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Additional Features
1. Why should I caption my video project?
There are over 28 million people who use captions and subtitles to understand the video message. If you don't caption your video or DVD project, you may be missing out on potential sales. Furthermore, you position your company as a leader in your industry offering the latest in technology. In addition, studies show that children and bi-lingual persons read captions/subtitles to help them understand the English language more efficiently. This is another way to address foreign language projects economically. Captions and subtitles are very prevalent in the educational industry and most projects require these features.
2. What is the difference between closed caption and open caption?
Closed captions are embedded on line 21 of the video signal on a videotape. This signal is accessed through the TV remote control so that the viewer can read the captions on the TV set. Open captions are always on the screen and there is no need to access the signal through the TV remote. Open captions will be viewed by anyone watching the video program.
3. What is the difference between roll up and pop on captions?
Roll-up captions roll-up from the bottom of the screen with 2-4 lines of text on the screen at once. This style is more effective because we are trained to read in this manner. Pop-on captions are used more for theatricals, features, or dramas. Pop-on captions are sentences that are broken into fragments that are placed over the particular character as to indicate who is speaking. These pop on and off of the screen.
4. Can my DVD have captions? If so, how do I use captions on a DVD?
Most people think that if a video has captions and you make a DVD copy of the captioned video that the DVD will have captions also. Most of the time, this is not the case. Pioneer decks do have the capability to make a CC DVD from a CC video source. Otherwise, you will have to incorporate a caption file (.cc, .scc, .txt) that we produce and “attach” it to the DVD in the authoring process. The viewer would activate the captions with the TV remote.
5. Why would I want to extract a caption signal from my video master or VHS tape?
Many people are now utilizing the DVD format. We can take a caption signal from a VHS with VITC and produce a file with time code numbers and the verbiage. We can export that file into a specific file for your DVD project and you don't have to spend money starting over to get the DVD captioned or subtitled. This process saves you time and money!
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Caption and Subtitle Services, Ltd. 2631 E Cass Street, 2nd Floor, Joliet, IL 60432 info@capsubservices.com 815.740.1009 | 866.230.1009 815.740.6270 Fax |
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