Are they official scc captions? or are you just titling video?
Official close captioning software is pricy then you have to have a
DVD authoring software that will import the scc file.

Do you have Macs or PC's?   Do you have someone that knows how to
author a DVD for kiosk playback?

Randy S. Little
http://www.rslittle.com





On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:42, darkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
> you can do it with Adobe Encore (pretty expensive if that's all you plan to
> do with it).
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> Alternatively, you could write the captions onto the video track itself
> using any video editing software on the market (windows movie maker will do
> it - Avid Studio or Premiere Elements would be better as both can write your
> DVD for you).
>
> As I side issue I wouldn't reccomend going from VHS to DVD unless you have
> no chance of access to the original source material - as the quality of VHS
> is very shabby when viewed on a big screen - plus, it'll be 4:3 ratio rather
> than today's 16:9 widescreen monitor shape.
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> If you have to use your VHS source, you might consider trying to clean it up
> a bit, but that's a professional job.
>
> if you do have the source material, or want to clean up your VHS - or if you
> just need the captions doing professionaly, drop me a line off list as I
> might be able to help you out.
>
> cheers
> Christian Darkin
> www.anachronistic.co.uk
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> We are interested in purchasing some close captioning software for some
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