Re: [Avid-L2] How to integrate Closed Captioning with Sub Cap Effect in MC 2018.12.15?

Very bad advice.

You can open a COPY of the .scc.

SCC is a binary file, and 'save' action (and Apple likes to do stuff like that without asking, as Apple Always knows what's BEST for you), WILL corrupt the file.

(A simple BOM adding, or change of CR/LF or alike is good enough to make a scc unreadable by some apps.)

An alternative is to open it in Subbits, free demo on my site what will do the trick just fine.

Bouke / edit 'B

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On 22 Oct 2024, at 15:17, Mark Spano <cutandcover@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi John,

You should try opening the .scc in a text editor. You'll probably find it fairly readable for time code. 

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM John Moore via groups.io <bigfish=pacbell.net@groups.io> wrote:

I've never dealt with the business end of Close Captioning but there is a request to make a screener for music clearance with closed captioning.  I have no idea why the want CC for music clearance.

I have the .scc file for the show and I understand I put the subcap effect on a track and then import the .scc file.  I sent the closed caption folks a reference that started at 00:59:30:00 with program start at 1:00:00:00.  Is there a way to determine what time code the .scc file starts at?  In other words should I put the subcap effect at the top of the sequence at 00:59:30:00 or 1:00:00:00.  I don't know how smart an .scc file is as to how it gets synced to the sequence in Avid's Sub Cap effect.  I'm waiting on along export without CC first to try but any suggestions appreciated.

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@pacbell.net