Adding an SCC file in DVDSP

[David Bogie]

While you’re waiting for someone else to answer, try the manual? Index>closed captions.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Tom Matthies]

Thanks David.
Usually I’m the one getting frustrated by people that don’t read the manuals. Unfortunately, I did read it and I’m still having trouble getting the thing to work. I was hoping that someone might have a “gotcha” kind of suggestion that might clear things up. It’s usually some obscure checkbox that isn’t selected or something equally stupid.
I’ve imported the .scc file and attached it to the main track. I used “line One” (I think that’s what it was on the CC setup-I don’t have DVDSP open right now). The track was provided by a caption house and was derived from a Digibeta master I sent to them.
According to the book, this should be a no-brainer but I’ve had no luck getting it to work so far. I’m also trying to read the resulting DVD’s right on my computer with the CC enabled. Nothing is showing up and I don’t have anything handy that can decode CC here at the moment. Kind of like trying to mix an album without the benefit of speakers or headphones.
I’ll keep at it…I’m sure that it’s some little thing that just needs to be enabled…I hope.
Tom

[Tom Matthies]

*Update*
I got the CC to finally work. The problem was in the .scc file sent from the caption house. It had an incorrect timecode starting point. The house revised the files, emailed to it me and it worked just fine when imported into DVDSP. Problem solved.

I do have to admit, however,(up on the soapbox now) that I’m a bit disappointed in the response to this post. After answering literally hundreds of questions for others on the COW over the years, I’m a bit offended by the RTFM response above. I’m probably one of the people who DO actually read the manuals for my software. I think that I know most of it pretty well. This didn’t turn out to be an instance of being lazy and just posting a question rather than doing a little work to research an answer. It was simply one of those “gotcha” kinds of problems. One that someone else probably has run into over the years. A simple “did you check this” response would have sufficed. This is the real beauty of sharing solutions through the COW. In passing along the experiences of others in this field, when problems arise, we can all benefit from the collective knowledge of others.

I will remember this instance in the future when answering what seems to be a basic question asked by someone experiencing some problem with a project. I will nip my urge to flame this person, choosing instead to attempt to offer a helping hand. We’ve all been there, in the grips of a momentary brain-fart, when you just go blank and can’t seem to add 2+2 to get 4. It happens. After a bit if thinking, I opened up the .scc in a text editor and found that the time reference was incorrect. A call to the caption house and problem solved. Now I know to check this. And if someone else posts a question with a similar problem, I will have no hesitation to try to help out with a possible solution.
That’s all I ask in return.
Off the soapbox now and back to work.
Tom