently working on reformatting a feature film with breaks for broadcast. I have the feature on two DVCProHD tapes - HD Format. We are using a Panasonic DVCPro 1200A deck for the capture
Re: HD Closed Captioning Issue
by Jason Livingston 7 months ago
As I recall the DVCPRO-HD 1200 deck does not support CC playback or record. You need at least the 1400 to play tapes with CC. Jason Livingston CPC Closed Captioning
conflicting cc data on line 22, captions recorded on both 21 & 22?
by jay agoglia 8 months ago
HI Cow team and professionals, I have a client stating captioning data has been recorded on both line 21 and 22 causing the captions to be decoded and displayed in a glitchy and irregular manner. I am
Re: conflicting cc data on line 22, captions recorded on both 21 & 22?
by Jason Livingston 8 months ago
Hi Jay, Line 21 VBI data has two fields, one for CC1 CC2 and the other for CC3 CC4 XDS, so it is expected to have the two lines adjacent to each other. Strictly speaking they are both "line 21"; it is
BluRay with HD SDI out?
by Randy Burleson 10 months ago
Does anyone know if I can find a BluRay player with an HD SDI out that will pass the closed captioning on the output I work for a low power, very small tribal TV Station and we are purchasing broadcas
Re: BluRay with HD SDI out?
by Jason Livingston 10 months ago
A standard DVD player via composite or S-video would work. Not HDMI or component. Some converters can up-convert the analog line 21 captions to HD, it depends on the device. I'm pretty sure AJA FS-1 a
Video Speech Recognition Captioning
by Isaiah Holman 10 months ago
I am looking for a captioning solution that has direct video speech recognition capability not a re-speak system. I made a lot of searches and found re-speak solutions and some research projects. The
Re: Video Speech Recognition Captioning
by Jason Livingston 10 months ago
Dear Isaiah, I understand how desirable it would be to have such a tool, but if it existed and was reliable enough, there would be no need for closed captioning. Every deaf or hard of hearing person c
PSD limited to 60 seconds?
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
Hello again, When I import a still image like a JPEG into FCPX 10.0.3, there seems to be no limit to its duration in the project. However every PSD I import is limited to 60 seconds. I tried hitting ^
Re: PSD limited to 60 seconds?
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
Layered in this case, but I'll try a flattened file and see... thanks.
Link audio to video (without sync track), compound clip or ?
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
Hi all, Maybe I'm making this too complicated, but if I have a video clip with no audio at all, and an audio track from a separate recorder, is there any way other than compound clip to link combine t
Quick question: has anyone after-marketed the latest MacBookPro to 16 gigs of RAM?
by Chris Harlan 1 year ago
Quick question: has anyone after-marketed the latest MacBookPro to 16 gigs of RAM If so, what were the results Did you notice any appreciable bump with either FCP7 or FXP X Or Premiere Or Media Compos
Re: Quick question: has anyone after-marketed the latest MacBookPro to 16 gigs of RAM?
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
I put a 16GB kit in my 15" MBP 2011, it only cost about $140. For software development there is a very noticeable improvement from 8GB, and I expect that any 64-bit video editing or related programs w
Closed Captioning Capture
by Darren Clevenger 3 years ago
Every couple of months during the school year, I need to capture a program from beta with CC. The problem is that I can't figure out how to get CC into FCP. My fix in the past has been to have the tap
Re: Closed Captioning Capture
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
Hi Rafael, Please contact me directly at CPC and I can talk about the prices and options. jason (at) cpcweb (dot) com Or call: 301-738-8487 Best regards, Jason Livingston CPC Closed Captioning
Particularly un****ful error codes.
by Joseph Owens 1 year ago
After a few days of trial-and-error troubleshooting, I have narrowed down the list of suspects to the Subtitle stream that is causing -- Fatal Error- Code 6 - Graphic buffer underflow. OK. That "OK" i
Re: Particularly un****ful error codes.
by Jason Livingston 1 year ago
If you're making the subtitles in MacCaption, try the Time Code Set Blank Frames feature, set it to 6. This ensures at least 6 empty frames between any two subtitles. Not sure why Encore needs it but
Article: SMPTE standard put forward for closed captioning of online video
by Debra Kaufman 2 years ago
Closed Captioning SMPTE standard put forward for closed captioning of online video The FCC's Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends SMPTE Timed Text. VPAAC met over a six month
Re: Article: SMPTE standard put forward for closed captioning of online video
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Dear Debra, Thank you for sharing this article. I would like to e-mail you some comments. Please send me a private message or e-mail "jason at cpcweb dot com" so I can send it to you off-forum (or if
Closed Caption Output to HDCAM (Sony HDW-F500)
by Andrew Saliga 2 years ago
I'm attempting to output to HDCAM and use a .SCC file for closed captioning. I'm running FCP7 with an AJA Kona 3 and a Sony HDW-F500 deck. I spoke with Sony tech support to ensure CC was enabled on my
Re: Closed Caption Output to HDCAM (Sony HDW-F500)
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Andrew, The short answer is that you can't really use a SCC file as-is for HD captioning. FCP used to give an error if you tried this, although in 7.0.3 the error message doesn't appear for some re
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Color bars?
by Graham Dickinson 2 years ago
Did Apple not include bars and tone on fcpx If they are in the program can anybody tell me where to find them
Re: Color bars?
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Bill Davis "Personally I'm not sure what traditional bars mean in a digital world where every color values are typically represented by unchanging numeric data." What color is the numeric value (178,
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HD .mov files with Closed Captioning in MC5
by Dan Stone 2 years ago
Does anyone know of an HD codec which allows for CC data to be retained in .mov files for MC5 What codec should the file have to import CC successfully as well as export CC successfully Any answers or
Re: HD .mov files with Closed Captioning in MC5
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Dan, The QuickTime CC track can only be read on a Mac, but if you have access to a Mac computer, you can download MacCaption and use the same CaptionMaker dongle to run MacCaption. Once imported, y
Exporting to Avid from FCP via .m2t
by Max Gibbons 2 years ago
Hey all, We're trying out a new tapeless workflow to get our two shows ready for broadcast. We currently edit in FCP in ProRes 422, export a ProRes from there, use Compressor to encode that as Avid DN
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Alex Bookway liked this 2 years ago
Re: Exporting to Avid from FCP via .m2t
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Max, Sounds like a pretty convoluted way to get your show closed captioned. You might want to find a caption studio (such as CPC, or many others) who uses CPC's MacCaption software which works nati
Final cut "pro" X and closed caption
by Daniel Bernardoni 2 years ago
Aloha, With some change coming up in the near future requiring closed caption on most program, how does final cut "pro" X handle caption if at all. Anyone
Re: Final cut "pro" X and closed caption
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Daniel, As with anything related to captioning, it depends on what you need to deliver. If you're delivering tape, then you can use VTR Xchange (AJA) or Ventura (Matrox) to output a HD SD file with
Blackmagic Ultrastudio has 1 Thunderbolt port
by Paul Jay 2 years ago
Blackmagic Ultrastudio has 1 Thunderbolt port. Does this mean you can't connect more devices 'behind' the ultrastudio Just wondering.
Re: Blackmagic Ultrastudio has 1 Thunderbolt port
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Luke, Is that a confirmation that the shipping version of the Ultrastudio 3D will have only one Thunderbolt port, unlike the two port version demoed at NAB
AJA Express lo can’t pass captions via SDI ?
by John Stephens 2 years ago
I was just told that the AJA Express lo can t pass the closed captions now produced on the timeline of AVID MC 5.5 via SDI to an HD deck. Is it possible that this is correct This was one of the most b
Re: AJA Express lo can’t pass captions via SDI ?
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi John, This is the latest info I have: http: avid.custkb.com avid app selfservice search.jsp DocId=389915#a4 http: cdn.pinnaclesys.com SupportFiles attach HW-Capabilities_1.2.pdf (on the last page,
NAB'11 Sneak Peek - Stereoscopic 3D Subtitles demo
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
CPC's award winning MacCaption software now adds stereoscopic 3D subtitle authoring to its versatile arsenal of HD closed captioning and subtitling post production capabilities. This means content cre
closed captions support in HDLink
by Alex Gerulaitis 2 years ago
Do Blackmagic Design HDLink (HD-SDI to DVI DP HDMI) converters support closed captions pass-through In other words, if the SDI signal has closed captions, will they show up on the TV connected to the
Re: closed captions support in HDLink
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Hi Alex, This is a bit late reply to your post but I thought I could help. HD-SDI supports closed captions because it includes VANC (vertical ancillary) data support. It is the only HD interface which
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f4v H264 on Apple's iOS devices?
by Thomas Morter-Laing 2 years ago
WHilst I appreciate this is kinda an iPhone question, it applies to all mobile devices which cant play flash, but you other editors may know of something Im missing. Basically, H264 is obviously like
Re: f4v H264 on Apple's iOS devices?
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
What ties it together is a little piece of JavaScript code that checks the user agent string (which tells you what browser device is visiting the page), and then embeds the HTML5 version for Apple iOS
Footage lighter than what I Captured...
by Johnny Sain 2 years ago
Hey - I have a slight problem. I actually use FCE - I just completed editing my movie - burned it, watched it on 3 different TV's. All of them display lighter footage than I actually captured. My movi
Re: Footage lighter than what I Captured...
by Jason Livingston 2 years ago
Free monitor calibration on any Mac: Let your monitor warm up for at least 10 minutes before starting. Go to System Preferences Displays Color Calibrate... Check "Expert Mode" box on the first page. R
Subtitles in Final Cut, need to be on automatically but able to turn off!
by Luke Taylor 3 years ago
Hi Guys, Hopefully somebody can help me, I know how amateur this sounds however.. I am struggling to set my subtitles to be automatically on, without using 'force display' which results in the user be
Re: Subtitles in Final Cut, need to be on automatically but able to turn off!
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hi Luke, If this is for DVD and you're using DVDSP, simply set the View setting to On for that subtitle track. They'll be on by default but the user can turn them off too. Also if this is for DVD, som
Kona 3 Ver 8 bug
by Stuart Smith 3 years ago
Hi, we're updating our systems to Ver 8 of the Kona drivers. All the systems are various versions of Intel Mac Pros, running either the most updated leopard or snow leopard. Running apps that use the
Re: Kona 3 Ver 8 bug
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hi Stuart, Sorry if this is off topic, but just curious as to why you're considering legacy hardware for closed captioning The AJA Kona 3 can already do the same thing in software, unless you're doing
HD Closed Captioning for Media Composer 5
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hey everyone, CPC will be holding a series of free webinars regarding the new metadata features in Avid Media Composer 5. In these free online sessions (viewable in your web browser), we will demonstr
Closed Captioning from FCP7 to BetaSP trouble
by Rich Sigerist 3 years ago
Hi all, I've been tasked with outputting a 30 minute program with closed captioning. I've taken a provided QuickTime file and dropped it into a FCP7 Uncompressed, 10-bit sequence. My MacBook Pro is te
Re: Closed Captioning from FCP7 to BetaSP trouble
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hi Rich, They're referring to the new CC feature in FCP7, which as they say, is not supported by the Io LA. However, the "black movie" method invented by CPC will work since it doesn't require any spe
View DVD studio pro closed captioning
by Lynne Altieri 3 years ago
Wondering if anyone else is having trouble viewing their closed caption from DVD studio pro. I have my mov file and my scc file and I'm following all the directions in the DVD studio pro manual for ad
Re: View DVD studio pro closed captioning
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
By replicated DVD he means try a commercial movie TV show DVD which you bought off the shelf. Most of them have closed captions (there should be a CC logo on the back). If your TV DVD player cannot pl
Subtitling Programs; What's out there?
by Jim Reed 3 years ago
I have to do more subtitles than I thought I ever would. I have been using DVD SP so far and it has worked well, but a lot of work. There has to be an easier way to do this. Noah Kadner sent me a link
Re: Subtitling Programs; What's out there?
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
I have to put in a word for MacCaption. :) It is the best although not cheap. It has very advanced subtitling features, and of course closed captioning. BTW the comparison chart on Zeitanker's page is
Closed Captioning
by Daniel Bernardoni 3 years ago
Aloha, I am gonna try my luck on this forum, send a support request to blackmagic over a month ago, and still waiting for an answer. Anyway... Since version 7.3.2 of Declink I am not able to caption s
Re: Closed Captioning
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hi Daniel, We have also found this to be the case. Fortunately, the new drivers support the Final Cut Pro 7 closed captioning feature, which in some ways is more convenient because you don't have to r
Subtitles strangely absent
by Jeremy Hansen 3 years ago
Hello, all. I'm using Encore CS4 on a Mac, to author a BD project. All works fine, except the subtitles. My main timeline has four video assets, and the subtitles only appear for the first subtitle at
Re: Subtitles strangely absent
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Sorry I didn't spend too much time with it, and most of the time was just trying to get the subtitles to work at all.
UltraScope HD closed caption decoding
by Paul Provost 3 years ago
I'm trying to find an SDI HD closed cation decoder solution to be able to view cc from tape. Anyone know if it would be possible to add this feature to the UltraScope or if there is a standalone produ
Re: UltraScope HD closed caption decoding
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Bob Zelin "but I will faint if Blackmagic or ANY OTHER SCOPE MANUFACTURER has ever considered including a close caption decoding feature on their scope (and this includes Tek, Harris, Leader, OmniTek
2 Questions About Subtitles
by Cary Sidhom 3 years ago
Hello, I've got two hopefully quick questions about subtitling. 1 - How would I go about adding the musical notes when lyrics are being sung I do this in TV Closed Captioning and see it in some DVDs I
Re: 2 Questions About Subtitles
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
Hi Cary, 1 - You should be able to do this if you select a font that contains the music note as one of the characters (see the "Show Character Viewer" in OSX input prefs for more info). 2 - You can't
CLOSED CAPTIONS with HDMI?
by mark chadwick 3 years ago
Hello, Just finished burning a dvd in DVDSP with closed captioning and when I try to use it with an HDMI connection... nothing comes through. It does come through if I use component cables. I tried an
Re: CLOSED CAPTIONS with HDMI?
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
HDMI does not support closed captioning at all (SD or HD). The IMAX disc must have been using open captions (or subtitles that look like closed captions), or CC decoded by the DVD player instead of th
Closed Caption in Premiere 2.0
by Fred Williams 3 years ago
Hi all, one question: i'm editing video that already has closed caption data embedded in it, and i'm using Premiere Pro 2.0. Would premiere 2.0 remove the caption data, or does the edited video still
Re: Closed Caption in Premiere 2.0
by Jason Livingston 3 years ago
What format are you working with HD SD DV Mixed If you are working with HD or any 720x480 SD format (DV, MPEG-2, etc.), then no, the captions will not be preserved (unless special measures are taken).
Closed Captioning
by Kyle Conner 4 years ago
I have a client who has 3 videos on Beta SP. They need me to create a DVD that has all three videos that incorporates captioning. The videos on the Beta SP are already captioned. Can anyone offer any
Re: Closed Captioning
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Hello Kyle, Sorry if this reply is too late to help. If you capture the video and then compress it to MPEG-2 for DVD, the captions will be lost. This is because MPEG-2 for DVD is 720x480 and doesn't i
Encore CS4 Blu-Ray and Real 1080p 30ish frame rates
by John Zentmeyer 4 years ago
Is this really true that Encore CS4 and prior only supports 1080p in 24ish frame rates Is 1080p 30ish not an official Blu-Ray frame rate I have not seen any significant threads that really question wh
Re: Encore CS4 Blu-Ray and Real 1080p 30ish frame rates
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Blu-ray only supports 24p, 50i and 60i. You can compress 30p video in a 60i stream. It will still look like 30p on playback because there is no temporal shift between fields. This is sometimes referre
PAL DVD with Closed Caption
by marcus ionis 4 years ago
I'm reading DVD Studio Pro doesn't support Closed Caption for PAL Projects. I'm curious if any one has tackled this issue and how it was resolved. Thank You Marcus Marcus Ionis
Re: PAL DVD with Closed Caption
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Noah Kadner "Well technically it doesn't support closed captioning for anything- only DVD subtitles which are a completely different thing from closed captions." Hi Noah, Actually this is not correct
MXO2 with a Kona Card
by David Heidelberger 4 years ago
Hello all, We're looking into an MXO2 at work, mostly so we can preserve captioning data during downconverts. The Mac Pro we'd use it on currently already has a Kona 3. The idea is that we'll be buyin
Re: MXO2 with a Kona Card
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
David Heidelberger "the MXO2 can preserve captioning during cross-converts," Yes, the MXO2 can do this during playback. Jason Livingston CPC
Closed Captions workflow help
by Andrew Dietz 4 years ago
I am trying to figure out a workflow dealing with closed captions. I posted this in the Kona forum because technically, I don't need to use FCP for this, and it doesn't support the format I want to us
Re: Closed Captions workflow help
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Hello Duke, As Gary said, FCP7's closed captioning workflows have only been tested for 1080i 720p 59.94 so far, which is what DTV broadcasts are delivered at (as far as I know, you cannot broadcast na
Error when trying to burn DVD with CS3 using scc files
by MK Kearney 4 years ago
So what ever happened I'm having a problem with the scc file also. Burns just fine when the scc file isn't inserted. When the scc file is inserted I can't get the build to go past, " Preparing Disk La
Re: Error when trying to burn DVD with CS3 using scc files
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Encore will fail with SCC files that have any captions within the first two seconds (00:00:02:00). It looks like maybe your caption company was on the right track, but they fixed only the first two fr
Please guide me: closed-captioning from FCP into DVDSP
by Mark Suszko 4 years ago
Tomorrow I get handed a 40-minute DVCpro25 tape and a finalized DVD-R that have been closed-captioned for me. I get to make a DVD out of this tape, breaking it up into about 13 short chapters,which I
Re: Please guide me: closed-captioning from FCP into DVDSP
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Hi Mark, Uncompressed video, DV DVCPRO, and DVDs all use a different kind of metadata to store closed captions, so unfortunately the caption data usually will not carry over automatically. If this is
closed capiton
by Jeremy Doyle 4 years ago
First let me say I did a search and found the exact problem I am having, however there was no answer and the post was over a year old so I thought I'd ask. I have a DVCAM source (many, actually) with
Re: closed capiton
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Closed caption data does not go in the 480 lines of image data which is stored in MPEG-2 or DV files. To preserve closed caption data, you have to capture and play back 720x486, the extra 6 lines are
NOT your typical DVD closed-captioning question...
by Lee Adair 4 years ago
My client seems to think that DVDs are like people, each with a different temperament. That's why some like to show closed captioning and others don't. They can't seem to understand that each time the
Re: NOT your typical DVD closed-captioning question...
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
A few other possibilities: The DVD contains roll-up or paint-on captions and is playing in a software DVD player (most of which can only show pop-on captions correctly). The DVD Blu-ray player is conn
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Please suggest capture and project settings to retain closed-caption data
by Mark Suszko 4 years ago
Source tape is DVCpro 25 and has cc data on it which I want to retain as I bring the footage into FCP and out again. Can you reccommend the best settings to not lose the CC data. Do I have to capture
Re: Please suggest capture and project settings to retain closed-caption data
by giovanni galvez 4 years ago
"Source tape is DVCpro 25 and has cc data on it which I want to retain as I bring the footage into FCP and out again. Can you reccommend the best settings to not lose the CC data. Do I have to capture
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Mac Caption Plus XDCAM--What am i doing wrong
by Thompson Coles 5 years ago
Ok so here's the layout. I have an HD program Originated from XD. I;m using Mac Caption to encode closed captioning. I am using the exact protocol that mac caption says to use to apply 708 captioning
Re: Mac Caption Plus XDCAM--What am i doing wrong
by Jason Livingston 4 years ago
Hello Thompson Coles, I work for CPC, the company which makes MacCaption. The XDCAM closed captions export feature is currently in beta and not part of our release version. The beta is offered for dow


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