2 Replies Latest reply: May 12, 2014 10:49 PM by Mark Mapes RSS

    Exported captions not in sync

    Andrew1977 Community Member

      I've received an .scc file made by a 3rd party for our feature film, imported it into Premiere and laid it on top of our video track, and the timing is perfect, but there were a few typos, etc. so I made some minimal changes, and then exported the .scc back out from Premiere as a sidecar file.

       

      However, when I reimport the Premiere-created .scc file into Premiere to QC it, I find that all the captions are about 1.5 seconds early. The weird thing is, according the time codes set for each caption, they should be still in sync--they only play early in the viewer. For instance, the timecode claims that the first caption should start at 00:02;06 but in the viewer it pops up at 00:00;15. This only happens with .scc files made by Premiere. The ones we got from a 3rd party play in the viewer exactly according to their specified timecodes.


      I've tried exporting in a dozen different ways with the exact same problem every time, down to the frame. Also, can't seem to find anyone online with this same problem. Any help?

        • 1. Re: Exported captions not in sync
          Andrew1977 Community Member

          A little more info: I'm using Premiere Pro CC on a quad-core MacPro with Mavericks.

           

          I've also noticed that the exported .scc file is shorter in length than the source file by about 1.5 seconds, and if I line them up according to their out points, they are in perfect sync. So in other words, Premiere is lopping 1.5 seconds off the head of the captions file upon export (definitely no in/out points set). Even though the time codes embedded in the file are technically correct, I just can't send this to our distributor without knowing whether it will sync up. What's going wrong here? Why would Premiere export a captions file with a shorter duration than the source file?


          Any help would be greatly appreciated.

          • 2. Re: Exported captions not in sync
            Mark Mapes Employee Hosts

            Two things:

            1. There should be no need to export a new sidecar after correcting the typos. Simply make any revisions in the Captions panel. Regardless of whether the caption track is added to the sequence before or after editing the text, the Program Monitor should show the new strings.
            2. In the Timeline panel, do you have the caption track expanded so that you can see the caption blocks? That visual indication is great for getting the captions synched with the audio.

            The fact that time sometimes gets trimmed off the head of caption sidecar files is a known issue, but I encourage you to submit a bug report to let the product's management team know that this is a problem for you.