Remove closed captions from H.264 file after converting?

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Remove closed captions from H.264 file after converting?

I processed a video file in Compressor using the Blu-Ray settings, and included a reference to a closed captions file. I now need to use the file in another application (Adobe Encore), but the closed captions appear to be hard coded in.

Is that correct? Is there anyway to remove closed captions from a H.264 file after it has been converted with Compressor?

Please help 😟 This is for a film festival, and I may not have time to process the video in Compressor again without the closed captions.

Message was edited by: nicholas.he Fixed question spelling from 'form' to 'from'.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Dec 16, 2014 4:04 AM

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Answer 1

Russ H

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Dec 16, 2014 4:27 AM in response to nicholas.he

I think you're right, but If someone else responds. it will be great, I have not done enough closed captioning to be helpful (and have not done any in H.264 Blu Ray). But do want to point out a potential resource – the COWclosed captioning forum.

Good luck with the movie.

Russ

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nicholas.he Author

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Dec 16, 2014 4:35 AM in response to Russ H

Thanks Russ, many thanks for the COW suggestion. If I turn up anything I will be sure post back.

Cheers,

Nicholas

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BenB

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Dec 21, 2014 1:37 AM in response to nicholas.he

From the user manual:

"QuickTime files:Compressor adds the closed caption file as a closed caption track to the QuickTime output file."

The closed caption "track" can be turned on and off. It is not burned into the screen, as is the CC standard. Encore should handle the file just fine. You should be able to tell the DVD to have Closed Captioning turned off by default. That's all it takes.

Sub-Titles may be burned in to the screen. If you did sub-titles, yes, you'll have to re-encoded from scratch without them. When doing sub-titles in an DVD authoring program, you have the ability to enable and disable them, but in Compressor, they're burned in.

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