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can you make an mp4 with closed captioning?

I'm trying to make a MP4 with Closed Captioning SCC file to be used for online viewing. I've tried making the mp4 and attaching the SCC file in compressor and it does not attach the SCC file. When I chose MP4 and then go to inspector and change the format to h.264 it will attach the SCC file. The problem with that is the file size is to large to load for our platform we use.

In my timeline, I can export QT conversion and choose mp4 as my file format and then choose h.264 as my video format. This works well with the education platform our teachers use, but it does not give me the option to attach a SCC close captioning file.

SO, Where can I make an mp4 with a h.264 video format and attach a SCC closed captioning file in FCP, Compressor, QT or ??? without downloading a 3rd party software. Is there a work flow I'm not getting?

Thanks for your time

Posted on Feb 12, 2013 9:34 AM

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cougars89 Author

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Feb 13, 2013 1:18 PM in response to cougars89

Maybe I am not understanding this entire CC thing. This video will be hosted on a server where people can access it and watch. I guess the question should be:

Do I need to enbed the CC into the video or because the server uses JWplayer do I attache the CC like you do in youtube as a "sidecar" to get the closed captioning? Also I just found out we have JWplayer version 4 which doesn't support CC so that will need to be addressed as well.

Thanks for all the imputs. We'll get a green check put on this sucker someday soon!

Russ H

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Feb 14, 2013 5:13 AM in response to cougars89

I definitely should have done more research before my "why not" reply. And having visited the JWPlayer site, I see that QT isn't an option anyway.

In doing further research, you may want to check out this COW forum for search and/or specific CC questions.

Good luck.

Russ

can you make an mp4 with closed captioning?