[Javier Calderon]

Thanks for the info, Andreas. Will give it a look.

[Javier Calderon]

Will give that a try. Thanks very much for the info, Sybren.

[Javier Calderon]

Sybren,

Thanks much for that link. How exactly do I transfer the subtitles that I created in FCPX to a format that the Subtitle Converter tool accepts, however? Step one in the Subtitle Converter says “Upload File”…but what exactly is the file that I upload to it? I would export the subtitles that I created in FCPX presumably…right? but how would I export those FCPX subtitles to a format that the Subtitle Converter would accept?

[Javier Calderon]

“why the hell do you want to do them in Kolibri again?”

Well, Andreas, it appears that FCP does not export the captions in any way that is accepted by Amazon. I mean…do you know of a way to get the subtitles I created in FCP to export in such a manner as to be accepted by Amazon? If you do, then you would be a Godsend. Otherwise, all the work I did on FCP simply won’t be accepted by Amazon and I’ll have to find another way to export them so they can be accepted.

I don’t think FCP exports to .stl, right? so I’d essentially need to do another version of the subtitles using SugarFX or Kolibri right?

[Javier Calderon]

Hey, Sybren. Thanks for the response. Yeah I thought the price for SugarFX was just a touch too steep for my current wallet…but $40 for Kolibri? Yeah. I can definitely do that. However, you said it doesn’t export to ttml? Darn. I think that’s actually the very format that’s needed in order for the subtitles to be accepted by Amazon. You mentioned being able to use an online converter w/Kolibri, however? How does that work? How would I go about doing that?

Thanks much for your response.

Cheers,

[Javier Calderon]

“I’m shocked to find out the enormous cost for a critical evaluation video monitor.”

Exactly how I feel. When I found out, I was like “Welp. Guess I’m not subtitling using any outside source. Gonna have to figure out how to do this in house if I can.”

Seeming like it might be more and more difficult to do it in house, however. You just kind of spelled it out – discouragingly enough as it’s ultimately seeming at this point.

Wish there was some way to do it “on the cheap” kind of thing. : /

[Javier Calderon]

Thanks much for the response, Sam. I guess at this point I’m just trying to figure out how exactly to get the horde of captions that I already put on my feature to transfer from FCPX (where I made the captions in) to the TTML or .STL format so it passes Amazon’s qc.

[Javier Calderon]

Thanks much.

Seems pretty darn complicated. : /

[Javier Calderon]

Okay…So, Sam. I’m WAY late to the game here, but I just came across this thread because I’m literally having the exact same problem. I’m trying to upload my feature film to Netflix, and literally subtitled the entire feature manually myself – only to find out after I was finished with it and tried to upload an entire new movie file w/the subtitles in them that Netflix wouldn’t accept them. Now I’m searching around to try to find out how to be able to do this on my own w/o having to go to some post house that charges a pretty penny.

Did you ever resolve how to get your captions/subtitles going in FCPX and then accepted on Netflix?

Much appreciated.

[Javier Calderon]

So 16 to Digibeta transfer, eh?

. . . things to consider for the future.

Thanks a bunch, Neil, Bob, and everyone.

For now I gotta get back to editing and finish this DV feature.