PAL Captioning

[Bouke Vahl]

It highly depends on your definition of CC.
Closed Captioning is a broad term, and is not limited to any colorsystem nor carrier/container.

IOW, yes. it can be done.

Will your viewers be able to see it?
Probably not. But that goes for NTSC as well as other systems.

What are you after? There are a zillion proven workflows to deliver CC on final output.

Bouke

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[Dan Charrington]

Well I suppose specifically I’m asking that, say, if a Quicktime file that was created at 25 frames per second at a standard definition resolution with captioning information included in the video on line 22 (I believe that’s the standard for PAL captioning. I could be wrong) was provided, would FCP be able to output that file through an AJA Kona card into a PAL digital betacam machine and maintain the captioning.

Conversely would it be possible to digitize a PAL video signal that had captioning into Final Cut Pro and maintain the captioning information.

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[Bouke Vahl]

Why would you want this?
In PAL, CC does not exist. We use TeleText (also in the VBI) but that is inserted by the broadcaster (Teletext carries a couple of hundred different pages with modest refreshment. There is a page that has CC for the deaf, but again, the broadcaster inserts it.) No-one uses Teletext outside television.

IOW, it will probably stick, but no-one will ever decode the info.

Bouke

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