Closed Captioning Question

Opticus wrote on 12/13/2010, 1:12 PM

I need to create a standard definition DVD of my 1-hour program with closed captions. I edited the program on Vegas 9.0e at HDV resolution (1440x1080). I have DVDA 5.0b. I've found services that will create a caption file with timing in various file formats.

What is the best workflow to bring the closed captions into DVDA? What file format should I use for the closed captions? Or is it not possible? I can upgrade to Vegas 10 if needed for this.

The DVD will be used as a master for replication.

Thanks for your advice,
Cal

Comments

bStro wrote on 12/13/2010, 2:00 PM

Does it have to be closed captions or can it use subtitles? Most versions of DVDA can accept subtitle files. Create some simple subtitles in DVDA, export that to a file, and ask your service if they can match the format used in it.

Closed captions would, as far as I know, need to be encoded into the video before importing. I believe that 10.0 is the only version of Vegas that will do that, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are other (less expensive) apps designed specifically for that purpose. Have never used one. Might want to ask on the Vegas forum.

Former user wrote on 12/15/2010, 11:18 AM

The HELP file in DVDA lists the acceptable CC formats.

Dave T2