Export embedded subtitles FCPX

[Eric Santiago]

[Jeremy Garchow] “CEA 608 allows embedded the caption in to the file (closed captions).”

Thanks again Jeremy!

[Alan Langdon]

FCPX 10.4.6

I have a one-hour timeline with Captions (a .SRT file I was given and imported).
The subtitles appear on the video in the Viewer (albeit with low resolution, I guess this is FCPX’s real-time characteristic).
I have seen all the tutorials on how to export with burnt in subtitles (something the client wants), but when I follow these steps, the resulting QT ( a Multi-track QT, with 2 stereo tracks) does not have burnt in subs. I am testing with a small portion of the 1-hour project, could this be why? Do I need to export the whole piece (I would think not)?
Also, maybe it needs to be an iTT -type caption? Or SCC?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Alan Langdon] “I have seen all the tutorials on how to export with burnt in subtitles”

Have you checked the Captions option in Roles tab of the Share export window and selected the appropriate language in the “burned in captions” drop down?

[Andreas Kiel]

For better quality open captions you may try my X-Title XTE
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/TitleExchange/XTE/index.html

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

[Alan Langdon]

Yes, I have, that’s what II learned from the tutorials and Apple documentation… I seem to be missing something else.

[Andreas Kiel]

Hmm,

Should work.

I mentioned my XTE. The app (or better the first version of it) was covered by a Ripple Training video
https://youtu.be/MWl7BBcQ2mA

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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[Jeremy Garchow]

[Alan Langdon] “Yes, I have, that’s what II learned from the tutorials and Apple documentation… I seem to be missing something else.
“

Is the caption Role check box turned on in the Index?

[Alan Langdon]

Yes, it is. It’s visible in FCPX, due to being checked.
And when I Send to Compressor, the captions appear in white over the image. I thought I might be able to burn in the captions there from Compressor (although it might br hard to make the 4-channel multi-channel QT the client needs), but I have not been able to do this (export rom Compressor with burned in captions) either.
My next attempt will be to try the Spherico solutions a user here sugested.

[Andreas Kiel]

I never succeeded to burn-in captions in Compressor – nor did anybody I know.
The problem in your case might be the multi-channel QT, but I’m not sure.

In any case give the XTE a try. You already spent so much precious time, it won’t matter.

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

[Jeremy Garchow]

Part of me thinks that there is still a step being missed.

Skip compressor for now and just use fcpx and share a master file.

In the export dialogue, after clicking the blue “Captions” button in the Role tab, and then choosing burn in captions from the drop down, so you see the caption option added to the video track?

I am not taking about the separate caption section.

It should look something like this:

Jeremy