[Imry Halevi]

It’s less about EXPORT, and more about IMPORT.
It’s a pain to import H.264 files with embedded captions.

[Imry Halevi]

Tried an old version of Premiere. Still can’t get it to read the embedded captions.

Here is the file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w2rhegjpr4ulgv0/Closed%20Captions%20LiveCut%20Test%201-2.mp4?dl=0

I can see the captions in VLC Player and Handbrake. But how can I import them into Premiere. Happy to convert, extract or demux them first. But how? Where?

Imry

[Imry Halevi]

Thanks for the info!

The only thing I haven’t solved yet is how to get my H.264 files that already have embedded captions into Premiere, which maintaining the captions. Can’t figure that out.

[Imry Halevi]

Thanks! This is very helpful.

If I have a H.264 file with captions already embedded in it, how would you recommend I get it into Premiere? I can’t seem to covert H.264+captions to ProRes+captions in Compressor. Do you know of another tool that can do that, or that can de-embed the captions into a SRT file?

[Imry Halevi]

Thanks!

[Imry Halevi]

The problem is that the MP4/H.264 preset doesn’t allow for embedded captions in Premiere Export (or Import, for that matter). So I must use a Sidecar file, which is unfortunate.

[Imry Halevi]

I’m experiencing the exact same issue. So…when I create a new project in Premiere, add captions to it, and try to export it with embedded captions, I can only do it in “QuickTime” file format. And that format doesn’t support H.264 encoding. If I export the file in QuickTime ProRes, it has embedded captions that I can see in Premiere and QuickTime Player. But VLC player doesn’t see those captions.

A QuickTime file encoded in H.264 can have embedded captions, but then Premiere and QuickTime Player can’t see them.

Is there no way around this?

I need files that are 2-3 hours long, with embedded captions. I can’t use ProRes for that. The files would be far too large.

[Imry Halevi]

So…when I create a new project in Premiere, add captions to it, and try to export it with embedded captions, I can only do it in “QuickTime” file format. And that format doesn’t support H.264 encoding. If I export the file in QuickTime ProRes, it has embedded captions that I can see in Premiere and QuickTime Player. But VLC player doesn’t see those captions.

A QuickTime file encoded in H.264 can have embedded captions, but then Premiere and QuickTime Player can’t see them.

Is there no way around this?

I need files that are 2-3 hours long, with embedded captions. I can’t use ProRes for that. The files would be far too large.

[Imry Halevi]

The captions are there:

But you are right in that only VLC can see them. My question is – why? Is it the recording? The encoding? Something else?

[Imry Halevi]

You have to activate “Captions” in VLC. They’re no on by default. Also – the captions starts a few seconds into the video.