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Please help me I need to submit my video now! I created a srt caption file but FCPX keeps showing the above message. Could anyone help me check what's wrong with this file? This isn't the full file but is just for testing. I've removed all the extra space 😭
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1
Ok, problem solved...
the file is indeed incorrectly formattted, but the fix is easy:
Each timing line like this:
00:00:38,000 - -> 00:00:40,000
Has a space between the dashes that should not be there.
Do a global find and replace:
Find: - ->
Replace with: -->
Would it be possible to post this sample as actual text? Select from the tect file, Copy, then in a reply here click the Additional Text button and Paste.
OMG it worked! Thank you a lot! There was a website that told me to add the space
The Caption file contains unsupported data or may be damaged
