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December 8, 2016
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Subtitles don't go white

  • December 8, 2016
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Hello everyone !

Just exported subtitles from a Premiere project, they were configured in white in my timeline, but when I read them into VLC, they appear in purple. Even if I change the color in VLC. Does anyone have a solution for this ?

Thanks a lot !

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    Correct answer Jax24135

    Thanks for the screenshot it helps a lot!

    Is this your color?


    If it is, try running "Find & Replace" to replace all instances of #AAAAAAFF with #FFFFFF.

    Here's what I think is happening...

    VLC can read basic HTML attributes <b> for bold text, <u> for underlined text, <font color=#hexValueCode> hard-coded subtitle text</font>. Sounds like Premiere is adding in a couple extra characters (usually hexValues for colors are 6 characters, not 8) to allow Transparent Text.

    VLC is only reading the last 6 characters, so it thinks you want purple subtitles instead of white ones.

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    pandau49740198
    pandau49740198Author
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    December 14, 2016

    Aaaaannnnd... It's working !

    Thanks a lot guys !

      pandau49740198
      pandau49740198Author
      Participating Frequently
      December 13, 2016

      Ok I corrected the first three dialogues, is this correct ? It's pretty long so I wouldn't like to do it for nothing!

      Thanks for the help guys !

      Jax24135
      Jax24135
      Inspiring
      December 13, 2016

      That should be one way of doing it.

      Hit "Save" for your modified srt, restart VLC and bring in the video/captions again. See if the color changes back to white.

      pandau49740198
      pandau49740198Author
      Participating Frequently
      December 13, 2016

      Hey Jax24135 ! Thank you for your answer !

      Can I do a find and remplace in Premiere ? Or I have to run another program for it ?

      Thx a lot

      Jax24135
      Jax24135
      Inspiring
      December 13, 2016

      Use TextEdit if you're on a Mac, or Notepad if you're on Windows to fix the .srt

      pandau49740198
      pandau49740198Author
      Participating Frequently
      December 12, 2016

      Here's a screenshot, you're right there's an HTML line !

      And I'm on CC2017

      Thx a lot !

      Jax24135
      Jax24135Correct answer
      Inspiring
      December 12, 2016

      Thanks for the screenshot it helps a lot!

      Is this your color?


      If it is, try running "Find & Replace" to replace all instances of #AAAAAAFF with #FFFFFF.

      Here's what I think is happening...

      VLC can read basic HTML attributes <b> for bold text, <u> for underlined text, <font color=#hexValueCode> hard-coded subtitle text</font>. Sounds like Premiere is adding in a couple extra characters (usually hexValues for colors are 6 characters, not 8) to allow Transparent Text.

      VLC is only reading the last 6 characters, so it thinks you want purple subtitles instead of white ones.

      ignaxing
      ignaxing
      Participating Frequently
      February 8, 2023

      Thanx for this!!!

      It solved this HEX color situation for me!

      pandau49740198
      pandau49740198Author
      Participating Frequently
      December 9, 2016

      It is an .srt file exactly !

      And that is the first thing I checked, both VLC and Premiere captions are set to white...

      This thing is really causing me headaches !

      Jax24135
      Jax24135
      Inspiring
      December 9, 2016

      Definitely odd, .srt files should only contain the numbered order, in/out timecode & subtitle text:

      168

      00:20:41,150 --> 00:20:45,109

      How did he do that?

      Can you post a screenshot of the beginning of the .srt file (opened in Notepad/TextEdit) & the purple subtitles w/ OSD settings in VLC?

      I'm wondering if there's an HTML line at the beginning like <font color=7133FF>, or it might just be a bug.

      By the way, are you on CC 2015.4 or CC 2017?

      pandau49740198
      pandau49740198Author
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      December 9, 2016

      Hello guys !

      To be more specific, let me show you the specs of my timeline... Sorry it's french but I guess you'll get it anyway

      Thanks a lot, that could save my life !

      Jax24135
      Jax24135
      Inspiring
      December 9, 2016

      And you're exporting an .srt caption sidecar file?


      Have you double-checked your VLC "OSD/Subtitle" defaults to make sure Font Colors isn't set to purple?

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      December 8, 2016

      Subtitles, or captions?  (They're not the same.)

      stefan_gru
      stefan_gru
      Inspiring
      December 8, 2016

      To help the OP, please be more specific in how captions and subtitles are different — e.g., open vs. closed captions?

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      December 9, 2016

      please be more specific in how captions and subtitles are different

      Subtitles are just titles at the bottom of the screen.  They're created using the title tool.

      Captions, both Open and Closed, are a different thing entirely.  (And not something I would be able to help with.)

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