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Ramkaer00
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August 13, 2021
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Captions reverting to empty "new caption" when editing another caption

  • August 13, 2021
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When I am making open captions from scratch (typing them manually, while listening to the words) it randomly reverts previous typed caption texts to the default "new caption" as if it was just created. Which means I have to type the same captions over and over again, until they "stick" (are saved correctly, I guess). It's very frustrating and time consuming.

 

I have no idea why. The only thing that helps seems to be to close the project and reopen. Then type the caption again and hope it is saved correctly.

 

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

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    Correct answer Stan Jones

    This does not appear to be a common problem. I have not experienced it.

     

    What is the version of PR you are running? 15.4.0? 15.4.1? Or what?

     

    One user that experienced something similar though it helped to do the editing in the Program Monitor rather than the Text Panel. Which are you using? 

     

    Stan

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    kalyndahaaf
    Participant
    August 31, 2021

    I have the same frustrating problem. Any fixes yet?

    Stan Jones
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    Stan JonesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 31, 2021

    This does not appear to be a common problem. I have not experienced it.

     

    What is the version of PR you are running? 15.4.0? 15.4.1? Or what?

     

    One user that experienced something similar though it helped to do the editing in the Program Monitor rather than the Text Panel. Which are you using? 

     

    Stan

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    Ramkaer00Author
    Participant
    September 2, 2021

    Ramkaer,

     

    Thanks for jumping back in, reporting your positive results, and doing your detective work!

     

    Big picture: speech to text is now active and will replace copy/paste for many users. Editing the captions may be faster than the copy/paste operations.

     

    Alternative: see this "no Text Panel" editing method by @Matt Young14394008: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/captions-window-needs-to-be-scrolled-down-for-every-single-caption-premiere-pro-15-0/m-p/11917033#M336718

     

    Note in particular the shortcut Ctrl-Alt-C that creates a new caption segment in the timeline without going to the Text Panel. And the assignable shortcut to edit the caption in the Propram Monitor.

     

    If this is a performance issue, try zooming in on the timeline so fewer captions are visible.

     

    Captions are stored in the project file, and the system demand may be more substantial than it appears. But it still makes no sense to me that "simple" text can be so demanding.

     

    Stan

     

     

     

     

     

     


    Hi Stan,

    Thank you for the extra feedback. Speech to text will be handy I'm sure, but I don't think it is available in Danish yet? I will be on the lookout for when it comes. 🙂 

     

    Thank you for the "no text panel" link, I will try that out. 

     

    It might be a performance issue, although I don't think my computer is old/slow enough to cause this (i7 with 32 gb ram). But perhaps. I think the issue lies in creating and showing the segments in the text editor, and not the timeline. (The lag appears in the text editor). I agree it should not be too demanding with just text, but more may be happening in the background. Perhaps just a bug, and at least it seems not to be a widespread issue.

     

    Thanks for all your help 🙂

     

    /Mads

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      August 13, 2021

      Any reason you're not having PrPro do the transcribing? Have gotten rather used to this now.

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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      Ramkaer00Author
      Participant
      August 16, 2021

      Thanks for the reply. The audio and subtitles are in Danish. I don't think auto-transcribing works with Danish? 

       

      Regards Mads.

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
      Legend
      August 16, 2021

      Might not ...

       

      Neil

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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