MacCaption 5.0

Major Features:

1. Import text file and break it into individual captions
2. Formatting text made much simpler
3. Many icons have been added to access each function much faster
4. Cuts down caption preparation time to 1/3rd the time it takes with CCaptionPro
5. For a screen shot of MacCaption click here
6. online help screen is just a click away.
7. Visual closed caption synchronization and positioning
8. Drag and Drop DV and MPEG closed caption decoding
9. MPEG closed caption encoding
10. Automatic MPEG subtitle file generation
11. Real time DV closed caption display
12. Real time FireWire closed caption decoding and display
13. Direct FireWire DV input and output
14. Closed-captioning features:
    
    • Pop-on, Paint-on and Roll-up mode closed-caption encoding
      
    • Italic, Underline, and Flash character attribute support
      
    • Multi-color character support
      
    • Input description files can be taken from a CPC or Cheetah brand output file.
      
15. V-Chip features:
    
    • Support for the Television Parental Guidelines rating system
      
    • Support for the Motion Picture Association of America rating system
      
    • Support for Canadian English Language and French Language rating systems
      
    • Program Name support
      
16. Enhanced TV Support:
    
    • Support for Interactive Television Links
      
    • Creation of URL, Type, Name, Expires, Script and View fields
      
    • Allows for arbitrary user data input.

Requirements:

• Non-linear editing hardware with vertical blanking output ability; hardware supporting this capability includes the AVID Media Composer and AVID Xpress with the ABVB hardware board set and Media 100 R5
• Macintosh platform running OS 7.0 or greater, 8MB of application RAM