Post-Production Captioning

Live Captioning

Subtitling

High Definition (HD) Closed Captioning

NLEdirect for HD (Tapeless workflow)

The NLE (tapeless) captioning process for high-definition video begins by posting a compressed video of your project to Aberdeen’s FTP site.  After we complete the captioning process (transcription, placement and timing of text, quality check, and export), we will e-mail you an audio file, which you lay on an audio track in your project.  From here, you output your entire project—with captions included—to HD tape!  There you have it—no shipping tapes, fast turnaround time, and a first-generation quality closed-captioned HD master!

HD File Inserts (Tapeless)

There is yet another simple way to caption your HD programming that is tapeless–CC file inserts directly into your video.  This option allows closed captioned video to be digitally sent to a station’s play-server.

File-insert captioning works with the following formats: MPEG-2, .mov, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM.  The process for MPEG-2, .mov and DVCPRO HD involves the client sending a full res file & proxy file via FTP, thumb drive, hard drive, et cetera.  Then from here Aberdeen does the captioning and inserts captions into video file and returns the captioned video via FTP, thumb drive, hard drive, etc.  This process is typically used for captioning being played out through a SkyMicro card to a tape or with when captioned video gets delivered directly to a station for their play-server.

The process for XDCAM is a little different than the other file-insert options.  First, the client sends a full res file and proxy file via FTP site, XDCAM disc, hard drive, et cetera.  Aberdeen performs the captioning and inserts the captions into a .mxf video file.  Then we return the closed captioned video just how it came (via FTP site, XDCAM disc, hard drive, et cetera).  This process for XDCAM is typically used when the XDCAM disc goes directly to the station for broadcast or for the client to drag and drop the captioning file to XDCAM disc.

HD Tape

The pieces of equipment needed to caption to digital HD tape are the following: an HD digital tape master, an HD encoder, HD digital tape decks, and HD tape stock to create the closed-captioned master tape. When closed captioning to high-definition tape, the process is simple.  You mail Aberdeen the master of your program on the tape format of your choice— DVCPRO HD, HDCAM, HD D5, HDV, et cetera. Aberdeen completes the captioning process, which includes: transcribing the spoken word, syncing and placing the text, and performing a quality check.  Using your master tape as the source, we take the caption file created and encode it to the HD tape format(s) required creating the closed-captioned master tape.  Aberdeen ships your closed-captioned tape(s) out to the desired location(s) and e-mails you a shipment and delivery notification.

Blu-ray Captioning

You have a Blu-ray Disc that you are authoring for distribution and you would like to author in subtitles (Blu-ray Disc does not accept caption files).  The process is very similar to authoring for SD DVD, but with more options and better quality.  You begin by posting a video file of your project to Aberdeen’s FTP site.  Then we work away on creating the needed files, which may include: transcribing the spoken word, syncing and placing the text, translating the source language into the languages needed, et cetera.  Then we will e-mail you the appropriate files for your specific Blu-ray Disc/DVD authoring system.  From here, you ingest the files into your system and author them into your Blu-ray menu.  There you have it—a Blu-ray Disc with a menu full of language options for your target audiences!

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