Cost-Effective Captioning Workflows
Moderator: - James Klas, Director of Media Technology, State of Wisconsin - Educational Communications Board
Speakers:
- Chris Ostertag, Digital Engineer, KLRU-TV
- Bryan Fuqua, VicePresident of Technical Services, WTCI-TV
- Ralph Welch, Director of Engineering & Technology, WCTE-TV
Regulatory Pressure
• Regulatory – web stuff has to be captioned if it airs on TV
• AND captioning must be accurate, synchronized, complete and appropriately placed on web and broadcast
Let’s Get it Right!
• Q&A once we get through the presentations
• We will break at the advertised end time – but more Q&A is likely and we will stick around
• First up – Chris Ostertag from KLRU
Captioning Support in NLE’s
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC – Robust Support • Avid Media Composer 7 – Limited Support • Final Cut Pro X – No Support*
Captioning in Premiere Pro CC Capabilities • Import (Sidecar/Embedded) • Monitoring • Editing • Export (Sidecar/Embedded
Captioning in Media Composer Capabilities • Import (AAF Only) • Monitoring (External Only) • Editing (Timing Only) • Export (Embedded Only)
Captioning on the Cheap (in a word – FREE)
• Captioning for pre-produced programming
• Re-purposing captioning files for web upload
RollUp NT (Freebie )
• www.autocaption.com • Free captioning software • Works with EEG, Evertz,
Link, & Norpak encoders
DVD Decrypter (Freebie )
• http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ • Free DVD Ripping software • No longer being developed • Final Version is 3.5.4.0
CCExtractor • http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net/ • Free closed caption extraction software • Save files as srt, raw, sami, dvdraw, bin, txt, ttxt
Subtitle Edit
• www.nikse.dk • Adjust caption times to match mezzanine files
for up load to COVE / station website • Convert caption files to one of over 70 different
types
Captioning with Harris Retrieving the SCC File
• FTP into the server • Through the SCC Folder • Browse to show the clip
needed • Download the SCC File
Editing Captions Subtitle Edit
• Open both the SCC file & the show/clip in Subtitle Edit
• Check Captions against the audio
• Correct/Create/Spell Check Captions
Editing Captions Subtitle Edit
• Save the Caption File in whatever format you need
• Examples: For COVE or Play Out on a different server
Injecting Captions Injecting with Rhozet
• Add the SCC file in Source Tab
• Imbeds the caption file as 608, 708 & SMPTE
Injecting Captions Injecting with Rhozet
Select the Caption File by clicking button at end of line that states ‘SCC File’
James Klas, Director of Media Technology, State of Wisconsin - Educational Communications Board [email protected]
Chris Ostertag, Digital Engineer, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS [email protected]
Bryan Fuqua, VicePresident of Technical Services, WTCI-TV, Tennessee Valley PBS [email protected]
Ralph Welch, Director of Engineering & Technology, WCTE-TV, Upper Cumberland PBS [email protected]
Cost-Effective Captioning Workflows