Caption & Subtitle File Formats
Benefits of Burn-In Captions
You’ve seen the phrase floating around: burn-in captions. It’s a common option during the late stages of video editing or when uploading your movie to an online platform or festival. But what does ‘burn-in captions’ mean? Captions are…
Read MoreWhat Are Machine Generated Closed Captions?
Closed captions often get overlooked, but there are many benefits to including them in your video content. Firstly, closed captions enables your content to be enjoyed by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Secondly,…
Read MoreHow to Add Subtitles & Captions to MP4 Video Files
Adding captions and subtitles to your videos is a great way to expand the reach of your content. Besides making your content more accessible, captions and subtitles can also improve engagement. No matter where you…
Read MoreHow to Hardcode Subtitles into a Video
Hardcoded subtitles are a popular, no-fuss option to add subtitles to your video content. With hardcoded subtitles or captions, there is no extra file. The text is ‘burned’ onto the video image itself, and nobody…
Read MoreWhat is an SRT File? How to Create & Use SRT Files
An SRT file or SubRip (.srt) file is one of the most common types of raw closed caption file formats. SRT files are what make it possible to add closed captions to video content after it is produced.
Read MoreClosed Caption File Guide for Videos: YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix and More
Closed caption file formats vary depending on which site you’re using to host your videos and which platform you use to obtain the closed caption transcripts. This guide covers closed caption file formats to make…
Read MoreHow to Add Subtitles to DivX Videos
Adding captions or subtitles to your DivX video will not only make it more accessible to more viewers, it will also expand the reach of your content. Providing captions and transcripts of your videos can…
Read MoreWhen Are Closed Captions Required by Law?
If you’ve ever tried watching TV in a noisy bar or restaurant, you’ve probably benefitted from closed captions. Whether or not you’re hard-of-hearing or are simply in a noisy public environment, people need accurate and…
Read MoreThe Different Formats for Foreign Language Subtitles
Between the VTTs and the STLs and the SCCs, subtitle file formats are enough to give anyone a headache. You’d be forgiven for thinking it would be much easier to have a single file format…
Read MoreRev Open Captions (Burned-In Captions) Now Available for Past Orders
Here at Rev, we’re constantly trying to improve our offerings to provide our (very lovely and charming) customers with the best service possible. That’s why we’re excited to announce that starting today you can now…
Read MoreHow to Get a Caption File and Transcription File in the Same Order
Have you ever created a caption order or transcription order on Rev.com and wondered how to get both a caption file and a transcript file in the same order? Luckily, it is easier than you…
Read MoreClosed Captions vs. Subtitles: Differences & Which to Use
You may know that captions and subtitles are similar, but they aren’t the same. Captions are a transcription of dialogue, while subtitles are a translation. They both appear as text on the bottom of your…
Read MoreHow to Create Closed Captions and Subtitles for Pre-Recorded Television Programs
The challenges faced by television or movie producers and their teams are endless. For the project to be viewed by the public as an achievement, everything has to go right. Ideally, things will fall into…
Read MoreHow to Download Subtitle SRT Files
What are SRT files? First, let’s cover what an SRT file is. SubRip Subtitle Files (SRT) take the subtitle information from a film or video and put it into a plain-text format that can be…
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