What causes audio sync errors and how can I correct these issues?

  There are 3 situations where we have seen audio sync issues originate. In each of these cases, the <audio_sync> feature can be useful: 1. Apple Final Cut Pro 7 sequences with mixed timecode. This was was fixed in FCP X, so FCP7 and versions below can create outputs that have incorrect timescale. 2. MPEG Read more

How do I watermark my image 2 image conversions?

Are you a current user of our image to image service at Encoding.com? See the example XML below to add a watermark to your images: Full documentation on how to formulate an XML for image2image transfer here. 

How to offset closed caption files

This control, via XML API, allows the user to set the time offset for the usage of the closed caption file Format Name: time_offset Allowed Values: Positive or negative integer Default Values: 0

What’s the difference between closed captions and subtitles?

  Closed captions as a concept is unique to the States; Europeans refer to them as “subtitles for the hard of hearing” and deliver them as such. There are some technical differences. The practical difference in North America (or Region 1 for all you DVD watchers) is viewers use their TV remote to turn on Read more

What options does encoding.com feature for closed caption output?

By offering a complete suite of closed captioning features, Encoding.com enables customers to ingest and output closed captions in useful ways. For example:   Input Formats Output Formats MP4 with caption track in CEA-608 format MP4 with a SCC sidecar file MP4 with caption track in CEA-708 format MP4 with a SRT sidecar file MP4 Read more

How do I process captions with the Encoding.com API?

The Closed Caption feature set is available within our  API to rapidly upgrade our customers’ digital video authoring and distribution workflows. The new feature set permits customers to extract closed captions from source files stored somewhere on the Internet and convert them into sidecar files. Customers can also copy a closed caption or timed text Read more

API Documentation for Closed Captions Features

The Encoding.com API makes it really simple to extract, inject, mux or copy closed captions of any kind for distribution to most mobile digital video platforms.  As we work together, please feel free to reach out to us through our helpdesk or via live chat to get answers to questions.  You can also get direct Read more

What are the definitions of the closed captions formats?

Closed Captions Format Definitions: The Encoding.com API makes it really simple to extract, inject, mux or copy closed captions of any kind for distribution to most mobile digital video platforms.  As we work together, please feel free to reach out to us through our helpdesk or via live chat to get answers to questions. You Read more