DTV & DTV Lite
A complete HD closed captioning and subtitling solution.
No additional CC hardware required. No generation loss!!!
New - Auto Time Stamp
DTV (CaptionMaker & MacCaption) supports the new Auto Time Stamp add-on, which can drastically reduce the time it takes to closed caption a video.
FCPX and MacCaption
With FCP7, you can use print to tape to dump videos on
to videotapes
using cards like AJA Kona, BlackMagic Decklink, and Matrox MXO2.
FCPX does not have this option. But there is a
solution. See closed captioning with FCPX.
Closed Caption all your SD and HD videos using either:
DTV Lite vs. DTV Features |
DTV Lite ¹ |
DTV |
|---|---|---|
| Import text script and caption files | ||
| Prepare, format & time stamp captions | ||
| Closed Caption HD/SD tape via FCP7 ² | ||
| Closed Caption HD/SD tape via Adobe CS5.5 | ||
| DVD closed captions & DVD/Blu-ray Subtitles | ||
| SD tape using DV (Firewire) and NLE methods | ||
| MPEG-2 file closed captioning | ||
| Web and mobile device closed captioning | ||
| Export standard caption formatted files | ||
| Batch processing & CLI | ||
| Windows & Mac compatible | ||
| Supports Auto Time Stamp Add-on |
¹ DTV Lite is only available for MacCaption (Mac).
² FCP7 support is only available on MacCaption (Mac).
DTV Lite
As of December 1, 2009, our new DTV Lite software combines all the functionalities of DTV-A (AJA KONA), DTV-B (Blackmagic DeckLink) and DTV-M (Matrox MXO2) into a single package. DTV Lite is a tailored version of DTV for those who only need to caption HD and SD videotape in Final Cut Pro 7 via their AJA KONA/IO, Blackmagic DeckLink, or Matrox MXO2 cards.
MacCaption DTV Lite is designed for you, if you use Final Cut Pro 7, need to caption HD and SD video tape, and own one of these video cards:
- AJA KONA (3, LHi, LHe, LSe) or IO HD
- Blackmagic DeckLink (HD Extreme 3, DeckLink Studio, DeckLink Studio 2, DeckLink SDI and DeckLink Optical Fiber)
- Matrox MXO2 (including LE and Rack)
Note: MXO2 HD/SD captioning works in both FCP6 and FCP7
DTV Lite has easy to use caption entry, positioning and time-stamping features, plus it lets you export captions to all HD and SD tape formats via Final Cut Pro 7 and one of the above video cards.
DTV
MacCaption & CaptionMaker DTV are our full featured software which includes all the functionalities of DTV Lite or NLE, plus adds Web & DVD captioning, DVD/Blu-ray subtitling, MPEG-2 tapeless workflows, etc. in a very affordable and easy-to-use package.
- SD/HD tape closed captioning with Matrox MXO2, AJA KONA/IO and Blackmagic DeckLink in FCP7
- SD/HD tape closed captioning with Adobe Premiere CS 5.5
- SD closed captioning using DV (Firewire) and NLE methods (supports most NLEs, including FCP7 and earlier, Avid, Adobe Premiere, Media 100, Sony Vegas, Edius, etc.)
- Import/export many standard caption/subtitle files
- Webcast closed captioning (QuickTime, Flash, YouTube, Windows Media, Real, etc.)
- DVD Closed Captioning and DVD/Blu-ray subtitling
- HD/SD MPEG-2 closed captioning for DTV tapeless delivery, including Manzanita multiplexer support for CableLabs and other transport stream specs, and 720x512 MPEG-2 for DG Fast Channel
Want More?
For a comprehensive enterprise-level solution, please check out our HD Enterprise version which supports many additional workflows and advanced features.
