I've been reading through a lot of the previous questions regarding closed captioning, but it seems there is a lot more to consider than I at first thought. I'm using Final Cut Pro X. I currently export my projects • to be burned to DVD using iDVD • to be uploaded to youtube • as MP2 files for use on sd cards to play on equipment in museum exhibits I've been looking at MovieCaptioner by Synchrimedia ($99) and MacCaption by Telestream ($1000). I'm looking for a simple, cost effective way to add cc that will work with all these formats. $99 sure looks good compared to $1000, but will that program do what I need it too?

Closed captioning displays. Satellite distributors and other multi-channel video programming distributors - to close caption their TV programs. If you need to playout Closed Capitioning, you can purchase the Closed Captioning option for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Node. Final Cut Pro Your video needs closed captioned. Adding closed captions is one of the last steps in the post-production process. You’ve spent countless hours.

Closed captions are an important setting. Reckless Racing Full Free Download Android more. How do you create and export a closed caption file that accompanies your Apple Final Cut Pro X projects?

Is there a plug-in for FCPX? Step-by-step directions sure would help a lot! IMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1) Posted on Jan 16, 2014 1:45 PM.

MovieCaptoiner doesn't support the higher end featuers of MacCaption (the industry leader). These really are your only two choices. And I belive MacCaption supports more video formats/codecs. I've used MacCaption and like it a lot, very easy to use.

Closed Captioning is actually a process of encoding text and it's metadata into the video file, so it does take a bit of doing to create a program to do that. As for step-by-step directions, you'll have to do the tutorials for which ever application you purchase. There is no FCPX plugin for this yet. What type of video are you doing; university, wedding stuff, corporate? How many of these do you have to encode a week? How are you transcribing the audio?

Would you be willing to do closed captioning as a side business to help pay for the software? Jan 17, 2014 1:57 AM.

I work for the National Park Service; our park would purchase the software if we decide to go this route. To comply with accessibility laws we need something for hearing impaired visitors watching the videos, and of course, CC would be the most user friendly. The bulk of the videos would be short videos to be uploaded to the web. Not a heavy load, but maybe 1 every couple of weeks on average. DVDs are in the minority. I've mastered one in-house that the park bookstore then produced for sale.

I've also created a couple that we send out to schools prior to their visits. The DVD for sale, however, is one that we definitely want to get captioned. Since video production is just a part of what we do, $1000 seemed like a big software investment relatively speaking. Though if it costs us a lot to send it out to be captioned we might just as well buy the software. The other part of this equation is that I've been using iDVD to burn the DVDs. It apparently does not support CC.

Did DVD Studio Pro support CC if I'm able to find a copy? What other options are there? Jan 17, 2014 7:49 AM. Yeah, I wanted to be sure. You're working for an agency who has to comply with the letter of the law. MacCaption is the way to go, for sure. I've worked with CC'ing video, and with video productions for the hearing impared.

It is a big software investment, but it is cheaper than it used to be. Was a time this would have stung you for $5K+. Anyone you send it out to will be using pretty much this same software.

It is an industry leader. I'd say, do it yourself. Have the video transcribed by a serivce. That will be way faster, and cost much less, than your houly work rate to do it yourself. But take that file they send you, and apply it to the QT output from FCPX. Basically, you'll output a QT file from FCP (for which ever type of delivery). You'll take that in to MacCaption to apply the CC test data.

It is pretty easy software to work with, and has tons of great support. I would strongly recommend you contact Telestream and talk to someone there, explain exactly what you need, so they can be sure you get the correct version of thier software to do what you need done. The more video you CC yourself, the more money your facility saves. Yes, folks charge a pretty penny for doing CC work for you.

If you have the time to do it yourself, and do a lot of it, and will do it for the long run, I feel it is very worth the investement. Again, you can compre what a CC'ing serice would charge you, get a quote, and figure out how much that would cost you over the next 12 months. DVDSP did support CC. But basically, you'd run the MPEG-2 file through MacCaption. Not sure about Toast, you'd need to check that out. Jan 17, 2014 10:13 AM. That is not a Closed Captioning solution, it is a sub-title solution (Open Captioning), the two are quite different things, in the federal legal requirements.