Broadcast Writer

Closed Caption Writing by Vicki Kipp

Troubleshooting

  • Monitoring issues are the best kind of issue

    … that sometimes the caption file isn’t broken and the MPEG transcoder isn’t broken, and the captions are actually fine. The Link caption decoder merely needed to be power-cycled to get the caption display back to good. Monitoring issues are the best kind of issue to have. Yours verbatim, Caption Breaker “Captions: so hard to…

  • You get caption line 1 Pop1 or Caption line 2 Pop2, but not 2 lines displayed; 50% of captions is <50% useful

    The other day, my captions got broke in a new and interesting way. No run-of-the-mill known-issues for me. No, my captions had strange, rare symptoms that got no hits in a web search. Let’s pretend for a moment that we are caption doctors, and have been presented with captions that have a collection of odd…

  • The SCC in me

    Hi, I am mildly bi-lingual. I speak English and some Spanish. For machine languages, I know BASIC (circa Apple IIc). For visual programming, I’ve learned XML. I’d like to become fluent in the caption format language used in the de facto caption format, Scenarist Closed Captions (SCC). SCC language is written in hexadecimal codes. I’m…

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  • Does this horizontal padding between lines make my captions look gawky? JW Player 7 0 1 platform

    Not sure why this is happening, but a few months ago captions posted to AWS and played on JW Player started getting positioned with this blank black space positioned between and . Perhaps coincidentally, it was around this time that JW Player had an update. <Pop1> is positioned at  (x= 35% – 27.5%, y=79.33% – 5.33%) <p region=’pop1′…

  • 608 Roll Up Captions are but a flash on the screen on JW Player 7 0 1 ADS

    Lots of broadcasters format their captions in Roll Up format (as opposed to Pop On), especially for live television.  Live news shows and sports events are Roll Up. Live captioning can only be formatted as roll up. Roll up works fine for live TV, but does not display correctly when converted to a web-compatible format…

  • Clear QAM Tuning Broadcast Channels on Cable

    By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterJanuary 1, 2009 Have you ever wondered where Charter is modulating your broadcast analog and DTV channels within their signal? If so, you may find the HD Home Run Channel List tool provided by SiliconDust USA, inc. useful. The Channel Lineup includes broadcast, community access,…

  • Madison Video Repair Still Going Strong

    By Vicki W. KippMay 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter Long after most electronics repair shops have closed their doors, Madison Video Repair on Madison’s South side still manages to earn a living. From 1976 – 1980, Lynne Smith worked in the Madison office for Avonix, a Milwaukee based video sales company.…

  • The Closed Captioning Handbook is All-Inclusive

    The Closed Captioning Handbook is All-Inclusive By Vicki Kipp SBE CHAPTER 24 NEWSLETTER March 1, 2003 If you want to know just about anything and everything about closed captioning for broadcast, then The Closed Captioning Handbook is the book for you. Author Gary D. Robson has compiled details on all areas of closed captioning in…

About Me

Hello there! My name is Vicki Kipp, and I am a closed caption maker. Making closed captions is time consuming and complicated, so this blog is a collection of all of the knowledge and experiences I have gained. I hope my collection of tips and tricks might help you with your closed caption work the way it has helped me!

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