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Inspiring
November 16, 2022
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Black background with SRT closed caption 708-1 export?

  • November 16, 2022
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I'm stumped. I can export my composition to MP4 and the associated sidecar SRT file, with Include SRT Styling selected, but all I'm getting is white text on a transparent background. Completely useless with regard to readability.

 

The only styling attribute I have set is a black opaque background with white text. I don't want open captions or subtitles, I need closed-captions, that can be turned on and off, but they still need to be readable.

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Correct answer valeriec65796167

I found my own answer: Using the SRT sidecar file, the appearance of the captions in Windows "Movies & TV" program is controlled in Windows settings. Creating the VTT sidecar file covers it on web browsers.

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Stan Jones
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November 16, 2022

> I need closed-captions, that can be turned on and off

 

Where will the video be played? "On and off" does not required a closed caption type stream (e.g.  608 or 708).

 

If you actually have a 608 or 708 caption type, I doubt any of the style options there will be included in srt on PR export. Very few are even for regular subtitles.

 

Stan

 

valeriec65796167AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 25, 2022

I found my own answer: Using the SRT sidecar file, the appearance of the captions in Windows "Movies & TV" program is controlled in Windows settings. Creating the VTT sidecar file covers it on web browsers.

Stan Jones
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2022

How are you creating the vtt file?

 

Stan