Closed Captioning &
Subtitling Workflows
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CaptionMaker enables many different kinds of closed captioning workflows for television, web, mobile devices, video servers, DVD, Teletext and more.
See our product comparison chart to find the configuration that’s right for you.
Unlike traditional tape-to-tape captioning gear, CaptionMaker can embed closed captioning directly into files, including: MPEG-2 Program and Transport Streams, MXF, QuickTime, MCC, and many more. It supports broadcast video servers such as: Harris Nexio, Omneon, SeaChange, Avid Airstream, as well as Manzanita's multiplexers for VOD CableLabs spec.
CaptionMaker enables the HD closed captioning functions of Adobe Premiere Pro versions CS 5.5 or later . You can edit and output both HD and SD closed captions to tape, file, disc, mobile devices, and the web.
CaptionMaker enables the HD closed captioning functions of Avid Media Composer version 5 or later. You can edit and output both HD and SD closed captions to tape, file, disc, and the web.
Meeting web accessibility requirements can be difficult—unless you have CaptionMaker. Our software allows you to create closed captions for the most popular web formats, including: HTML5, YouTube, QuickTime, iTunes, and Windows Media, as well as convert existing closed captions into web formats.
Using our patented Black Movie workflow for both PC and Mac, you can output from Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas, Media 100, Edius, Liquid, Video Toaster, and most other NLEs' timelines directly to SD tape with closed captions.
CaptionMaker works with all professional authoring programs, allowing you to create closed captions and subtitles for DVD and subtitles for Blu-ray.
Not only do we create closed captions, our software is an advanced subtitle creation and export tool as well. What's the difference between closed captions and subtitles?
See: Captions vs. Subtitles.