tecnocato HD 008: How to Closed-Caption (CC)
Learn how to closed-caption your QuickTime videos and view captions in iTunes, QuickTime and the iPhone/iPod Touch.
HIGH DEFINITION VERSION for Apple TV
Closed Captioning is now supported by iTunes 7.4 and QuickTime since version 7.1.6. Because of the support, we do not have to use the CC sprite that we used before, plus this feature is compatible with Apple devices but not yet available for the Apple TV. There are a few issues as this is a newly supported feature but expect it to improve with future updates.
I hope that this video can help others to closed caption their material. If you find it useful, please send your comments to tecnocato@tecnocato.com.
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Hi! Very good tutorial!
I’m wondering… As iTunes/iPod/iPhone now can “see” subtitles, do you know how to insert srt, or other subtitle format, to a quicktime movie, without the need to embed the subtitle? I mean, I know I can use. let’s say, submerge, to insert subtitles to a movie, but what if I want two languages (en, es)? And more: what if I want to turn it off, during playback?
Do you know a way to do it?
Thanks a lot!
Daniel said this on March 14th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Thanks a lot for your comment. Regarding subtitles and multiple languages (now supported by the iTunes store), samples, tools or instructions for these have not been made available as far as I know… I suspect that a new release for Final Cut Studio or update for Compressor should include support for them. Until then, I think we are stuck with closed-captions… remember that it is Apple who encode the material they sell as pointed out in a recent Apple event when Steve was talking about encoding movies for the store.
tecnocato said this on March 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pm