Various Drastic products support closed caption decode and display. Video I/O products such as Net-X-Code Server can capture and output closed caption information. MediaReactor can convert closed caption formats along with the video and audio files. videoQC (Pro level and above) can decode and display both 608 and 708 captions for preview and confidence monitoring. For some captions, default language/fonts can be set up, which are described here. DrasticScope licensed at the 4KScope level and above can display closed captions along with the picture.
Drastic products support a wide range of closed caption and subtitle formats.
| 608 | CEA-608 | |
| 708 | CEA-708 | |
| AAF | AAF Data Track for Avid Editors (read/write) | |
| CSV | Comma Separated - csv | |
| GXF | GXF SMPTE 360 CC (read) | |
| H264 | h.264/MPEG-4/AVC1 'user' CC (read) | |
| JSON | JSON (various) - json | |
| LXF | LXF Leitch/Harris CC (read) | |
| MCC | MCC files sidebar MacCaption/PC-Caption (read/write) | |
| MOV | MOV SD/HD CC tracks (read, and write with a special setup) | |
| MP4 | MP4 SD/HD CC tracks | |
| MPEG2 | MPEG-2 'user' CC (read) | |
| MTS | TS/MTS user and separate PID | |
| MXF | MXF Avid embedded CC (read) MXF SMPTE 436M (read/write) |
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| N0 | N0 caption file for Grass Valley video servers (read/write) | |
| OP-47 | OP-47/SMPTE RDD-08 | |
| SBV | YouTube - sbv | |
| SCC | SCC files sidebar MacCaption/PC-Caption (read/write) | |
| SIF | Swift - sif | |
| SMI | SAMI - smi | |
| SRT | SubRip - srt | |
| SSA | SubStation Alpha/Advanced SubStation Subtitles - ssa/ass | |
| STL | EBU Sub Titles - stl | |
| STP | Belle Nuit - stp | |
| SUB | SoftNI - sub Sony DVD Architect - sub |
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| TXT | Avid Caption - txt iTunes Timed Text - txt QuickTime Text - txt Sony DVD - txt YouTube Transcript - txt |
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| VTT | WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks) - vtt | |
| XML | Digital Cinema 2007/2010 - xml Final Cut Pro - xml Final Cut Pro X - xml Flash - xml SMPTE 2052 - xml Timed Text - dxfp, ttml, xml YouTube Annotations - xml |
Setting Defaults
In most cases the correct font setting for your region will be enabled by default. If you need to change it, here are details.
Using the DDRConfig application, go to the Advanced tab and browse the XML tree to:
\Advanced\VVW\Advanced\VGA\CCOP47DefaultCharacterSet
Depending on your default region, this should be set to one of the following to get the the correct fonts:
- 0 - Latin (English, French, German, Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Slovak)
- 1 - Latin (Polish)
- 2 - Latin (Turkish)
- 3 - Latin (Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Romanian)
- 4 - Cyrillic (Serbian, Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian) and Latin (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian)
- 6 - Greek
- 10 - Hebrew
Software Support
Net-X-Code Server |
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Net-X-Code Server captures into side bar SCC (608 SD) or MCC (708 HD) text files if closed captioning is available. SMPTE 436M is also captured, if recording a compatible MXF file type. MOV closed caption track capture is also available, with a custom DDRConfig setup. Net-X-Code Server also supports 608 and 708 insertion into the vertical blank area, if "Use Vertical Blank" is enabled. Net-X-Code Server can read the MCC/SCC files, as well as MPEG-2 user closed caption (ATSC), Avid embedded, SMPTE 436 and MOV closed caption tracks. These interfaces can also display the 608 or 708 captions to the VGA video preview area for confidence monitoring
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MediaReactor Workstation |
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MediaReactor fully supports reading and writing the closed caption formats above. All the supported formats are read when present. SCC and MCC are always written, along with other formats when available.
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videoQC |
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videoQC (Pro level and above) supports reading all the formats above, when set to the correct CC type. These closed caption tracks can be displayed as a caption overlay on the VGA/DVI video signal. This provides an incredibly cost effective closed caption monitoring software.
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ASSIMILATE® Inc. - Assimilate SCRATCH and Assimilate SCRATCH Lab are either trademarks or registered trademarks of ASSIMILATE® Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Avid Technology, Inc. - Avid Media Composer®, Avid MediaCentral®, Avid Interplay®, and Avid NewsCutter® are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Belle Nuit Montage - Matthias Bürcher August 2000-2016. All rights reserved. Written in Switzerland. Starting 2016 Belle Nuit Subtitler is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License
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