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Testing Video with burned in Closed Captions
I burned in closed captions with an SRT file.
Now I want to test the video to confirm users can
watch the video with or without the closed captions.
How to test? Can’t test on Vimeo or YouTube because
they generate their own closed captions.
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6 Replies
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Isn’t the term burned-in mean its burned on the actual video itself and cant be removed?
Maybe I got that mixed up?
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I might be working off of an incorrect assumption.
I was thinking my video is like cable TV – check the
closed captions box or uncheck it. But you are
right – “burned” is “burned”. I probably just need
to give the client the burned-in version.
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Since every foreign film we watch has a way to easily turn subtitles on, I’d think there is a not too difficult way to do it.
I don’t have the answer but I’d put money on YouTube having it. Looking forward to learning what you find.
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Not only foreign, but any show on cable. I’m just thinking our clients
are not broadcasters, so it’s 2 different situations. Pretty sure the
broadcaster is using AI to generate the captions – they are not burned
into the foreign film or domestic TV show.
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And back in pre-streaming days when my films were on PBS, we used companies that did nothing else. So if there isn’t an app there’s a company to do it for you b
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I think you mean embedded, which is 608.
There’s also the sidecar captions with SRT, webvtt, and many others.
VLC Player will allow you to preview if they are working or not. Youtube (et al) also allows you to upload your own caption file.
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