Closed Captioning Blog

True EIA-708 captions can be achieved without the use for an external HD captioning encoder that can cost well over $8000 (US) by using a new captioning work flow.     What You Need   You need Final Cut Pro 7, an AJA Kona card (3, LHi or LSe), and the most recent Kona drivers.  Of course, you will also need a special caption file created by a closed captioning service like ...

There is yet another simple way to caption your HD programming that is tapeless--CC File inserts directly into your video. File-insert captioning works with the following formats: MPEG2 .mov DVCPRO HD XDCAM The process for MPEG2, .mov and DVCPRO HD: Client... sends full res file & proxy file via FTP, thumb drive, hard drive, et cetera Captioning Company (Aberdeen) ... does captioning and inserts captions into video file returns captioned video via FTP, thumb drive, hard drive, etc. How this ...

It has finally come! Captioning data for HD video can now be sent directly to your non-linear editing system.  This HD update in captioning technology has been a longtime coming, so we are excited to be able to offer this workflow to clients with the proper set-up. Why this should get you excited too Our clients have enjoyed the benefits of captioning to their NLE systems for SD video for ...

Sony Electronics and Aberdeen Captioning along with software developer CPC have joined forces to develop the first file-based closed-captioning system that maximizes the benefits of Sony’s XDCAM HD422 tapeless technology. The new workflow uses Sony’s PDW-HD1500 optical deck to make the process more efficient, faster and more flexible. “Because the XDCAM system is file-based, we’re able to do our work in a much more refined and streamlined way,” ...

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), ...