System information
Printing closed captions to tape over HD SDI
When you print to tape over HD SDI, closed captions are included as VANC data. For more information, see
"Printing Video to Tape from the Timeline" on page 503.
Importing closed captions from a closed captioning file
If your media does not contain embedded captioning markers, you can import markers from an external
file. The following file types are supported:
n Scenarist Closed Caption (.SCC)
If an .scc file matches the media file name, the captions will be read automatically when you
load a file.
For example, if your video file is wildflowers.avi, naming your captioning file
wildflowers.avi.scc will allow Vegas Pro to read the captions automatically.
n RealPlayer Captioning Files (.RT)
n SubRip Subtitles (.SRT)
n Windows Media Player Captioning Files (.SMI)
n Transcript or QuickTime Captioning Files (.TXT)
n CPC MacCaption Files (.MCC)
If an .mcc file does not contain CEA608 captions, its CEA708 captions will be converted to
CEA608 pop-up captions. Service 1 captions will be imported as 608CC1 captions, and Service
2 captions will be imported as 608CC3 captions.
n DVD Architect Subtitles (.SUB)
1. From the File menu, choose Import, and then choose Closed Captioning from the submenu.
2. In the Open dialog, browse to the file you want to use and click Open.
The markers appear as command markers on the timeline, and you can move and edit the markers
as needed.
Captioning markers will be placed according to the timecode in the captioning file. If needed,
you can adjust marker positions by applying a timeline ruler offset before importing the closed
captioning. For more information, see "Time Ruler" on page 571.
Synchronizing captions with video
After you import captions, you may need to adjust timing to synchronize the markers with your video.
1. Use the procedure described earlier in this help topic to import captions.
2. Position your video events as desired in the timeline.
3. From the View menu, choose Edit Details to display the Edit Details window.
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