<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Dean,<br><br>The Handbrake method works just fine. But if you have a Mac iSubtitle gives you more options.<br><br></div>Here's the too-long URL on how to do this with Handbrake: <a href="https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptioningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC">https://carmenwiki.osu.edu/display/10292/DIY+Captioning+Techniques#DIYCaptioningTechniques-AddingCaptions%28Subtitles%29toMP4VideoforUseiniTunesorVLC</a><br>
<br></div><div>A short URL to the entire DIY Captioning Techniques page is: <a href="http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning">http://go.osu.edu/diy-captioning</a><br></div><div><br></div>Other good info in this page as well. The info about how to add an audio description track is forth-coming. That technique does, however, require QuickTime Pro....<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Sean J Keegan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skeegan@stanford.edu" target="_blank">skeegan@stanford.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">> I want to learn how to add captions for iOS devices. I found a<br>
> vendor site that gives instructions, but it says it only works using<br>
> QuickTime Pro on a Mac. I have been unsuccessful in searches to<br>
> confirm this. Can someone please tell me whether this is accurate?<br>
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Hi Dean,<br>
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Generally speaking, there are two ways to add captions to iOS media: embedding a caption file so that it requires the closed caption decoder; or, embedding a caption file as a subtitle track.<br>
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The first method is what I call the "closed caption decoder" solution. This requires that you create an SCC file and embed this file into the original media file. In order to view these captions on an iOS device you have to enable the closed caption decoder feature in the Videos menu (Settings > Videos > Closed Captioning). The SCC file is the same file type as is used for captioning VHS media content and is a bit of a pain. From what I have found, you need to have Compressor (Mac only) in order to integrate the SCC caption into the original media file.<br>
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The second method is what I call the "subtitle track" solution. This involves using the subtitle track to embed caption information into the media file. I have had much greater success using this solution as it is far easier to deal with the SRT caption file and the application used to embed the captions (as subtitles) into the original media. I have used the application iSubtitle (Mac only) to perform this process. Subler, also Mac only, also works.<br>
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For Windows, the options are varied. Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate (<a href="http://www.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mp4.html" target="_blank">http://www.wondershare.com/<u></u>video-editing-tips/how-to-add-<u></u>subtitles-to-mp4.html</a>) is one tool that you could try. Previous versions seemed to work with getting a subtitle track into an MP4 media file, so that may be one option (I only tried this tool years ago, so your mileage may vary).<br>
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Handbrake may be an option now that there is improved subtitle support for MP4 media files. With a user created SRT caption file, you can run the media file and caption file together through Handbrake to get soft or hard subtitles (soft-subtitles can be enabled/disabled whereas hard-subtitles are burned into the video itself). See <a href="https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles" target="_blank">https://trac.handbrake.fr/<u></u>wiki/Subtitles</a> for more information. I have not tried this method myself (yet!).<br>
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Take care,<br>
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