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Problems converting Closed Captions to Open Captions in Premiere 2015.4

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November 10, 2016
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I was excited to learn about the support for Open Captions and the ability to convert Closed to Open, but when I import .scc or .srt files, and convert them to open captions, they are always 480x720 with no way to adjust or change the size. The low-resolution makes this feature un-usable. Anyone know of a work around or fix for this?

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Michael L at UNCP

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I've finally found a work around in 2019 that I believe will work in 2018 and maybe 2017.

I create the 608 closed captions with the default formatting.

Export that as an .SRT file.

In the Captions panel, click "Import Settings".

Set "Import File Type" to SubRip Subtitle File (.srt)

Check all of the "Overwrite file settings" options and change the valuse to what you want your imported file to look like. For me taht was this...

Then do File > Import and choose your .SRT file. It will show up in the Project panel with the .srt file name but will be have the settings you specified in the Import Settings dialog.

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Anonymous

I think I found a working solution, you have to right click on the captions file in the project bin and then select Adjust -> Interpret Footage -> Captions. Here you should be able to change your settings. But make a copy before you do it, once the captions are open you can't close them.

Hope this works for you, regards Anselm

Stephen Barrante

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Not a perfect solve - but I'm in the same situation. The first thing I did after I imported the .srt file was to drop it into the timeline. Then right-click and select Scale to Frame Size. This works better than "set to frame size". It also seems to hold up just fine when it's scaled, as it appears to still treat it as live type.

Then comes the challenge with adjusting the position. You can't use the Caption settings. This would require that you select each caption in the timeline, one at a time. I used the Effect Controls to move the position of the actual "clip" where I wanted the text to appear.

Jax24135

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There may not be a solution other than redoing the 708 captions in Premiere.

I have a copy of CaptionMaker which exports 608s & 708s. However, the "HD" 708s are still 720x480-based graphics, the placement doesn't change.

Hope I'm wrong and there's a better solution...

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EmberRegisGroupLtd.

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Same, when I import a .srt file that I created myself, it comes in at a 720 x 480 resolution. How do I import it in HD? Do I just scale to frame size?

habitofseeingAuthor

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If you scale it, it becomes pixelated or blurry, even though it's theoretically just vector-based text. So that doesn't work either

habitofseeingAuthor

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Any help from Adobe on this?

Jax24135

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Are the .scc/.srt files CEA-608 captions? They're legacy captions from Standard Def, so you're stuck with their 720x480 limit.

Another user found a way to change 608s to 708s that might help you out.

Need to change Caption Stream from CEA-608 to CEA-708

habitofseeingAuthor

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Thanks Jax, I'll try that. I've also tried importing .mcc files, which are supposed to be fore high-def, but those (and every other subtitle format I've tried) all import at 720x480 as well. It seems to be the way Premiere imports them or reads their metadata, etc.

petergaraway, I saw you had answered a question about open and closed captions (and offered additional help) on this creativecow post, can you help with this?

Thanks!

-Stephen