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CLOSED CAPTIONS

Hey, I'm new, so sorry if I'm not doing this right :)

I have a documentary film that was selling on Createspace for years, and now must migrate to Amazon Video Direct. AVD requires Closed Captions, which I had done years ago prior to PBS broadcast. My film master is on a Digibeta and has both CC and Audio Descriptions.

I had the Digibeta put on a thumb drive and I uploaded it to AVD, but apparently there was no CC file. I don't get exactly how the CC works in terms of it being baked in or a separate file.

Anyway, I need to figure out how to use the CC's and AD that were done before and get them uploaded to AVD.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I work on a mac in both FCPx and Adobe Premiere Pro CC if that helps.

Thank you in advance!
Ejay
 
Here's a sample form a cc file I had to prepare for a movie I uploaded to Amazon.com (They have since taken it down.). It's an SRT file. Look it up to get the specs. I think Premier lets you make the file within the program now, but I'm not sure. I made mine using a simple text editor.

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[ominous music]

3
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[unknown words]

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[gloomy piano music]

5
00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,435
[Techno music is thumping]

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[knocking on door]

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Keith, can you turn the
music down a little bit?

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{Techno music is turned off]

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00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:36,563
Oh, hi dad.

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00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:40,166
Hi dad, listen Keith do you
think you could turn the music
down?

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Sure dad. I'll turn it down.

12
00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:43,236
Thank you.

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00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:46,272
Ok Dad

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Close the door.

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Sure.

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00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,155
[Techno music turned back on]

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00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:07,760
[pleasant guitar music]
 
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