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Closed Captions Subtitles

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 10, 2022
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Hi Everyone,

Well, I have spent hours literally working through closed captions and still can't get this to work correctly. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or there's a bug, I'm not sure! Anyhow, After transcribing the sequence and making the changes to spelling etc. I notice that the transcript covers sections of the video where no narration exists, and when you then turn it into captions, they are all over the place! Some are too long and overlap into the next section of the speech, and some just get crunched up together. It's bizarre, but it's costing me so much time to go through the entire video to space the subtitles before creating the .srt file correctly. I've tried different settings from default through to having the slider controls on full, but they don't stick to the narrative. So bit long-winded this, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks

John

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R Neil Haugen

Legend

It's dropped the captions where the timecode was for the sequence when the captions were created. I think the issue here is understanding how to work with them.

Because you have to actually EDIT the captions tracks when you edit the standard video/audio tracks. If you say make a cut to another shot, and move a segment of a captioned clip down the line, you also have to move the captions.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

J

johnm42112540Author

Inspiring

The transcibing of the narrative takes place at the very end, so I'm not sure what you mean by saying "you have to actually EDIT the captions tracks when you edit the standard video/audio tracks."

I do nest sequences but not the audio, I leave that on the original track, in most cases audio 1 and audio 2.

After transcribing, I create the captions, and the result is what you see in the images.

I'm really not understanding what you mean!

Thanks

Jon

Stan Jones

Community Expert

You answered my question regarding Neil's response: the transcription occurs at the end, and there is no editing. I don't recall anyone else reporting this.

Can you describe the setting for the transcription regarding which audio you are using for the transcription?

Stan

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Wow, I've not had any issues like that. I'm struggling to even figure out what's going on ... that would sure be frustrating.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

J

johnm42112540Author

Inspiring

Sorry for the delay, but I have dropped two images, hopefully they will show you better than me trying to explain! I have absolutely no idea whats making them so far out along the timeline.

Appreciate your help

Jon

Stan Jones

Community Expert

I see a nested sequence. Are you transcribing after the other sequence is nested?And then creating the captions before any editing is done?

Also, is Neil's guess correct that you are editing the sequence AFTER you transcrribe AND create captions?

There have been similar reports, but not, that I recall, with the particular problem that you describe.

Stan

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