On 11 Aug 2015, at 17:21, Marcelo Boufleur <[email protected]> wrote:

> Indeed, this can be used to add SRT subtitles into MP4, but the original
> post mentioned if ffmpeg could handle SCC Closed Caption files, and if it
> could embed these into MOV/MP4/MPEG files.
> 
> This can be achieved with MacCaptions / CaptionMaker, but the original
> poster is interested in open source solutions for this workflow.
Sorry, I interpreted/assumed, that’s where things go wrong, that because of the 
MOV/MP4 part of the question that QuickTime and compatible players should be 
able to play those captions. I’m not aware of players that support SCC Closed 
Caption files, that’s why I suggested a ‘workaround’.
> 
> The problem with Closed Caption is that there are many standards (CEA-608,
> CEA-708, SCTE-20), and different implementations depending on which final
> file format you will be choosing.
> 
> For Elementary MPEG and Quicktime ProRes files you may choose CEA-608 to be
> embedded into Line 21 of the original video, without reencoding. For HD
> content, CEA-708 Closed Caption is inserted into VANC data of the original
> video. You may also choose to use a particular Quicktime track for the
> Closed Caption for other codecs that use Quicktime container, or if you go
> through MPEG TS container, you may use a particular PID for that Closed
> Caption.
> 
> To my knowledge, there are no open source solutions that handle all (if
> any) of the above situations.
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