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MikeL2407
Participating Frequently
December 8, 2017
Question

Copying Closed Captioning to Video CC

  • December 8, 2017
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Is there a reason why the start and end times of the captions are not transferrable when applying the captions/notes to Video CC from Closed Captioning. I made the mistake of splitting the video and audio in separate files to use in Captivate (it's easier to caption when you can see the waveforms in the audio captioning window and more difficult since the waveform is not an option in the video caption window) so now on export, the audio and video are not synced.

I figured performing the below action of checking the CC column and the Video CC column of check boxes for the captions would solve my issue.

1_Slide notes window

I expected the Edit Video Timing timeline to reflect the Slide Audio Closed Captioning timeline below.

2_CC Audio

Unfortunately, instead of the caption markers at the appropriate time slot, they are all on top of each other at the 0:00 mark.

3_CC Video

Is there a logical reason for this? But more importantly, is there a better way to apply the captions from audio CC to Video CC? I thought if I could export then import the captions but the import Project Captions and Closed Captions is inactive option (its highlighted out so I cannot click on it).  Any suggestions?

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Spamhunter
Inspiring
February 2, 2018

I get the impression you can't import CC if you haven't already exported them. I don't know why, but my Import option only became active once I had finally managed to export them!

This is another example of why Adobe should enable import-export of .srt (and even .ass) across the board, to all audio/video related software. It must be easy to do because there are many simple free software that can do it.