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  • Converting .scc files to .srt files in Premiere Pro CC 2017

    Posted by Alex Williams on March 4, 2017 at 3:04 am

    I’m trying to create a subtitle file that will eventually be attached to an H.264 mp4. I’ve got a .scc file that I’ve successfully imported into my premiere pro CC 2017 file. It plays fine, it embeds fine into a quicktime file. But it will not embed into an mp4, as mp4’s require subtitle files, and cannot carry closed captions. So, I exported a .srt from media encoder and re-imported it back into the premiere pro file. It’s start time needed to be adjusted, but other than that it functions normally, except that it’s very small, and not placed correctly on the screen. Again, my goal is to get this .srt file functioning normally, and marry it to a H.264 mp4 file to upload to vimeo, and for other uses. I’d like the subtitles to toggle on and off, and not be burned-in captions. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Normal Closed Captions:

    Captions Exported as .srt, re-imported into timeline (showing up very small)

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    Andreas Kiel replied 9 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Andreas Kiel

    March 4, 2017 at 10:01 am

    Export the subtitles as sidecar file.

    – Andreas

    Spherico
    https://www.spherico.com/filmtools

    “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby
    become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will
    also gaze into thee.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

  • Alex Williams

    March 4, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    I already did – that’s how they were re-imported into the timeline…

    MBP Retina, 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB, 512 MB SSD

  • Andreas Kiel

    March 4, 2017 at 9:12 pm

    Alex,

    Premiere only supports scc like subtitles. Nothing like that you want. The app is not known as “subtitle friendly” – sorry for being harsh.

    Take one of the free tools available to time the srt correctly for the finished movie an then upload to Vimeo, YouTube etc. For Amazon you may try the dfxp subtitle export.

    – Andreas

    Spherico
    https://www.spherico.com/filmtools

    “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby
    become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will
    also gaze into thee.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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