Closed Captioning Blog

If you found this article, you are probably a DVD authorer at your wit's end trying to figure out why the subtitle file will not import into your authoring system.  We have a little tip that might just do the trick.    As you can imagine, as a closed-captioning and subtitling company, we work hand-in-hand with DVD authoring houses and individual DVD authoring people.  When we deliver our clients subtitle ...

Do you ever wonder how international businesses keep their branches in different countries on the same page with the same goals, visions, and company outlook?  Well, there are many ways this is done, but one simple way is the use of corporate training videos ... subtitled in multiple languages.  This is a manageable and cost effective way for companies across the globe to communicate selling techniques, company updates, ...

Since Blu-ray is now accepted (for the most part) as the new HD disc format standard, many questions have come up about closed-captioning and subtitling for Blu-ray Disc (also referred to as BD). First off, to get the record straight, Blu-ray does not support closed captioning.  This is for a very logical reason: Subtitles can be turned on and off through the disc's menu (just like an SD DVD), ...

I usually don’t write about specific projects we work on, but the “Hearing Everett” project was particularly moving.  One of the most unique aspects about the film for me, working for closed-captioning company, is that the film illustrates a family helping the deaf in Mexico.  Throughout the closed captioning and the subtitling of the project we worked through five different phases: transcription, caption editing, translation, subtitle editing, and ...

This passed week, I felt how important time code was when authoring captions and subtitles to DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring systems.  Consistency is the name of the game.  As a producer, editor, DVD authoring person, et cetera, you must be sure that the video your captioning company receives from the onset of the project, has the final time code. Ask yourself some questions: Is the first frame of ...

Oftentimes, when I give my clients caption files for their DVD Authoring Systems they encounter problems and call me with questions on how to insert the caption file.  In today's blog, I am going to specifically talk about .scc files being used in Apple's DVD Studio Pro. Here are the steps to follow to import a .scc into DVD Studio Pro:  Select Outline tab > Tracks folder > Track1 > Select ...