Import and preview captions in Compressor

After you add a job to Compressor, you can add a captions text file created by a third-party app.

1. In the Compressor batch area, click Set on the right side of the Captions row.

2. In the window that appears, select a CEA-608 closed-caption file (with a .scc filename extension), an iTT subtitle file (with a .itt filename extension), or an SRT subtitle file (with a .srt filename extension), then click Open.

   Note: In a standard Compressor job, you can import only a single captions file.

The row under the Captions heading in the batch area displays the filename of the imported captions file.

For information about formatting and modifying captions in Compressor, see Edit caption properties in Compressor and Adjust caption timing in Compressor.

If a source video file already contains embedded CEA-608 closed captions, importing the video into Compressor automatically adds the caption data to the job.

1. In Compressor, click the Add pop-up menu under the batch area, then choose Add File.

2. In the file window that appears, select a media file that contains embedded CEA-608 closed captions, then click Add.

The batch area displays a new job, with the source video file shown above an identically named captions file.

For information about formatting and modifying captions in Compressor, see Edit caption properties in Compressor and Adjust caption timing in Compressor.

In the Compressor batch area, do one of the following:

• Replace a captions text file: Click Set on the right side of the Captions heading row, then select a different captions file.

  The new file appears in the row under the Captions heading.

• Delete a captions text file: Move the pointer over the row containing the captions filename, then click Remove on the right side of the row.

• In the Compressor batch area, select the captions filename (in the row under the Captions heading).

  Note: If the inspector pane still isn’t visible, click the Inspector button in the upper-right corner of the Compressor window.

The Captions inspector contains controls for preset language properties, editing and formatting caption text, adjusting caption timing, and more. See Edit caption properties in Compressor and Adjust caption timing in Compressor.

You can preview the appearance and timing of captions in Compressor in the preview area. And you can navigate from caption to caption in the Captions inspector.

1. In the Compressor batch area, select the captions filename (in the row under the Captions heading).

2. In the preview area, click the Captions button to toggle captions on.

   Captions will now be visible in the preview area. The Captions button turns blue when captions are on.

3. To view captions in the preview area, do any of the following:

   • Click the Play button to watch the captions appear in real time.

   • Drag the playhead to move from caption to caption in the video.

   • At the bottom of the Captions inspector (if the inspector isn’t visible, click the Inspector button in the upper-right corner of the Compressor window), click a caption row in the list.

     The playhead moves to the timecode start point of the caption you selected.

To stop displaying captions in the preview option, click the Captions button again. The Captions button turns white when captions are off.

When a set of captions has timing conflicts or other formatting errors, Compressor highlights the problem captions in red in the Closed Captions inspector or Subtitles inspector.

1. In the Compressor batch area, select the captions filename (in the row under the Captions heading).

2. In the Captions inspector, click the warning button at the top of the Captions list.

   

   The warning button is highlighted, and captions without errors are temporarily removed from the list.

3. Click the error icon to the left of a red caption in the list.

   The Errors & Warnings window appears, showing all errors in the job.