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CaptionMaker Version History

Installing CaptionMaker Over an Older Version

If you already have a older version of CaptionMaker software on your computer, you may need to uninstall the software first before installing a new version only if you find any anomalies.

If you are captioning in the traditional way using an encoder & time code reader, before uninstalling the software, make a note of your default configuration:
- Caption/subtitle device (e.g., Link PDR-885)
- Comm. or serial port for the above device (E.g., Comm. 1, 1200, N, 8, 1)
- Time code device (e.g. ACE PCI-TC)
- Address or serial port for TC device (e.g., 1100)

Then uninstall the old version and install the new version. Run the new version and reset the devices with the old settings.

CaptionMaker Knowledge Base
CPC has a number of new documents for trouble shooting and also for the latest features at http://www.cpcweb.com/TechSupport/CapMaker.

CaptionMaker Feature Comparison
www.cpcweb.com/caption_common/CaptionMaker-Feature-Comparison.pdf

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HD/SD ATSC MPEG2 608+708 Import/Export
The ability to retrieve captions from HD/SD ATSC MPEG2 files was added. The EIA608 (CC1, CC2, etc.) or the EIA708 (Service1, Service2) captions can be retrieved.

The ability to encode/multiplex captions into HD/SD ATSC MPEG2 files was added. Both the EIA608 and EIA708 captions are automatically encoded/multiplexed.

The multiplexing capability facilitates encoding multiple language captions and/or "adding" additional languages to files already containing captions.

Set Vertical Position "Repeat Last Other"
A bug was corrected that was causing the set vertical position "repeat last other" function to not work.

Caption File Import
A bug was corrected that was sometimes causing the last caption to be dropped when importing some types of caption files including .ult and .scc.

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AVID DS Caption File Import/Export
The title of this import/export was corrected (was "AVID Sub Cap Text").

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Mark Time code
A bug was corrected that was causing timing problems (intermittent minor delays) with the "mark time code" function.

Set Vertical Position "Other"
A bug was corrected that was causing the set vertical position "other" to not work.

Webcast - RealPlayer Export
A bug was corrected that was causing the caption text to not be written to the exported .rt file.

Live Mode / Live Text Stream Mode
A bug was corrected that was causing an erroneous Live Text Stream error message when using Live Mode. And the menus were changed to make Live mode and Live Text Stream mode mutually exclusive (so you can't accidentally start one and stop the other).

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New Name Structure
CaptionMaker has been reorganized:

CaptionMaker-HD Enterprise
CaptionMaker-NLE
CaptionMaker-DV
CaptionMaker-Classic (replaces CPC-700)
CaptionMaker-WebPlus (replaces Web Post & CPC-600)
CaptionMaker-Live (replaces CPC-500)
CaptionMaker-DEMO
CaptionMaker-HD Enterprise Encoder
CaptionMaker-NLE Encoder
CaptionMaker-DV Encoder
CaptionMaker-Classic Encoder (replaces CPC-710)

Your HASP protection key will automatically enable the correct variation of CaptionMaker.

Live Text Stream
This is a new feature. You can stream text on the web live. To enter the text, you can use a steno machine or a speech recognition software. You can stream text to a web address like www.cpcweb.com/livecap. People who like to view the text stream, can simply use a web browser from their computer, or iPhone, or Blackberry.

New Device: vBrick
A new device was added to facilitate inserting captions with vBrick devices via serial.

New Export: DVDIt Pro HD Script Format (.txt)
The ability to export HDE3000 subtitles jobs was added.

New Export: Timed Text Authoring Format DFXP (alt) (.dfxp)
The ability to export .dfxp files was added.

New Import: SubRip Video Subtitle Script (.srt)
The ability to import these files was added.

Export SubRip Video Subtitle Script (.srt)
This export was improved to handle italics.

New Import: Google / YouTube (.srt)
The ability to import these files was added.

DV Video File: Encode CC and Retrieve CC
A bug was corrected that caused a sharing error if the DV video file was open in another application when you attempted to Encode or Retrieve CC.

Video Mode / Time Code Mode
A new dialog was added to ask you to also select the correct time code mode when you change the current video mode. Before HD support was implemented, selecting the video mode automatically selected the time code mode. To support HD, these two configuration items had to be separated and set independently.

Import / Export Extensions
The import and export dialogs were improved to show all of the file extensions.

DVD Caption File Import (.scc)
An enhancement was added to properly handle non-standard erase commands

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Network-able Software Protection Keys
Support was added for network protection keys. One network protection key can be used to authorize several copies of CaptionMaker running on several PC's. The CaptionMaker installer now automatically installs the Aladdin HASP SRM Runtime (previous versions installed the HASP4 driver). For more information, see http://www.aladdin.com/support/hasp.aspx

HD Support
CaptionMaker has been improved in many ways to facilitate creating captions and subtitles for HD.

Video Mode and Time Code Mode Separated - In previous versions, the "Video Mode" setting in the "Time Code" menu only allowed for NTSC and PAL and it automatically set the time code mode to 29.97 or 25 respectively. To support HD, this setting ("Video Mode" in the "Time Code" menu) was changed to "Time Code Mode", and now it only selects the Time Code frame rate (independent of the selected Video Mode).
New "Video Mode" Menu - This new menu selects the video resolution and aspect ratio: NTSC, PAL, HD720, or HD1080. The aspect ratio of the preview windows is controlled by this setting (4:3 for NTSC and PAL, 16:9 for HD 720 and 1080).
16 x 9 Preview Windows - The small and full size preview windows will switch between 4:3 and 16:9 mode automatically for the selected video mode.
Scalable Full-Size Preview Window - A new "zoom" control was added to the full size preview window to allow shrinking HD video to fit on the screen and to enlarge small video.
Blu-ray Device - select this device to author and export Blu-ray and Blu-Print HD subtitles.
HDE3000 Device - select this device to author and export HD subtitles for the Link Electronics HDE3000 HD caption/subtitle encoder.

Drag-and-Drop Features
Two new drag-and-drop features were implemented:

Drag-and-Drop Import - drag any file you want to import and drop it on the database area (the grid area where you enter/edit the time codes, caption text, etc.). CaptionMaker will pop up the import dialog with the path and name of the dropped file typed in for you, and it will automatically detect most file types and select the correct file type for you.
Drag-and-Drop Load Video File - drag any video file and drop it on the video preview window. CaptionMaker will pop up the video settings dialog with the path and name of the dropped file typed in for you.

New Export: Blu-ray / Blu-Print HD Subtitles (.xml / .png)
The ability was added to export subtitles for Blu-ray and Blu-Print. The Blu-ray export creates 8 bit indexed .png files with alpha, and the Blu-Print export creates 32 bit RGBA .png files.

New Export: Link HDE3000 HD Subtitles (.usf / .uyc)
The ability to export HDE3000 subtitles jobs was added.

New Export: SubRip Video Subtitle Script (.srt)
The ability to export SubRip video subtitle script files was added.

DV Video Files (.avi and .mov)
Speed enhancements were implemented to significantly reduce the time required to retrieve captions from and encode captions into DV video files.

Support for 23.98 fps video files
The video properties dialog was enhanced to handle 23.98 fps video files. The "video file frame rate" drop down list now allows you to select 23.98 fps.

Live Captioning
A bug was corrected that was causing lines to wrap at 31 characters instead of 32.

Non-Linear Time Code Shrink
A bug was corrected that was causing random mistakes in the converted time code values. This option is used with Time Tailor Post from www.primeimageinc.com.

Caption Center .TDS Import
The import function was enhanced to handle files with lines ending in just CR (instead of CR LF).

NCI .CAP Import
A bug was corrected that was causing problems importing certain NCI .cap files.

Captions Inc .CIN Export
A bug was corrected that was causing incorrect data to be written into the header of exported .cin files.

Undo
A bug was corrected that was causing a problem when undoing a row delete.

Reformat Subtitles to Captions
A new "yes to all button" was added to the dialog.

Webcast: MediaPlayer export
Changed default selection to "stand alone ASX".

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New Demo Version Installer
There are now two CaptionMaker installers. The original installer is used to install all types of CaptionMaker. A new installer was created to install only the Demo version of CaptionMaker. This makes it easier to download and install just the Demo version for evaluation.

Introducing CaptionMaker-Web Post
A new type of CaptionMaker was added. This replaces CPC-800 Lite. CaptionMaker-Web Post is customized for people who only do "webcasting" (captioning for the web).

CaptionMaker-DV Merged with CaptionMaker-NLE/HD/Web
The new CaptionMaker-DV/NLE/HD/Web version incorporates both the DV and the NLE/HD/Web versions together. The only place you will notice this change is in the installation process when you choose which type to install. There used to be separate selections for DV and NLE/HD. Now there is one selection for DV/NLE/HD/Web.

New Import/Export Group: "WebCast"
A new "WebCast" export group was added. Most of the import/export functions in this group were previously located in the "Caption Formatted" group.

New Import/Export: Windows Media files (.wmv)
The ability to import/export captions directly from/to Windows Media files was added. This method embeds the captions into the .wmv files (as opposed to generating separate SAMI files to be used with the .wmv files).

New Export: Timed Text Authoring Format (DFXP) XML
A new webcast export option was added to export timed text (TT) authoring format DFXP (distribution format exchange profile) XML files. This file can be used for Flash captioning using Adobe CS3.

New Export: Cheetah .cap file
The ability to export Cheetah .cap (binary) files was added.

New Import: NCI .cap file
The ability to import NCI .cap (binary) files was added.

Non-Linear Time Code Shrink
A new function was added to adjust the time codes to correct the caption timing after "shrinking" a video (processing the video to reduce the length). Systems that shrink a video do so by dropping some video frames, and this disturbs the captioning. This function allows you to import a file created by the equipment used to shrink the video (containing info about which frames were dropped) to correct the caption timing.

This option can be used with Time tailor Post from www.primeimageinc.com. Broadcasters use Time Tailor Post to save a minute or so from an hour show and use that minute to air more commercials.

MPEG Captioning
The functions for encoding captions into MPEG files and retrieving captions from MPEG files were enhanced. The enhancements improve the way CaptionMaker handles variations in MPEG files caused by different MPEG codecs.

Bold/Italics/Underline Toggling
A problem was corrected that caused bold/italics/underline to function improperly when trying to change the bold/italics/underline attributes for all of the captions at once by selecting the entire column.

Import Cheetah CAP (.cap)
A problem was corrected that sometimes caused incorrect placement of blank rows when importing Cheetah CAP files.

Export ULT (.ult)
A problem was corrected with the user interface when exporting ULT (multi-language merge) files.

Import .ULT and .CC/.SCC
A problem was corrected that was sometimes causing errors when importing .ult, .cc, and .scc files.

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Name Changes
The name of the "DV" version of the software was changed to "CaptionMaker-DV" (the old name was CPC-700 DV). Also the "lite" version is now called "CaptionMaker-DV Encoder".

The name of the "NLE" version of the software was changed to "CaptionMaker-NLE" (the old name was CPC-700 NLE). Also the "lite" version is now called "CaptionMaker-NLE Encoder".

The name of the "HD" version of the software was changed to "CaptionMaker-HD" (the old name was CPC-700 HD). Also the "lite" version is now called "CaptionMaker-HD Encoder".

Automatic Software Updates
A new feature was added to make it easier to keep your software up to date. When a new version of CaptionMaker is posted on the CPC web site, the software can alert you and give you the option of automatically downloading and installing the new version. For more information, click on "Automatic Updates" in the "Help" menu.

New Webcast Export: Google .SRT
A new webcast export option was added to allow the export of Google .SRT script files.

"JKL" Play and Shuttle Method
The "JKL" control feature was implemented. This feature is enabled by selecting the "Enable JKL Control" item in the "VTR Control" menu. When enabled, the j, k, and l keystrokes are intercepted and used to control the shuttling of the VTR or the video file.

The "k" key stops the video.

When the video is stopped, the "j" key starts shuttling reverse at 1x. When the video is shuttling reverse, pressing the "j" key increases the reverse shuttle speed. When the video is shuttling forward, the "j' key reduces the forward shuttle speed (if the forward shuttle speed is reduced below 1x then it will start shuttling reverse at 1x).

When the video is stopped, the "l" key starts shuttling forward at 1x. When the video is shuttling forward, pressing the "l" key increases the forward shuttle speed. When the video is shuttling reverse, the "l' key reduces the reverse shuttle speed (if the reverse shuttle speed is reduced below 1x then it will start shuttling forward at 1x).

Audio File Playback Using DirectX
MP3 audio file playback was already supported using QuickTime, but now DirectX support has been added for audio files (such as WAV and MP3). Any audio file format supported by DirectX (anything that will play in Windows MediaPlayer) will now play in the preview window in CaptionMaker.

Preview Window Video File Playback
A problem was corrected that caused the preview window to malfunction when playing back DV AVI files after installing Adobe Premiere.

Print to Tape
A problem was corrected that caused the "DV AVI print to tape" feature to malfunction after installing Adobe Premiere. Also, you can now start the print to tape function in "pause" mode by clicking the pause button instead of the play button in the print to tape dialog.

Subtitle Video File
A problem was corrected that caused the "subtitle video file" feature to malfunction for DV AVI files after installing Adobe Premiere. Also, a problem was corrected that caused the "subtitle video file" function to generate DV AVI files that would not print to tape.

Find Shot Changes
A problem was corrected that caused the "find shot changes" feature to malfunction for DV AVI files after installing Adobe Premiere.

Duration Column
The duration column was expanded to show MM:SS:FF (was only showing SS:FF). Also the duration column width was corrected for Vista (was getting cut off). Also the duration column width is now adjustable.

Improved Protection Key Error Messages
The messages displayed when a protection key error occurs were improved to make it easier to determine what the problem is when there is a problem.

Webcast Export: QuickTime .SMI
The existing QuickTime webcast export function was enhanced to also export a .SMI file in addition to the exported .TXT file.

Webcast Export: Flash .XML for Captionate
The Flash XML webcast export function was changed to use the proper UTF-8 character for the music symbol. Also, a problem was corrected with the horizontal positioning processing in this function.

Webcast Export: Spruce .STL
The Spruce .STL webcast export function was changed to use the proper UTF-8 character for the music symbol. Also the proper UTF-8 indicator is now added to the header of the exported .STL files.

Import Text "Lines per Row" Option
A problem was corrected that made it difficult to change the value for the number of lines of text per row when importing free-form text files.

32 Character Formatting Issue
A problem was corrected that caused a word wrapping discrepancy between the text displayed in the preview window and the text displayed in the caption cell.

Export Subtitled Blank QuickTime File for NLE
A problem with the alpha information was corrected in these exported movie files.

Autosave Problem in "Lite" (Encoder) Versions
A problem was corrected that caused the autosave messages to appear in the "Lite" (Encoder) versions of the software.

Video File Shuttle Problem
Some problems were corrected in the video file playback shuttle functions when using DirectX (these problems didn't occur when using QuickTime).

Final Check
A minor problem was corrected in the final check function to make it ignore blank lines when checking for minimum duration.

NLE System Settings for Adrenaline
The parameters used for Adrenaline (alternate) were corrected. The parameters are now row 1 column 35 (they were row 2 column 20).

Cheetah ASC
A problem was corrected that caused space characters to be accidentally dropped at the points where the bold/italic/underline attributes change.

CommandLine Mode
A problem was corrected that caused "autosave" messages to interrupt commandline mode operation.

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Multi-Language (multi-caption service) Support
All of the caption decoding and encoding functions were enhanced to allow the decoding, encoding, re-encoding, and multiplexing/merging of multiple caption services (CC1, CC2, CC3, etc.).

CaptionMaker still only loads one language at a time into it's database for editing, but it now has the ability to "multiplex" multiple languages into several types of video files and caption files. The following sections provide the details of the individual functions that were enhanced.

Enhanced Encode CC / Export Functions for Multi-Language Support
These functions were enhanced to allow the encoding and "multiplexing" of any caption services (CC1, CC2, CC3, etc.). These functions are used to encode captions into caption files and video files.

For details, click here.

The following functions were enhanced to support multi-language:

Export Ultech ULT caption files (*.ult)
Export "Merged" ULT caption file (adds additional service to existing file)
Encode CC into 720x512 AVI files for NLE
Encode CC into DV AVI files
Encode CC into DV QuickTime files
Encode CC into DVD MPEG2 files
Encode CC into ATSC MPEG2 files
Encode CC into CCube MPEG2 files

Enhanced Retrieve CC/Import Functions for Multi-language Support
These functions were enhanced to properly "de-multiplex" and decode any of the caption services (CC1, CC2, CC3, etc.). These functions are used to retrieve captions from hardware devices, and import captions from caption files and video files.

Some new items were added to the "import options" dialog to allow you to select which caption service (CC1, CC2, CC3, etc.) you wish to import.

The following functions were enhanced to support multi-language:

Retrieve Captions from Adrienne time code device with L21 capture (PCI/USB)
Import Ultech ULT caption files (*.ult)
Retrieve CC from 720x512 AVI files for NLE
Retrieve CC from DV AVI files
Retrieve CC from DV QuickTime files
Retrieve CC from DVD MPEG2 files
Retrieve CC from ATSC MPEG2 files
Retrieve CC from CCube MPEG2 files

Retrieve CC from 720x512 AVI files for NLE
The ability to read the captions from these files was added. This function supports reading any caption service from the files (see "Multi-Language Support" below).

Encode CC into 720x512 AVI files for NLE
The ability to encode captions into these files was added. This function supports encoding any caption service into the files (see "Multi-Language Support" below).

Export "Merged" ULT Files
A new export option was added that can "add" caption services to existing ULT files. This was added as part of "Multi-Language Support" (see below).

CommandLine Mode
Support for the following import types was added:

04 - Daikin Scenarist DVD Caption File (*.scc)
21 - Sonic Solutions DVD Caption File (*.cc)
29 - Windows Media Player SAMI file (*.smi)

Support for the following export types was added

42 - DV AVI file

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Webcast Export: Flash XML
A new webcast export type was added to create Flash XML files (for import into Captionate).

CommandLine Mode
The software was enhanced to allow it to perform certain functions in "batch" mode via commandline parameters. For more information, refer to "CaptionMaker CommandLine Options.doc".

Add "DV" and "HD" menus to 700 DEMO
The "DV" and "HD" menus were missing in 700 DEMO V3.08. This was corrected.

Increment/Decrement Time Code keystrokes (Ctrl+ and Ctrl-)
In previous versions, the increment/decrement time code keystrokes were hard coded to Ctrl+ and Ctrl-. These functions were enhanced so that they can be re-assigned to any keystrokes using "customize keystrokes".

Highlight Current Row
A new feature was added to highlight the "caption/subtitle text" cell being edited. When a cell is being edited, the background of that cell changes from white to light gray.

Character Counter
A new feature was added to display the current column position of the cursor in the "status bar" at the bottom of the window (in the lower right next to the caps lock indicator).

Copy/Paste
A problem was corrected where copying all columns except for the "caption/subtitle text" and then pasting into another file didn't work properly.

Transcription Mode Enable/Disable
A problem was corrected that was causing the transcription mode to sometimes accidentally enable/disable.

NLE System List
Several new entries were added to the NLE System List, and the default parameters were updated for several of the existing entries.

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Windows Vista Compliance
Versions 3.07 and older are not Vista compliant. They will install normally, but they can't access the HASP hardware key, so they won't execute.

The HASP hardware key access was enhanced to work in Windows Vista (and
Windows 2000/XP). The CaptionMaker installer now uses the latest version of
the Aladdin HINSTALL command line utility to install/update/uninstall the
HASP drivers.

For your information, the most up-to-date driver is HASP4 driver setup.zip and it can found at www.aladdin.com/support/hasp/hasp4/vendor.asp.

DVD MPEG2 Video Files (700 NLE and 700 HD)
The existing functions for encoding captions into and retrieving captions from DVD MPEG2 files was improved to properly handle different variations of these video files.

ATSC MPEG2 Video Files (700 NLE and 700 HD)
The ability to encode captions into and retrieve captions from these files was added. Note that 700 NLE can only handle standard definition video files (up to 720x480), but 700 HD can handle standard definition and high definition video files (up to 1920x1080).

CCube MPEG2 Video Files (700 NLE and 700 HD)
The ability to encode captions into and retrieve captions from these files was added. Both the linear and the temporal caption data formats are supported.

Matrox DigiServer 720x12 YUY2 AVI caption files
The ability to encode captions into and retrieve captions from these files was added.

2 GB file size limit corrected
A problem was corrected that prevented CaptionMaker from retrieving captions from DV and MPEG video files larger than 2 GB.

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Software name changes and a few more new flavors

CPC 700 DV
The version of CPC 700 formally known as CPC 700 NL has be re-named to CPC 700 DV.

CPC 700 DV LITE
A new version was added to the CPC 700 family: CPC 700 DV LITE. This version is the same as CPC 700 DV, but all of the caption/subtitle editing functions are disabled.

CPC 700 NLE LITE
A new version was added to the CPC 700 family: CPC 700 NLE LITE. This version is the same as CPC 700 NLE, but all of the caption/subtitle editing functions are disabled.

CPC 700 HD
A new version was added to the CPC 700 family: CPC 700 HD. This version has all of the features of CPC 700 NLE plus new features for captioning/subtitling HD (high definition).
HD Captioning features will be added in the next version.

CPC 700 HD LITE
A new version was added to the CPC 700 family: CPC 700 HD LITE. This version is the same as CPC 700 HD, but all of the caption/subtitle editing functions are disabled.
HD Captioning features will be added in the next version.

Cheetah .cap file import
The ability to import Cheetah .cap (binary) files was added.

MP3 files
The MP3 file type was added to the list of supported video file formats. When you select an MP3 file as the video file to use within CaptionMaker, the "use QuickTime" check box is automatically selected (CaptionMaker must use QuickTime to properly handle MP3 files).

Live Caption Mode
When you switch from post mode to live mode, the software no longer clears the caption encoder immediately. The software now waits until it needs to send live captioning to the encoder (after you start typing) before it clears the caption encoder.

Subtitle Mode and Preview Window
Fixed A problem was corrected that was causing improper font and font color selections when importing text files for subtitling as a result text did not appear on the Preview Window.

DVD Studio Pro
Since version 4 no longer accepts text files, the export descriptions were changed to indicate this. A problem was corrected that was causing the left edges of some subtitles to be cut off. To correct this problem, CaptionMaker adds an extra space character at the beginning of all subtitle lines that are left positioned (only for STL file export).

Compatible NLE Systems List
The NLE systems list was expanded. Entries for AJA Kona and Avid Media Composer were added. The NLE systems list is in the "set default values" section of the "export NLE" dialogs. The previous version of CaptionMaker had individual buttons for each NLE system. In this version of CaptionMaker, this was changed to a drop down list.
The default values for Blackmagic Declink Extreme were corrected.

Customize Keystrokes
The previous versions of CaptionMaker would not allow you to re-assign the following keystrokes because they are assigned to the CaptionMaker menus.
ALT+ E, V, A, O, C, S, T, L, H
These reserved keystrokes can now be re-assigned to other functions using the "customize keystrokes" feature of CaptionMaker.

Help File
Updated Help files (up to date to ver. 3.06) added.

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Edit/Transcript Modes
Fixed problems with status bar when resizing.

Fixed problem with transcription mode accidentally getting enabled when running auto-sync or auto-preview-sync.
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Spell Checker
Spell check was re-structured. It now spell checks about 2 times faster, and you can "suspend" spell checking. Here is how "suspend" works: when a spelling error is found, the error is highlighted and the spell check dialog pops up. At this point, you may make edits to the caption data in the database. If you do then the spell check dialog will go into "suspend" mode and a "resume" button will appear. After making edits to the database, you can resume spell checking by clicking the "resume" button. The spell checker will re-check the cell that it was checking when it was suspended and then continue.

Live Caption Send Options
Two live mode time-outs were added. The time-out values are set in the live mode "send options" dialog.

Flush last word time-out: if there is no keyboard activity for the specified interval (including input from speech recognition software) then CaptionMaker will insert an "enter" key press to flush the rest of the current caption out to the caption encoder device.

Close device time-out: if there is no keyboard activity for the specified interval then CaptionMaker will close the caption encoder device (which puts the caption encoder into "transparent" mode so that existing captions in the video are passed through the encoder).

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Demo version
Fixed Demo version installer

Spell checker
Made the spell checker a little faster by not highlighting each cell and a few other issues. We are working on the spell checker to make it even faster and having more features.

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Enhanced Undo/Redo Functionality
The Undo/Redo mechanisms were enhanced to track all text changes.

Transcription Mode "Auto-wrap"
An "auto-wrap" feature was added to transcription mode. When enabled, this feature automatically wraps text into the next row, so that you can just keep typing without having to press "enter".

Paste into cell
A problem was corrected with pasting into a cell. If a large block of text was pasted that required reformatting, sometimes the text would not be reformatted properly. The pasting function was enhanced to allow pasting multiple cells into one cell.

Spell Check
The spell check components were updated to the latest release (V5.15). The spell check functions were enhanced to make them about 50% faster.

VTR "seek time code" and "frame advance"
A problem was corrected that was causing the VTR "seek time code" and "frame advance" functions to sometimes not work properly.

Scan QuickTime .MOV files for time code info
Added the capability to scan .MOV files for time code information (the first time code value in the file and the time code frame rate standard).

Set Read Speed
A problem was corrected with "set read speed" that was limiting the number of rows to 16. When more that 16 rows were selected, then the "set read speed" function was not working properly.

Export Dialog
The export dialog was compressed vertically so that it will still fit properly on your screen when your screen resolution is set to 800 x 600.

Enhanced "Default Folder"
A new "default folder" setting was added for video files - in addition to the current "default folder" setting for all other types of files.

Preserve "Video Playback File" setting
A new dialog was added to allow you to keep your current "video playback file" setting during load and import operations.

MP3 Files and Auto-sync
A problem was corrected that was causing the preview window to not display captions correctly during auto-sync when using an MP3 file as your "video playback file" using QickTime.

Roll-up caption and Preview Window
In the AutoSync mode, Roll-up captions displays in the preview window correctly.

Webcast Exports
The "start time" setting now defaults to the first time code value in the database instead of 00:00:00:00.

Added subtitle device for Apple DVD Studio Pro
This new device selection was added to eliminate confusion. Previously, when exporting DVD files for Apple DVD Studio Pro, you had to select the "Spruce" subtitle device.

Import SCC
A problem with importing SCC files was corrected. When the imported SCC file contained roll up captions, an extra blank line was being accidentally inserted when the roll up base row changed.

Export DV video with Captions
Fixed the faulty progress bar status while exporting captions to a DV video larger than 2 GB.

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Enhanced Text File Import

· Added “start row on” custom character function. This allows you to command CaptionMaker to start a new row whenever it encounters a particular character while importing text. Note that CaptionMaker also properly handles multiple consecutive instances of the character. For example, if you select the “>” character, CaptionMaker will start a new row when it sees “>”, or “>>”, or “>>>”, etc.

· Added “end row on” custom character function. This allows you to command CaptionMaker to end the current row whenever it encounters a particular character while importing text. For example a new caption starts after the phrase [applause].

· Improved the handling of punctuation within quotations.

· Properly handle left and right single and double quote characters.

· Increased the list of exceptions to “end of sentence” punctuation processing. Added St. Rd. Sr. Jr. Lb. Lbs. Ave. Rev.

· Automatically convert the ellipsis character (…) into three period characters.

Print DV Video to Tape
This new function allows you to transmit a DV AVI file out over fire wire (IEEE 1394) to devices such as DV camcorders or digital to analog video converters such as the Sony DVMC-DA1/DA2.

Capture DV Video
This new function allows you to receive DV video via fire wire (IEEE 1394) and create a DV AVI file. Video may be captured from fire wire devices such as the Sony DVMC-DA1/DA2.

DV Video File Time Code
Added the ability to scan DV video files (AVI or MOV) for time code information. You may now scan DV video files for time code info (the time code offset and standard), and you can use the “actual” time code values in the file (all time code values are scanned and then used in the time code reader device).

Export NLE Subtitles (Blank AVI and MOV files with subtitles)
This new function allows you to create “blank” video files with “burned in” subtitles. You can choose any color as a background color. These video files can then be “mixed” into you program video within your NLE system.

Export NLE Captions (blank AVI/QT file with line 21 waveform)
Added a check box to enable/disable the “secondary” row. The secondary row should be disabled for all NLE systems except for Avid with ABVB. Changed default values for Avid Adrenaline to 0 and 22.

VPedal Foot Pedal Controller Support
You can control a digital video file using vPedal foot pedal controller (http://www.vpedal.com/). Support was added for the vPedal foot controller including the “release back” function under VTR Control >> Vpedal option. Release back time is user selectable.

STL Subtitle file exports (Spruce & DVD StudioPro)
Added a new STL export file type for DVD StudioPro (the original STL export is for Spruce DVD Maestro). Also added new STL export file types to allow the selection of “standard” or “extended” positioning.

Standard positioning simply positions the subtitles based on the horizontal and vertical positioning selected in the database. Extended positioning actually generates all of the subtitle images (BMP’s) according to your choice of font. It calculates more accurately the exact subtitle positioning information.

Before exporting the file, make sure the margins - top, bottom, left and right are set correctly. In most cases you need to set all margins to 0.

Adobe Encore Export for DVD Subtitles
Corrected the Adobe Encore text export to put CR between text lines instead of TAB. Note that Adobe Encore requires these files to be in UTF-8 format, but CaptionMaker exports them in standard text format. To convert them to UTF-8, open them in Windows Notepad and then “save as” and select UTF-8 encoding.

Transcription Mode
Added transcription mode under File menu. Also added an indicator in the status bar to indicate when transcription mode is enabled. Transcription mode can be enabled/disabled by clicking on this indicator with the mouse. When transcription mode is enabled, pressing “enter” will cause the cursor to move down to the next caption cell. If you have the time code stamp active, time code is automatically read as the cursor moves to the next cell.

HD-DVD Subtitles
The ability to generate subtitles for HD-DVD was implemented. Note that this initial implementation supports generating .hdt files (with TIF images) that are “scaled up” to HD resolutions. Full HD video support is still being implemented.

Dragon Naturally Speaking Support
Live mode support was added for Dragon Naturally Speaking versions 7 and up. To enable Naturally Speaking to work with CaptionMaker, it is necessary to execute a utility software called DnsIniFix. This utility will find the Naturally Speaking ini files on your computer and add an entry to them for CaptionMaker. The utility software DnsIniFix.exe is available from www.cpcweb.com/download/cmplete_software_downloads.htm#Utilities

Live Mode with ViaVoice
Corrected a problem causing CaptionMaker to “lock up” when using ViaVoice for live captioning for an extended period.

DSP-1000 LED display device support
Support was added for Museum Technology's LED display DSP-1000/CC-1000 device. This is a 4 line 32 column LED display device.

CaptionMaker can now send caption data in Roll-up mode to this device via a serial connection. This is usually used for live caption for an large audience sitting in an auditorium.

Fixes in different areas

Music note
Change “insert music note” to put the cursor after the music note that was inserted instead of leaving the music note selected.

Spell Check and Final Check
To speed up spell check and final check, video file auto-shuttling is now temporarily disabled during spell check and final check.

Subtitling with Ultech DV-2000/ITVInjector (UYC files)
Enhanced the UYC file generator to eliminate accidental background color “bleeding” into the character outlines. Correct problems with semi-transparent backgrounds.

Frame step buttons
Correct problem with frame step buttons when using QuickTime.

Cheetah ASC file
Enhance token detection to tolerate missing “\” terminator. Prevent accidental adding of spaces before punctuation (.,?!;:).

VTR Go to Time code
Automatically enter the time code value of the currently selected row when possible.

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Installer Changes
There was a problem in the installers for versions V2.41, V2.42, and V3.00. These versions will not un-install themselves properly. In this version (V3.01), the installer was corrected so that it will un-install properly and it can also un-install the problematic versions that won’t un-install.

If you installed V2.41, V2.42, or V3.00 and you need to un-install CaptionMaker, install this version (V3.01), and then un-install CaptionMaker.

Added “special encoder” caption device
This device functions the same as the “Evertz encoder” device except it uses new parameters for the serial “control-A 3” command to facilitate proper encoding of CC2 captions without disturbing existing CC1 captions.

Improved STL file export
The accuracy of the subtitle positioning parameters in exported STL files was improved.

QuickTime
A bug was corrected so that you can now click “play” while fast forwarding or rewinding without having to click “stop” first.

Move Left/Right buttons
Added “move left/right one character” buttons and menus.

New Text Import option
Added a “display mode” selection to the text import options so you can select whether the captions are imported as pop on, paint on, or roll up.

Video File Auto_Shuttle
Added a new menu item to allow the video file auto-shuttle feature to be disabled.

“Black box” space character for captioning
Added a menu to insert a “black box” space into caption text (just like the insert music note and insert transparent space functions). The “black box” space is represented by the “not sign” character (¬) (code 172) in the caption text.

In addition, the CaptionMaker was enhanced to automatically remove any duplicate spaces (“normal” space characters) from all caption text. If you need to add extra spaces into your displayed captions, insert “black box” space characters.

Caption Retrieval for Evertz encoders
Added “Evertz Encoder” to the list of devices that can be used to retrieve captions.

Spell Check
Corrected several problems with spell check. Also added a new button (“edit dictionary”) which brings up a dialog that allows you to edit your custom dictionaries (add words, delete words, etc.).

Live mode “modem connected” indicator
A problem was corrected with the live mode indicator in the status bar. In live mode, when the modem is not connected, the indicator is solid blue. When the modem is connected, the indicator is flashing green.

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Shot Changes
Added the ability to scan video files to detect all the shot changes. This function can be used to make sure no captions fall on a shot change. After you open a video file, you can get the shot change information by going to Tools > Find Shot Changes. Added shot change status display (under time code display) “Next shot change in ss:ff at hh:mm:ss:ff”.

Shot change status turns red when next shot change in less than 10 seconds.
Added seek next/previous shot change menu items and buttons. These seek the video file to the next/previous shot change position.

Autosync Roll-up Simulation in the Preview Window
When running autosync, the preview window will now display roll-up captions as they will appear on a TV.

Timing Error Indicators
A new menu item was added to the “caption” and “subtitle” menus to allow the configuration of timing error indicators. Three timing error indicators were implemented:

· Indicate when a WPM value is above a user configurable limit.

· Indicate when there is not enough time to load a pop-on caption.

· Indicate when a caption spans over a shot change.

MPEG2 Video File, Read Embedded Time Code
Added the ability to scan MPEG2 video files for embedded time code info.
Added the ability to scan MPEG2 video files for embedded time code and use this “actual” time code within CaptionMaker.

Time Code Increment/Decrement (Ctrl +/-)
Corrected a problem with the ctrl +/- where the time code being incremented/decremented wouldn’t get updated until another cell was clicked.

Export NLE (blank AVI/QT file with line 21 waveform)
Changed the default start and end time codes. Start time now defaults to 00:00:00:00. End time default to the time code of the last frame of the loaded video file. If a video file is not loaded, then the end time defaults to the last time code in the database plus approximately 5 seconds.

Added default settings buttons for AJA IO LA, Avid ABVB, Avid DS, Blackmagic DeckLink Extreme, NewTek Video Toaster 3, and Avid Adrenaline.

Added another default settings button called “My NLE”. This function allows you to store the default values for an additional NLE system.

New Frame Advance Buttons
The original frame advance (forward/reverse) buttons step by 1 frame. Two new sets of buttons were added: one set to step by 5 frames, and the second set to step by a user configurable number of frames.

Customize Keystrokes
The keypad 0 to 9 keys (NumLock on) can now be assigned to any function.

Duration Column
The duration column was changed to only display SS:FF (limited to 59:29), and the width of the duration column was reduced accordingly.

“Text Output” Caption Device
A new caption device called “text output” was added under Caption > Device menu. When this device is selected, caption information is transmitted out the COM port as plain ASCII characters. Each line of captions separated by an ASCII CR/LF. Accented and special characters are transmitted just as they are displayed in the database.

Reformat Rows
Corrected a problem with the “reformat rows” function that was causing caption rows to be accidentally duplicated.

MediaPlayer .smi Import
Added the ability to import MediaPlayer .smi files.

Music Symbol
Corrected a problem where the “insert music symbol” function would not work on an empty cell.

Retrieve Captions
A bug to retrieve captions using Link encoders is fix.

CPC-500
A bug associated with New and Save function under File menu is fixed.

Local and Online Manual
Two new items were added to the “help” menu to open the manual locally or via the internet.

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Reformat Caption(s) to Pop On

A new item was added to the “Format” menu: “Reformat Caption(s) to Pop On”. This converts all selected roll up captions to pop on captions (existing pop on captions are not touched). The software groups multiple roll up captions together into single pop on captions based on punctuation and the “number of lines per caption” selected by the user.

Live Mode

A problem was corrected that was causing the backspace key to not backspace properly when backspacing from the current line into the previous line.

New Time Code Conversion Option

A new option was added to the time code converter to compensate for conversion/reformatting of the media (video file, video tape, etc.). A new check box was added to the time code conversion options dialog. If the media being captioned/subtitles has been reformatted/converted then the check box must be checked.

For example, if you caption an NTSC video tape, and then you have the master tape converted to PAL, then you must check the new check box when you convert the time codes to PAL (because the media was converted/reformatted).

Another example, if you set the time code of a video file to NTSC drop frame and caption it, and then you find out the video file is actually PAL, then when you convert the time codes to PAL, you must un-check the new check box (because the media was not converted/reformatted).

“Burn” Subtitles into Video Files (700NLE only)

Added “Full Frames (Uncompressed)” to the list of available compressors.

Corrected the dialog that allows user to configure the time code offset.

New NLE Menu (700NLE only)

A new “NLE” menu was added between the “VTR Control” and “Tools” menus. The NLE import (retrieve captions) and export (encode captions/subtitles) feature are now accessible using this menu.

New NLE Import and Export Groups (700NLE only)

A new “NLE” group was added to the import and export dialogs.

New Export Setting (700NLE only)

A new “use video options file name” checkbox was added to the export dialog. When exporting captions/subtitles to a video file, you must specify the file name of the video file to caption/subtitle. Checking this checkbox causes the software to use the file name that is entered in the “Video Properties” dialog.

Video File Time Code Selection Feature

A new “read time code from video file” checkbox was added to the “Video Properties” dialog. When you check this box, the time code device is changed to “Video Playback”. When you uncheck this box, the time code device is changed back to whatever was selected before you checked this new checkbox.

Merge Import

Corrected a problem when the video file settings in the “Video Properties” dialog (file name, time code offset, etc.) was being cleared during a merge import operation.

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Reformat Caption(s) to Roll Up

Corrected a problem that would cause some multi line captions to not be broken up properly when converted to roll-up.

Added a progress meter to display the progress of lengthy conversions.

Suppressed screen updates during conversion process (speeds up process).

Added mechanism to abort the process by pressing the “Esc” key.

CaptionMaker Installer Update

The installation software that installs CaptionMaker was using some 16 bit Windows functions, and this was causing installation problems on some newer Windows XP PC’s. A new version of the installation software is now being used to eliminate this problem.

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Introducing CaptionMaker 700NLE

CaptionMaker 700 NLE has the following features that are not available in the other versions of CaptionMaker (such as 700 or 700NL):

· Export captions for NLE (blank AVI & QuickTime movie files with line 21). This feature allows you to export blank video files with line 21 so that they can be overlaid using NLE equipment to encode closed captions into video without having to use a hardware caption encoder.

· “Burn” Subtitles into Video Files (AVI, MPEG, WMV, etc.). No generation loss.

· Import/Export captions from/to MPEG2 video files.

· Import/Export captions from/to DV video files (AVI and QuickTime).

DV Video Files: Caption import/export (700NLE only)
Support for DV video files was implemented. CaptionMaker can now retrieve the captions (import) from a DV video file, and it can encode (export) captions into a DV video file. Support was added for both Windows DV AVI video files and QuickTime DV movie files.

MPEG2 Import/Export Captions (700NLE only)
Added a new dialog to make it easier for the user to control the time code settings while importing/exporting captions from/to MPEG2 video files.

Improved the speed of the software when importing/exporting captions from/to MEPG2 video files. These functions now execute about 5 times faster.

“Burn” Subtitles into Video Files (700NLE only)

Corrected a typo that was sometimes causing no audio in the output AVI files.

Import QuickTime Webcast Script files
A new feature was implemented to import QuickTime WebCast script text files.

Flash Text Webcast Export

A new Webcast export type was added: Flash Text. This feature creates a text file that can be used to embed captions into Flash movies using the Macromedia Flash authoring tools.

Video File Automatic Shuttling

A new feature was implemented to automatically shuttle the video file to the time code of the selected row. When enabled and you click on a row, the video file is quickly rewound or fast forwarded to the start time code of the row you clicked on.

NOTE – this feature is only enabled under the following conditions:

· When the “mark time codes on send lines” feature is enabled (via the “time code” menu or the icon in the “time code” display section of the program).

· When a video file is loaded and enabled during editing, and it is stopped (not playing and not paused).

Reformat Caption(s) to Roll Up

A new item was added to the “Format” menu: “Reformat Caption(s) to Roll Up”. This converts all selected pop on and paint on captions to roll up captions (existing roll up captions are not touched). Multiple row captions (including multiple pop on captions with the same start time) are broken into separate roll up captions (one line per roll up caption), and the “fill in time codes” function is automatically performed as needed.

Fill In Time Codes

Corrected a problem causing “fill in time codes” to sometimes malfunction when the “force minimum cell duration” is specified. The software was not properly handling the situation where the specified minimum cell duration would require more time than available to display the captions. The software was enhanced to detect this condition and pop up a dialog giving the user to option of allowing a lower minimum cell duration or aborting the operation.

Final Check

· Changed default range selection to “from cursor to end of file”.

· Detect when there are multiple rows of roll-up captions with the same start time. This is common for pop-on captions, but technically illegal for roll-up captions.

· Re-size all of the error message dialogs so that the “yes” and “no” buttons are always in the same place (so you don’t have to keep moving the mouse when you want to keep clicking the “yes” button).

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Added Ability to “Burn” Subtitles into Video Files

This new feature reads a video file (AVI, MPEG, WMV, etc.), overlays your subtitles, and outputs a standard Windows AVI file with your subtitles “burned” into the video.

[This option is temporarily available in CPC-700NL (for testing purposes only) and will not be available from June 2005.This feature will be officially released in a month or so in CPC-700-NLE (not CPC-700NL)]

Webcast Export for Windows MediaPlayer

Several minor problems were corrected, and one enhancement was implemented.

· Changed bold formatting from to

· Changed italic formatting from to

· Changed underline formatting from to

· Disabled ASX option for book format (book format is HTML only)

· Added export custom text color (override default text color when the text color in the database is not black)

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Live Mode

· The efficiency of the software was improved for live captioning. Several portions of the software were streamlined to decrease the load on the CPU.

· A mechanism was added to prevent slow VGA video cards from causing a “lag” in the encoded live captions. With some slow VGA video cards, the preview window cannot be updated fast enough to keep up with the live captions, and this can slow down the encoding of the captions and cause the “lag”. The new mechanism prevents this by skipping some preview window updates when necessary.

Time Code Configuration Dialog

The operation of the “Force Time code Reader Mode” selection was changed to only allow the selections that are valid for the currently selected video mode and time code reader device.

Video File Time Codes

Corrected a problem with the handling of video file time code “mis-matches”. A video file time code “mis-match” occurs when the time code frame rate does not match the video file frame rate. For example, an NTSC video file (29.97 fps) with non-drop frame time code (30 fps).

AutoSync Time Codes

Added the ability to detect autosync time code “mis-matches”. When a “mis-match” is detected, the problem is reported to the user with instructions describing how to correct it. An autosync time code “mis-match” occurs when the type of time codes in the database does not match the type of time codes being read from the time code reader device. For example, if the database contains drop frame time codes and the time code reader is reading non-drop frame time codes. This can cause autosync timing inaccuracies.

Fill In Time Codes

A problem was corrected that was causing the “fill in time codes” function to sometimes leave “gaps” (groups of rows where the time codes would not get filled in).

COM Ports

Corrected a problem with com ports 5 and above (for example, a USB com port device set up as COM 5) that would sometimes cause an erroneous error message stating that the COM port was already in use.

ULT File Export

Corrected a bug in the ULT caption file exporter that was sometimes causing a syntax error in the exported ULT files.

Spruce STL File Export

Corrected a problem with italics.

Webcast Captioning with Media Player and Real Player

Corrected a problem that was accidentally limiting the font size of the caption text to 10 points.

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Time Code Drop Frame Calculations

Enhanced all of the drop frame calculations performed in CaptionMaker to use more accurate formulas.

Time Code Conversions

Corrected all time code conversion calculations.

Enhanced the conversion functions to use more accurate formulas.

24 fps Time Code (“Film”)

Added support for “Film” time code (24 frames per second).

Video File Time Code

Enhanced video file time code functions to properly handle all time code modes (NTSC non-drop frame, NTSC drop frame, PAL, and Film).

Enhanced video file offset calculations to use more accurate formulas.

Corrected a problem where the checkbox to enable/disable the video file time code offset was accidentally being cleared when opening a CaptionMaker file.

Corrected a problem where the time code would go back to zero when you stop playing a video file.

System Timer Time Code

Enhanced system timer time code functions to properly generate all time code modes (NTSC non-drop frame, NTSC drop frame, PAL, and Film).

Enhanced system timer offset calculations to use more accurate formulas.

Live Mode Encoder Transparency

Added a new item to the “Caption” menu: “Close Device”. Whenever the caption device is closed, the caption encoder will be commanded to go into “transparent mode” to allow all existing caption data to pass through the caption encoder in tact. During Live caption encoding, closing the caption device allows upstream captions to pass through the caption encoder during commercials, interstitials, etc. Note that the caption encoder is automatically re-opened and re-initialized by CaptionMaker when you send any caption data to the caption encoder (continue typing in live mode, select “send caption” or “clear caption”, etc.).

Video File Association

Corrected a problem where the associated video file information (path & file name, etc.) was being lost after importing/inserting captions from another file into the database.

Protection Box Conflict Between CaptionMaker and CCaption

When CaptionMaker and CCaption are both installed on the same PC, two protection boxes are required. This caused problems because both programs would try to use the first protection box found. This problem was corrected by changing CaptionMaker to search for all connected protection boxes until the one programmed for CaptionMaker is found.

Live Mode “Modem Connected” Indication in Status Bar

When in live mode and the modem is connected, the “Live” indicator in the status bar will be green. When the modem is not connected, the indicator will be blue.

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QuickTime Support

Added the ability to play QuickTime movie files in the preview window (CaptionMaker 700NL). QuickTime movie files can now be played just like Windows and MPEG video files. Because Windows can play some QuickTime files, and QuickTime can play some Windows and MPEG files, a new “Use QuickTime” check box was added to the “Video Properties” dialog. When this box is checked then CaptionMaker will use the QuickTime components to play the video file, and when it is not checked then CaptionMaker will use the Windows DirectX components to play the video file.

MPEG Import/Export

Added the ability to import/export captions from/to MPEG video files. The import function decodes the captions from an MPEG video file. The export function encodes captions into an MPEG video file. This feature is unique in captioning software. You would not need an expensive closed caption encoder to insert captions. CaptionMaker will caption an Mpeg video directly on your hard drive.

Text Import

Fixed a problem causing free form and delimited text import to hang on bad characters.

Fixed problem importing text containing CR’s without LF’s.

Added a “line delimited” import mode (for text, rich text, and Word docs).

Merge Import

The merge import function (used to simplify language translation) was enhanced to remember and restore the values in the H, V, J, and Display columns during the merge import processing. The merge import function was also enhanced to tolerate missing TAB characters on lines that only contain time code markers.

Hebrew & Arabic Subtitles (Writing from Right to Left)

Added a check box to the “Image Font” dialog to reverse subtitle text for right-to-left languages such as Arabic.

TranStation Subtitle Import

Added the ability to import TranStation RTF subtitle files.

Webcast Captioning using Media Player ASX Format

Added the ability to export captions for Media Player using the .ASX file format. The normal Media Player export creates an HTML file, which opens Media Player from within a web page. The .ASX format opens Media Player from within Windows, so the video with captions can be played using Media Player without using Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Webcast Captioning with Media Player

Fixed a problem with italics in captions where a space character would be lost at the transition between italic and normal. Problem was corrected by adding &nbsp after the .

Webcast Captioning with Real Player

Fixed a problem with blank lines not properly erasing the captions in Real Player. Problem was corrected by adding a space character after the <clear/>.

Panasonic AG-2580 VTR with BCD C7 controller

Fixed problem with “reverse one frame” button. Note that this correction requires BCD C7 firmware version 040907. For firmware update instructions click here.

DVD Caption File Export

Combined the Daikin, Scenarist, and Sonic DVD caption file import/export functions into two functions: one for *.cc file import /export, and one for *.scc file import/export.

Sonic Producer Export

Fixed a problem where some TAB characters were omitted if the first line was blank.

Evertz

Added new device: “Evertz XON/XOFF”. It is the same as the regular Evertz device setting, but it enables the XON/XOFF serial handshaking.

Auto-Match Text with Audio

A new “Configure” button was added to the “Auto Match Text with Audio” dialog to allow users to override the automatically generated “sub account ID” and “authorization code” values when necessary.

EIA-608 Transparent Space Character

Added the ability to insert transparent space characters into the caption text. The transparent space character is an EIA-608 “special character” like the “music note” character. It is used for certain indenting and spacing situations in closed captioning. A new “insert transparent space” menu item was added to the “Attributes” menu, and this function was added to “customize keystrokes” so that a keystroke can be assigned to this function.

NOTE! The transparent space character is represented in the “caption/subtitle” column by the paragraph mark symbol ¶ (also called “pilcrow sign”). The caption preview window is not able to properly display a transparent space – it will appear as a normal space.

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Caption Retrieval

Fixed a problem that accidentally caused some time code values to be 00:00:00:00 during caption retrieval. This problem was caused by an unusual (but valid) sequence of caption control codes.

Italics

Fixed a problem that caused a bad caption control code to be generated when the caption text contains an “italics off” indicator followed immediately by an “italics on” indicator.

CIN File Export

Fixed a problem causing CIN file export to erroneously report that a caption has more than 4 lines. The problem occurred when indenting a caption that contains a long line of text (and is automatically wrapped).

Panasonic AG-2580 VCR with BCD C7 controller

Added support to control Panasonic AG-2580 VCR from within CaptionMaker via serial cable. For more info on AG-2580, click here.

Long words in the caption text (and hyphenated words)

Fixed a problem causing improper breaking of long words (including hyphenated words) that are equal to or longer than the specified number of characters per line.

ULT Caption File Import & Export

Added ULT file import capability.

Fixed minor ULT file export problem: prevent CapMaker from putting any nulls into the exported ULT file.

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Caption Retrieval with the Adrienne PCI Time Code Card

Implemented the capability to read time code and retrieve captions simultaneously from the Adrienne PCI card. Note that the Adrienne card must have the “line 21 reader” feature to retrieve captions. If it doesn’t, CaptionMaker will still read time code from it properly, but caption retrieval will not work.

Video File Time Code Offset

A new setting was added to the “video properties” dialog to allow the user to specify the time code value for the first frame of a video file selected for play back in CaptionMaker 700 NL.

Inverted Exclamation Character

A bug was corrected that was causing the inverted exclamation character to appear as “I” (capitalized) instead of “i” on all older caption decoders (manufactured before the release of the EIA608 specification).

Sonic Producer DVD Text File Export

A new item was added to the list of export file types for DVD. The new item is for exporting text to the “Sonic Producer” software. This export is exactly the same as the export for “Sonic Solutions Text” except it has extra TAB characters between caption lines.

Adobe Encore DVD Text File Export

A new item was added to the list of export file types for DVD. The new item is for exporting text to the “Adobe Encore” software.

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Adrienne USB Time Code Reader

Corrected an accidental bug in CaptionMaker that was causing the Adrienne USB box to not detect and read LTC time code properly.

Adrienne PCI Time Code Reader

Corrected a problem that was causing certain PC’s with certain PCI-TC cards to lock up.

Adrienne PCI and USB Time Code Readers

Adjusted CaptionMaker installer to always overwrite old versions of the Adrienne DLL in the CaptionMaker folder and in the system folder.

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HASP Copy Protection Device

Added additional text to the “HASP not found” error dialog and to the last dialog of the installer. When you first install CaptionMaker, it is necessary to re-boot your computer to properly activate the drivers for the HASP protection device.

Adrienne USB Time Code Reader

Added support for the new Adrienne USB time code reader products.

Caption Retrieval with the Adrienne USB Time Code Reader

Implemented the capability to read time code and retrieve captions simultaneously from the Adrienne USB reader. Note that only the Adrienne model USB-21VL/RDR has the caption retrieval capability. If your Adrienne USB reader is a different model, CaptionMaker will still read time code from it properly, but caption retrieval will not work.

Keystroke Definitions File

Starting with this version, the installer will no longer install/overwrite the keystroke definitions file (CapKeyMap.dat), and it will no longer delete this file when you uninstall.

CAUTION! Uninstalling a previous installation will still delete the keystroke definitions file because that file was installed by the previous version of the installer, and the previous version of the installer will uninstall everything that it installed.

Automatic Match Text with Audio

Updated the help text displayed via the “help” button in the “Automatic Match Text with Audio” window.

Cheetah ASC File
Corrected a bug in the file parser that was causing “bottom up” mode to sometimes corrupt the row values (vertical positioning) for a group of captions.

LeapFrog ONL file import

Corrected a problem that was preventing the importing of LeapFrog ONL files.

Large number of rows with same start time

Fixed a problem where a large number of rows with the same start time would cause the program to slow down so much that it appeared to be locked up.

Vertical Positioning

Fixed some minor problems with the vertical positioning buttons in the grid.

Period within quote (text import)

Enhanced the text import parser to properly handle end of sentence punctuations (period, exclamation mark, etc.) when they occur within a quotation.

Digital pcCODI

· · Fixed problem that was causing some of the rows of multiple row subtitles to not appear on the screen.

· · To work around the character spacing problems in the digital pcCODI card, two new settings were added to the “advanced” CODI font settings dialog. A “Kern correction” setting was added to correct for kerning (character spacing) problems, and a “re-calculate character widths” check box was added to force CaptionMaker to re-calculate the CODI font character widths (this is necessary if you switch between using a digital pcCODI card and any other CODI device).

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Push/Pull Buttons

Fixed cell focus problems with the “push last word” and “pull first word” buttons. These problems were accidentally caused by one of the “WPM column” fixes implemented in V2.29 (see below), and they weren’t completely fixed by the changes made to V2.30 (see below).

SCC import

Corrected a problem that was causing CaptionMaker to crash when trying to import a .SCC caption file.

Live Mode

Portions of live mode were re-written to eliminate problems with the preview window occasionally getting corrupted during live mode.

Corrected problems with the backspace key (sometimes it was allowed to back up into text that had already been sent to the encoder).

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Automatic Match Text with Audio

Added a new “tools” menu item: “Automatic Match Text with Audio”.

This service allows you to generate computer synchronized caption files from a dialog file and an audio file (a transcript and the audio track of the video). CaptionMaker provides an easy to use interface that handles all of the communications with the CPC computer system for you. For more information, click the help button in the “Automatic Match Text with Audio” window in CaptionMaker.

Push/Pull Buttons

Corrected a problem where the “push last word” and “pull first word” buttons sometimes don’t execute on the first click. This problem was accidentally caused by one of the “WPM column” fixes implemented in V2.29 (see below).

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Digital pcCODI

· · Updated the digital pcCODI files used by Caption Maker to the latest CODI release (Dpc CODI SDK version 2.00, DLL version 4.0.1, Driver V5.2.5).

· · Enhance Caption Maker to properly detect the three variations of digital pcCODI boards (Lantern 32, Lantern 64, and “squeeze-back”), and load the proper CODI micro-code depending on which board type is detected.

· · Fix problem where blank lines don’t properly erase the currently displayed subtitle.

· · Fix delay problem that was causing all subtitles to appear several frames late.

· · Implemented support for opaque and semi-transparent backgrounds.

Caption Retrieval (HubCap)
Enhanced caption retrieval (for example, with a HubCap) to properly decode non-standard sequences of caption control codes. Some caption encoding equipment doesn’t properly order the caption control code sequences as specified in EIA608, so Caption Maker was enhanced to handle this.

Mouse Wheel
Added support to scroll the grid up and down with the mouse wheel.

Time Code Capture
Changed the existing function “mark time code” (defaults to key F5) to “mark in time code”. Added a new function “mark out time code” (defaults to key F6) which captures the “out time” by inserting a blank line.

Just like the existing functions “send caption line(s)” and “send subtitle line(s)” (defaults to keypad +), added new functions “send caption erase” and “send subtitle erase” (defaults to keypad -). These new functions send an erase to the caption/subtitle device and insert a blank line.

Live Caption
Fixed problems with the “highlight sent” option in live mode. Also corrected problems where the preview display window could sometimes get corrupted during live mode.

Ripple Time Code

Added a method to enter the number of frames (positive or negative) to adjust the time codes by (in addition to the existing method for entering an absolute time code for the first row).

Increment/Decrement Time Code

Corrected problems where other columns (such as the WPM column) were not immediately updated when the start time was incremented and decremented using the control + and control – key strokes respectively.

Final Check

Added new options to the final check configuration dialog to allow the user to specify a minimum and/or maximum caption/subtitle duration. The duration is the amount of time that a subtitle or caption is displayed to the viewer before it is erased or replaced by the next caption/subtitle. These new options allow you to verify that all captions/subtitles are displayed for at least a specified minimum amount of time, and/or not displayed for longer than a specified maximum amount of time.

WPM Column

Fix problems where the WPM (words per minute) column doesn’t always get updated (redrawn) immediately after changing a time code column or the caption/subtitle column.

Added the WPM column to the list of columns that can be included in an exported text file.

“Virtual Encoder” Device

Added a new caption encoder device, called “Virtual Encoder”, which functions as if a “standard” caption encoder device were connected to the system, but it never opens any ports (serial or LAN) and therefore never causes any device communication errors.

Miscellaneous

Changed default caption encoder device to new “Virtual Encoder”.

Change default setting of “auto-advance after mark time code” menu item to checked (was defaulted to not checked).

Open this file (captionmaker_version_history.htm) from the Help / Version Info menu (was still opening the old VersionInfo.txt file).

“In” and “Out” Buttons

Added two new tool buttons below the time code display: “In” and “out”. The “In” tool button is a shortcut to the “Send Caption/Subtitle Line(s)” menu, and the “Out” tool button is a shortcut to the “Send Caption/Subtitle Erase” menu.

Reformatting Subtitles to Captions

Corrected a problem that sometimes caused some captions to be duplicated when converting subtitles to captions (for example, when the current device is a caption device and you open a CapMaker file that was saved with the device set to a subtitle device).

Stretch/Shrink Time Code

Added a new time code menu item “Stretch/Shrink Time Code”. This function allows you to enter a new value for the last time code in the file, and it linearly stretches or shrinks all the time code values in the file to make the last time code match the value you enter. The first time code in the file is not affected by this operation. This function also provides a check box to allow you to specify that the master tape has drop frame time code. When this box is checked then no illegal time code values (i.e. dropped frames) will appear in the file.

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Caption Devices Added
Added device name "Link ENC-896" (same as "Link PDE-890").

List of A/V Files
Added *.mpg to browse RealPlayer video file extension list.
Added *.mpeg and *.mpg to browse Media Player video file extension list.
Moved *.mpg and *.mpeg to end of video file extension list for "video properties - browse video file".

AutoSync
Fixed problem with bad time code timeout before restarting autosync (resync). When
a "glitch" in the time codes occurs, it is filtered by a timeout mechanism, but when
a second "glitch" occurs, the timeout mechanism fails and causes autosync to stop
with the error "No records in the database match the current time code reader value".

Captions Inc., CIN file
Fixed Captions Inc (.CIN) import and export functions.
Fixed typo in .CIN export (causes corruption of exported time code values).

TDS/CIN/UTL/SCC/SC file import/export
Fixed multiple problems with .CIN export. Note the same code is also used to export .ULT, .CC, and .SCC, so these exports were corrected also.
Fixed problem where the last blank line at the end of an imported caption file is missed and
not added to the grid (for TDS, SCC/CC, DOS715, and CIN).
Fixed problem where the last blank line at the end of the grid is missed and not included
in the exported caption file (for ULT, CIN, and SCC/CC).
Added caption file decoder functions to simplify decoding data from caption files with
"send time" time codes (SCC/CC, CIN). These new functions use the same code as the caption retrieval functions (like for HubCap).

Caption Retrieval (HubCap)
Fix mid row code handling when retrieving captions (for example, with a HubCap).
Caption Maker was not properly inserting a space character into the caption text for mid row codes (see FCC rules 15-119).

Ultech SG401 (SG401 can display subtitle quality characters.)
Added new caption device "ULTECH SG401 (cap decoder mode)" for SG401 in "caption decoder" mode.
Disable encoder initialization strings for device "SG401" (else causes erroneous text on
SG401 during device initialization or live/offline mode switch).
Fix SG401 "odd num characters" problem in live mode. For "SG401" device only, transmit
a resume code after transmitting a live caption to the SG401.
Fix SG401 "odd num characters" problem when sending captions (using the "+" key).
Fix SG401 "odd num characters" problem during Auto-Sync.

DVD Caption SCC/CC File
Restore ability to double control codes in .SCC/.CC export files.
Added ability to handle doubled control codes in SCC/CC import.
For .SCC/.CC export, if "blink between pop-on" is checked in the caption options then remove all ENM's from all pop-on captions in the exported file.
Add to message displayed before SCC export: if tight timing then disable doubling.

Leapfrog CCaption" to "CPC/Leapfrog CCaption
Change export file type from "Leapfrog CCaption" to "CPC/Leapfrog CCaption"
Now export the file right even if the default caption device is a decoder.

AutoSync Error Checking under Caption and Subtitle Menus
Added menu item AutoSyncErrCheck (enable/disable error check before starting autosync) to both the caption and subtitle menus.
Change "check for errors before starting autosync" code to stop looking for errors after finding one (don't display every error before allowing autosync to start).

EZTitle fine Import/export
Added support for EZTITLE subtitle text file import and export.

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HabCap Caption Retrieval
Fixed caption capture problems with HubCap:
- Fixed blank line detection problems when capturing captions.
- Fixed mode switch problems (roll-up to pop-on, etc.) when capturing captions.
- Fixed duplicate control code handling when capturing captions.
- Fixed "force blank line when starting capture" that was accidentally

Device & File List
Changed "DV2000" to "ULTECH DV2000/ITVinjector" in caption and subtitle device lists,
and in export options dialog.
Added "Link PCE-845D" to caption device list.
Removed *.qt and add *.wmv to the "video properties - browse video file" dialog.

Live Caption
Fixed "bad PAC in live mode" problem (bad PAC is the PAC inserted for telecap
compatibility).
Fixed vertical positioning for live mode.
Added attribute menu - vertical position - "repeat last other".
Added vertical position "repeat last other" to "customize keystrokes" list.

AutoSync
For the following autosync error message:
"No records in the database match the current time code reader value."
Print the time code value in the error message (for trouble shooting).

Added check to verify start time codes before allowing autosync to run. Otherwise
autosync will run until the bad time code is encountered, then it will stop or get hung. Detect invalid, blank, and non-sequential time codes, and allow the user to abort or run anyway.

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DVD Subtitle
Changed DVD subtitle generator to create all files and then zip them (was adding
each file to zip one at a time which was very slow).

Codi
Improve CODI font handling:
- Change font column to always display the selected font number.
- Display the selected font number in red when a font other than the default font
is selected.
- Changed "normal" to "default" in the font selection dialog, and removed confusing
reference to "font 0".
- Added a button to the font selection dialog to allow users to jump to the default
font configuration dialog.
Fixed subtitles with semi-transparent background for CODI.

Live Caption
Added handling of arrow keys during live captioning.
Fixed handling of DEL and BACKSPACE keys during live captioning.
Disable HOME, PAGE UP, and PAGE DOWN keys during live captioning.

Start Time
Fixed "start time" problem: grid data gets incorrectly changed when clicking on
durations in and around a group of captions with the same start time.
Changed spell check and final check "select range" dialog: if only one row is selected
then always default to "check the whole grid".
Fixed problems with space key in "word at a time" live captioning mode.
Fixed handling of left arrow key during live captioning: don't allow left arrow to move cursor into text that has already been transmitted.

Paint-on Caption
Fixed "paint-on captions too early in auto sync" problem.

Fill-in Time Code
Fixed "fill-in time code" problem when "only blank time codes" is checked.

Cheetah ASC File
Enhance token detection in Cheetah .ASC parser (Fixed VITAC token detection).

Final Check
Added a dialog to "continue checking database?" after detection of a timing error during final check.
Fixed problem causing incorrect lines/caption errors during final check.
Fixed problem causing incorrect timing errors and incorrect "auto-fix number of frames"
during final check.
Fixed problems with the enabling/disabling of the chars/line and lines/caption
settings in the "verify database" dialog.

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Webcast Caption
Fixed roll-up mode problems with RealPlayer webcast export.
Fixed roll-up mode problems with Media Player webcast export.
Fixed bold mode for RealPlayer and Media Player webcast exports.

TDS File
Fixed time code calculations when importing Caption Center .tds files.

Spell Check
Added new dialogs to spell check to let user see and adjust the range of rows that will be spell checked.

Final Check
Corrected caption timing calculations in final check, and added calculations necessary to implement the "auto-fix" feature.
Added new dialogs to final check to let user see and adjust the range of rows that will be final checked.

Calculate send time for PopOn
Added "calculate send time" to right click context menu for start time column.

Time Code Adjustment (Fine)
Added Ctrl + - functions to start time column (increments/decrements start time).

Formatting to 32 characters
Corrected problems associated with the 32 character line limit required for closed captions. A previous adjustment (see the 5th entry in the version 2.24 list below) caused the grid display to accidentally allow 33 characters for certain system screen resolution and font size settings.

Caption Retrieval - Rollup
Fixed a problem with capturing roll-up captions with a HubCap. The software was not properly detecting blank lines while capturing roll-up captions, and it would enter blank lines into the grid with improper time code values.

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Music Notes
Changed encoding of EIA-608 "special characters" (i.e. music note). To handle the case when there are two consecutive music notes, the software was control code doubling every music note. Now the software only doubles the control code for the second music note.

Word Document Import/Insert
Fixed problems with text formatting when importing text or Word files.
Fixed problem with the software crashing when attempting to "insert" a Word doc into the grid.

Cheetah ASCII File
Fixed occasional row and column mistakes when importing Cheetah .ASC files.

Printing only 31 Characters Problem
Fixed problems with printing caption text. The software was accidentally limiting caption line widths to 31 characters.

Webcast with Quicktime
Fixed problem with the time codes in webcast QuickTime exports. The software now forces the "frames" portion of the time codes to always be two characters.
Corrected problem with QuickTime webcast export: added CR's at line breaks in the QuickTime text file.

Webast with RealPlayer
Corrected several problems with RealPlayer webcast export:
- added more extensions to browse for video file dialog (rp, mpeg, avi, wmv).
- changed zip file display to target folder when zip not selected.
- removed audio file inputs.
- changed margin input to single number used for all four margins (top, bottom, left, and right).
- added title and author inputs.
- added font input (type, size, and color).
- Added "caption area height" input.

Webcast with Media Player
Corrected several problems with Windows Media Player webcast export:
- changed zip file display to target folder when zip not selected.
- correct the operation of the font and font color inputs.
- correct a problem where the width and height values were reversed in the html file.
- added title input.
- added input: "caption area width" for book mode, "caption area height" for normal (non-book mode).
- correct problem where window height not calculated correctly (for WMP ver 7,8,9 in normal mode) in the html file.
- correct problem where margin input not written properly into the html file (for WMP ver 6 in normal mode).

DVD Caption File (.cc, .scc)
Corrected several problems with .CC/.SCC file imports and exports:
- Fixed mistake: the software now selects the problematic row in the grid before displaying the error dialog explaining the problem. The old version wasn't selecting the problematic row until after the error dialog exited.
- Fixed problems with roll-up and paint-on captions.
- Fixed problems caused when an erase (blank line) must come during the pre-loading of the next pop-on caption.
- Fixed problems detecting erases (blank lines) when importing .CC/.SCC files.

Apple DVD Studio Pro (Subtitling)
Changed to in exported files for Apple DVD Studio Pro.

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Final Check
Fixed problem with final checking where an incorrect "too many characters per line" message was displayed.

DVD Caption Files (.cc, .scc)
Fixed problem where generating DVD caption files (.cc, .scc) would display an incorrect (negative) frame delta.
Exporting to DVD caption files now provides an option to auto-adjust the IN time code when necessary.
NOTE: The database will be updated and caution must be used to make sure
captions appear on time.
Fixed problem where generating DVD caption files (.cc, .scc) would display an incorrect (negative) frame delta.

Power-Pixel (.txt) Import
Power-Pixel Import (.txt) now inserts a blank line if the "gap" between lines is greater than 5 frames.

Cheetah ASC file
Fixed problem where importing certain Cheetah ASC files did not load correctly.
Fixed problem where exporting DVD files (.ZIP or DIR) would incorrectly display the export ASCII dialog. The DVD file was generated correctly.

Words Per Minute (WPM) column
Added Words Per Minute (WPM) column. This column is read-only for this version of Caption Maker.

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NOTE: FULL INSTALLATION REQUIRED!!!

Beep when Send Caption
Added option to beep the speaker when sending captions/subtitles via the plus (+) key. See Send Caption(s) menu and Send Subtitle(s) menu.

Panasonic AJ-D650/AJ-D230H VTR control
Added support for the Panasonic AJ-D650/AJ-D230H VTR control. Final test pending.

HASP Protection Box
Added CPC license update dialog (Help - Update License menu item).

MS Word file and Windows XP
Fixed problem where large MS Word/RTF documents were not completely loaded on Windows XP.

Chyron Digital PcCODI
Added support for the Chyron Digital PcCODI.
Fixed problem where subtitle padding caused a "shift" when viewing multiple subtitle lines starting at the same vertical position.

Subtitling (Vertical Alignment)
Added "Set Vertical Alignment" command to the Subtitle menu that top/bottom aligns a selected range of subtitles. A custom keystroke may be assigned to this command.
NOTE: A slight shift may be seen in the Preview Window. This is normal.
The Full-Size Window or generated DVD files will not have the shift.

Webcast with Media Player
Added support for Windows Media Player Version 7, 8, and 9 (Normal mode only).
Added option to export Windows Media Player Version 6.

MagniCoder Pro: MCP-2450 and MCP-601
Added support for MagniCoder Pro: MCP-2450 and MCP-601. The Configure dialog for the MagniCoder subtitle device allows the user to set the device type and the default video size for NTSC or PAL. User defined sizes are still supported.

Live Caption
Fixed problem in Live Caption mode where an unanticipated indentation was generated when the last character contained an italic or underline attribute. This problem only existed for lines with exactly 32 characters.
Added "All Attributes" to the Caption - Live Caption menu. This command displays a dialog that allows the user to set the max chars/line, left indent, # of roll-up lines, and vertical position (row).
A custom keystroke may be assigned to this command.
Added "Profiles..." menu item in Caption menu. Selecting this item allows
the user to load and save up to 50 customer device profile settings to/from disk.

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Apple DVD Studio Pro Added to the list
Apple DVD Studio Pro 1.5 subtitle files may now be imported and exported.

Sonic Solutions DVD files
Exporting Sonic Solutions DVD files no longer generates <TAB> characters for the 2nd line of multi-line caption/subtitle blocks. Exporting the file as ASCII text will generate the <TAB> characters on multiple lines if desired.

Russian fonts for Codi
Added 2 new CODI Russian fonts (Russn52.cdi & Russn52i.cdi) to the Fonts installation directory.

Webast with Media Player
Fixed problem where exporting the file to the Windows Media Player did not include the A/V file in the script in all cases.
Windows Media Player export now automatically inserts a blank line at the top
of the file starting at 00:00:00:00.

Live Caption
Time code is added to new caption cells during Live Captioning if
1) the time code reader is active; and
2) the "Mark time code on Send Line(s)" option is selected.

Fill-In Time Code (minimum duration)
Added an option to set the minimum duration for the Fill-In Time Code action. The minimum duration is specified in frames.

Modem Dialer Dialog
Added a Device Properties button to the Modem Dialer Dialog. The Device Properties button allows the user to configure advanced modem settings such as baud rate, data bits, parity, and stop bits.

Final Check
Fixed problem where performing Final Checking would incorrectly display a caption/subtitle I/O error message.

Live Caption
Text may now be "pasted" from the clipboard into the Live Caption edit control.
Fixed Live Caption scrolling problem where adding more than 100 lines of text
would cause the screen to "jump".

AutoSync/AutoPreview (Timing issue)
Fixed problem where drop-frame time code was not calculated correctly when
AutoSync/AutoPreview is active with video playback from disk is enabled.
This applies only to the CPC700 NL version.

VersionInfo.txt from CaptionMaker
Installation program now allows the user to view the VersionInfo.txt file or launch the Caption Maker application after setup has completed.

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* Added new Caption - Properties - Control checkbox:
"Caption 2 or more channels - Send init codes for each line"
Checking this option sends field init codes at the start of each caption line.
This is useful for cases where multiple PC's are connected to a single encoder.
* Import/Export Caption Inc files now loads/saves time code values as "send time"
versus "display time" values.
* Fixed problems with VITAC Cheetah positional/alignment flags
* Fixed bug where a blank line after PASSTHRU mode would not re-enable captions.
* Updated CODI Russian character mapping
* Updated help file

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* Added new CPC500 demo application to installation set
* Improvements to CPC500 menu structure
* Fixed CODI character mapping for ANSI 181 & 247
* More improvements to CODI kerning/line spacing
* Cheetah import now handles VITAC defined "split" keywords (with comma)
* Grid font character set now set correctly when loading a saved CAP file.

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* Added new CPC500 application to installation set (RealTime Only)
* Added LAN capability for caption encoders that support IP address/port I/O.
Device Settings now allows selection of RS232, Modem, or LAN.
* Added new EIA-608 (No TeleCap) compatibility option to send EIA-608 without
sending the TeleCap support commands.
* Fixed problem in Live Captioning where there was a compounding delay when
sending to the encoder. There was no problem displaying the screen data.
* Fixed problem in Video Settings dialog where the video source (tuner) was not
saved correctly when restarting Caption Maker.
* Fixed problem where "expired" caption/subtitle was sent when seeking to a
specified time code row during AutoSync. In addition, the PC system timer
start time is set if the time code reader is not running and the System
Timer device is selected.
* Fixed problem where roll-up caption did not work correctly for caption lines
5 through 11 (EIA608).
The roll-up lines were displayed similar to paint-on lines.
* CapKeyMap.dat file is no longer overwritten if previously installed.
* Font_chart_CaptionMaker.html is now installed with Caption Maker to facilitate
copying accented character mappings into Caption Maker
* Implemented additional/new handling of Cheetah attribute characters where
the end tag is not necessarily specified.
* Setting the grid font nop longer initializes the caption/subtitle device unless
the device is the MagniCoder Pro.
* The CODI character spacing in the Advanced Font Settings dialog is now used
while generating subtitles. Multiple font spacing are now supported.
The line spacing set in the Advanced dialog is added to the line spacing set
in the Preview Window - Image Font dialog.
* Pop-On captions greater than 15 seconds are now automatically extended to the
length of the caption. Some modern encoders automatically clear captions after 16
seconds. This fix will make sure long captions are displayed.
* Added Send To Top and Send To Bottom options to Live Caption menu

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* Corrected spelling error in Video Setting dialog
* WebCast text changes: <param name="autoSize" value="1"> (was value="false")
* Fixed problem where italicized captions with left justification with center
or right positioning would cut-off the last character.
* Fixed problem with exporting DV2000 subtitles with the same time code.
Multiple subtitles with the same time code are rendered to the same UYC file.
When transparent background was selected, alpha values for the space between
the 2 (or more) subtitles was not set correctly.
* Renamed "Mixed Signals" devices to "Ultech"
* Demo version now enables video file playback option
* The background color button in the Image Colors dialog is now displayed at
all times. Even if the transparency is set to zero (0) for subtitle devices.
* Changes to Spruce STL export:
- Fixed problem with $Bold, $Italic, and $Underlined not set correctly
- Added $TapeOffset = FALSE
- $Outline2Contrast set to 15 instead of 0

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* Live caption mode now limits edit control area to 10 lines.
* CPC700 NL application added that provides video file playback for editing and
AutoSync/AutoPreview.
* Microsoft DirectShow now used for external video and disk file playback.
The latest DirectShow drivers should be installed on your system.
* "Video Preview" renamed to "External Video Playback" in Video Properties
* Version information file may now be accessed from Help menu
* Fixed bug where PAL time code was not rippled correctly (Ripple Time Code)
* Sample files are set to read-only when a full Caption Maker is installed.
* Roll-up caption now automatically inserts a "clear" command if the roll-up
line position changes (i.e. from top to bottom)
* Export Caption Center TDS file now calculates "back-time" for generated
time code values.
* Export new CPC715 Online file (ONL) version 3 format where drop/non-drop flag
used instead of device number.
* Export DVD graphic subtitles now allows bypassing the ZIP file and writing
directly to a specified directory.
* Fixed bug where exporting CPC-715 online files would incorrectly write
"clear display" commands for blank lines in ROLL-UP or PAINT-ON modes.

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* Fixed bug where exporting to Mixed Signals ULT (DVD Caption) would crash
* Implemented importing of VITAC formatted Cheetah files (special ctrl codes).
* Fixed bug in Final Caption where incorrect errors displays (max chars/line
and max lines/caption).
* Added Live Caption line delay parameter. Steno machines should use
Word-By-Word with a delay of 3.
* Final check now displays an error if a time code value is 00:00:00:00.
* Importing word processor files with invalid time code values now displays
an error and does not import that invalid time code.
* Added Final Check reminder when exporting DVD Captions
* Added Double Bold Font reminder when exporting DVD subtitle graphic files.
* Error message is now displayed if an invalid time code value is imported in
a text or Word document.

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* Notes/Description may now be exported to an ASCII text/Word document.
* Changing from subtitle device to caption device now prompts the user to
automatically reformat any lines that exceed 32 characters.
* Loading a file previously saved with subtitle formatting into the system
currently configured for a caption device will prompt the user of
automatic formatting for lines longer than 32.
* Default export DVD prefix is now "DVD"
* Export Webcast Type Renaming:
- CVC DVD
- Webcast - Quick Time Script (*.txt)
- Webcast - RealPlayer (*.zip) (no space between Real and Player)
- Webcast - Media Player (*.zip)
- Webcast - Media Player - Book (*.zip)
* Added edit control to export DVD properties dialog to enter the starting
offset time (hh:mm:ss:ff). This is the actual starting time of the first
subtitle relative to the start of the video file.
* Fixed bug where left positions > 0 did not render correctly in the
Preview Window.
* Fixed bug where left justification was not sent correctly when 1 line within
a caption block was 31 characters.
* PAL flag now correctly saved to CapMaker files
* Scenarist script video area now reflects PAL dimensions if applicable
* Live caption now sends as upper case if set in caption properties dialog.
* Live caption font size may now be changed:
Live Caption Menu - Live Caption Options - Font Height
* Live caption top/bottom now set when attributes changed in Live mode
* Added Live Caption Send options that allows selection of:
- Send after word or line
- Delay before sending (words or lines)
* Drop/NonDrop support for BOX-Box (Using Sony BVU Protocol)
* New/updated spell check control implemented
* Caption Maker icon now installed to desktop in full & upgrade setup
* Fixed merge import time code bug
* Added BOX-Box switch settings message box when BOX-BOX time code reader
is selected
* Customize keystrokes now accessible while in Live Caption mode
* New webcast media player commands
- Modified the Export Webcast dialog to have a single margin and border edit control
* New HASP protection driver to support Windows XP
* Added SPACE after <clear> command for RealPlayer webcast scripts
* Importing DVD caption files now accounts for back timing
* Modified toolbar icons and preview window toolbars
* Link encoder now uses ^A5 to encode on field 2 and passthru field 1 (formerly ^A4)

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11/05/01 Version 2.13
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* Export DVD Dialog:
Renamed Daikin Scenarist DVD Caption to DVD Caption - Daikin Scenarist
Renamed Sonic Solutions DVD Caption to DVD Caption - Sonic Solutions
Renamed Sonic Solutions DVD Caption to DVD Caption - Sonic Solutions
Renamed Spruce DVD Caption to DVD Caption - Spruce
* Black Box background type force for all 4-color DVD devices
* Added new Generic DVD device that generates full-size BMP files in 4 selectable
colors.
* Cleaned-up interface and applied restrictions for all DVD devices.

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10/19/01 Version 2.12
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* The music symbol is no longer automatically doubled when generating
Captions Inc (CIN) and DVD Caption files (SCC).
* Fixed the problem where changing the background type did not update the display
correctly. The display was updated when using the Image Colors dialog.
* Importing files with time code values now allows periods (.) in the values.
* Implemented Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro subtitle device
* Fixed problem where captions with right position and italics/colors were
overwriting the last position due to encoders that insert space characters
before attributes. Line breaking is now performed and updated in the preview window.
* Caption mode now has a fixed caption/subtitle column width for exactly 32 characters.
* Changing from a subtitle device to a caption device now formats existing captions
so they do not exceed 32 characters per line.
* Enhanced anti-aliasing for Magnicoder and DV2000 transparency subtitles.
The background color specified for the preview window in the Image Colors dialog
is now used as the fill background and masked out. The caption/subtitle background
selected in this same dialog is used for the anti-aliasing of the outer edges.
* First DVD subtitle now has proper color mappings. The need for an initial
"throw away" subtitle is no longer needed.
* Fixed the problem where 1 frame DVD durations were not reflected correctly in the
DVD script file.
* DVD file prefix string is now limited to 4 characters to allow DOS 8.3 filename lengths.
* Fixed problem where selecting the Undo All button during spell checking was
not working correctly.
* Added new DVD CVC subtitle device and file export
* Fixed problem where EEG DE132 decoder was not working in AutoSync mode.

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* Added Microsoft Media Player webcast file generation
* Replaced "Link Encoders" with "Link PDE-890"
* Link PDE-890 no longer sets "bypass" mode at the start of AutoSync due to
problems with encoder firmware (i.e. "init" after "bypass" requires large delay)
* Added "Convert characters from Sofni DOS format" checkbox option to new Import
Sofni page. Check box if Sofni file is DOS format. Uncheck for Windows format.
* Fixed problem where ACE IOR/MMR not reading drop-frame.
* Added New Generic Encoder (same as EEG EN270 w/o ACK verification)
* Fixed problem with DisplayaCap where Initialize Device did not work correctly
* Fixed problem with DE241CG decoder where AutoSync was not always working correctly.
* Fixed problem with InsertaCap - PassThru mode.
* Renamed "...type of file to import" to "...type of file to export" in Export Dialog
* Added blank frames to duration calculation when exporting Word files.
* Fixed problem where exporting to MS Word created a DOT file instead of a DOC file.
This is only a problem with certain newer versions of Word.
* Added Live Caption status bar text: VxxLyyRz where
V = Vertical position, xx goes from 01 to 15
L = Left Indentation, yy goes from 00 to 20
R = Roll up mode, z goes from 2 to 3
* Fixed problem exporting Caption, Inc, CPC-715, and DVD Caption files where
line lengths were greater than 32. Use Final Check to determine if captions/subtitles
need to be formatted.

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06/20/01 Version 2.10
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* Added AutoRepeat feature (Caption/Subtitle menu items) where the entire file
may be auto-repeated (demo mode) or specified user parameters may be repeated.
The PC system timer is always used in AutoRepeat mode.
* Added Export to Mixed Signals ULT format (CCX app file) for DV2000.
* Added support for Adrienne PCI VITC and VLTC boards.
* Time code format (DROP, NONDROP, PAL) may now be specified for readers that
do not return such information. In addition, the Adrienne board readers may
now be initialized for PAL (25 fps).
* Fixed AutoSync problem where PAL time code values were entered and file did
not always sync properly.
* Added new accented character translations for importing Sofni data file.
* Finalized new Live Caption mode window.
* Added new sample files and updated existing demo files.

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05/25/01 Version 2.09
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* Fixed problem where EEG encoders with modem ports did not return an ACK when
connected. This caused an I/O error in the Caption Maker program
* The Adrienne BOX-BOX TCR now automatically uses the BVU-800 command protocol
* Generating Daikin Scenarist DVD subtitles now forces the "Each bitmap file
will be full-screen size" option and prevents selecting another option.
* Generating Sonic Solution DVD subtitles now forces the "Each bitmap file
will be full-screen size" option and prevents selecting another option.
* The DVD subtitle generation option: "Create a new ZIP file after X bitmap
files have been added" now allows a value between 50 and 500 files (for X).
* Renamed "DOS CPC-715 Online" import/export file type to "CPC-715 Online Caption"
* Set default extension for "CPC-715 Online Caption" to ONL.
* Fixed Import 715 ONL file accented character problem.
* Added Leapfrog CCaption file import/export (same as CPC-715 Online format)
* Fixed problem where CPC-710 version could not import DOS CPC 600/700 files.
* In the preview window spreadsheet view, the VTR group has been modified sp
that VTR command buttons or MISC command buttons may be displayed.
* Added VTR Eject command to VTR toolbar and preview window view tool group.
* MagniCoder pro now disables the external key if necessary. This was causing an
unnecessary 9408 error.
* Renamed "Ultech" encoders to "Mixed Signals"
* Fixed Mixed Signals UDE400 encoder problem.
* Added Mixed Signals EDS400 encoder.
* Fixed problem where using the EDS400 via a modem was not connecting correctly.
* Reading time code through the InsertaCap now reads using the ^AR<cr> command if
the device is NOT initialized and the ^G command if the device IS initialized.
* General spelling corrections.

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05/08/01 Version 2.08
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* Fixed problem where CODI devices displayed a 9203 error while entering AutoSync.
* Fixed problem where HubCap device and certain decoders did not work in AutoSync.
* Merge Caption button now available in Ancillary Toolbar
* Changed wording from "Live Mode Top" to "Top" and "Live Mode Bottom" to "Bottom"
* Sonic Solutions DVD Caption now generates SCC version info at top of file
* Moved Sonic Solutions Text option from Word Processing group to DVD/DV2000 group
in Import/Export dialogs
* ESC key now terminates AutoSync or AutoPreviewSync
* Renamed Adrienne TCR "ACE LTC/IOR MMR" to "ACE LTC/MMR"
* Fixed problem when exporting text files and changing TAB type would not retain
currently selected export fields.
* Added SoftTouch HubCap (Mag) decoder device
* Fixed bug in CPC-710 where the File Menu had items incorrectly disabled

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04/19/01 Version 2.07
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* The pop-up preview window now retains its window position when you close it.
This way it will pop-up in the same spot each time. This was causing potential
problems with the MagniCoder device.
* The MagniCoder Pro device can now display a background around the subtitle
instead of all transparent. To see this, set the transparency > 0 in the Image
Colors dialog. In addition, if the transparency value is > 0 and < 255, the
Magnicoder will now display the subtitle over a 50% transparent background.
The Magnicoder will not let the application set the transparency value so
it is always 50%.
* Fixed AutoSync problem where some caption devices were not initialized correctly
when starting AutoSync.
* Fixed AutoSync problem with Codi where the first line in the file was not sent out
if the line was non-blank.
* Fixed AutoSync problem where the caption device was redundantly initialized.
This was causing problems in Roll-Up mode since the init string will clear the
device. This problem would also display repeated Roll-Up captions that were
already displayed before the init string was sent.
* Removed the "Allow transparency" option in the Video Settings dialog since this
was causing problems on certain machines.
* Fixed AutoSync problem where very short blank lines were no processed correctly
in Pop-On mode. It all worked but the caption after the blank line was delayed
when if did not need to be.
* Fixed problem where importing DVD Caption files did not decode blank lines properly.
* Fixed problem where using the System Timer for time code would occasionally for
an "auto-track" as if the time code was jumping around.

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04/12/01 Version 2.06
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* The Adrienne Electronics AEC_NTTC.DLL file has been updated and is now
installed during the setup process. The updated DLL allows older ISA-TCR cards
to be installed along with the new PCI-TCR cards.
* Improved performance on generating DVD TIFF files
* Background thread now performs the zipping of DVD files while Tiff images are
created. Although the user will still have to wait for all files to be zipped
after the last TIFF file is created, this helps performance.
* Added a new checkbox and edit field in Export DVD and Export WebCast dialogs
to allow the user to save to multiple zip files. The edit field allows the
user to specify how many files per zip. The smaller the # the faster the
zipping process.
* Fixed problem where "same time code" did not always display simultaneous
captions/subtitles correctly.

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04/02/01 Version 2.05
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* Fixed problem where captions/subtitles were not displayed correctly over
live video on Windows 9X systems.

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03/28/01 Version 2.04
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* Fixed problem where displaying captions over live video did not work properly
on USB video devices on notebook computers.
* Added "Allow normal & transparent backgrounds" checkbox to Video Settings dialog.
This checkbox should be unchecked if captions are not displayed properly over
live video.
* DVD Caption now correctly calculates back-time for POP-ON captions.
RollUp, PaintOn, and Clear are also calculated correctly
* Music symbol character sent to caption encoder is duplicated if not sending
duplicate control codes.
* Importing Cheetah files now works when only a CR line terminator is used instead of
the standard CR/LF pair.
* DVD Caption types are now exported as Daikin DVD Caption, Sonic Solutions DVD Caption,
and Spruce DVD Caption.
* Caption Inc file (.CIN) may now be read where an EOF file character (1Ah) is inserted.
* Fixed problem where unselected toolbars were displayed after exiting Print Preview (via ESC)
* Subtitle AutoSync added to Custom Keystroke Dialog
* Anchor Current Row option in View menu is now 4 options:
- Anchor in Edit Mode
- Anchor on Send Caption/Subtitle
- Anchor on AutoSync
- Anchor in Live Caption

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03/05/01 Version 2.03
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* Fixed problem where saving to DOS CPC file and first line was a blank line
crashed the program.
* Added 2 new characters to Sofni Script -> Windows char translation
* Edit/AutoSync/AutoPreview item in Status Bar no longer has unwanted flicker
* Fixed problem where program locked-up in Caption/Config dialog when no modems
are installed on the system.
* Fixed problem where importing non-Caption Maker files duplicated the import data
* Added Insert File menu item (After File/Open)
* Final Checking toolbar icon is now enabled when a subtitle device is active
* Page Setup dialog now contains a checkbox to enable/disable the frame/border
* Fixed Split Row problem when accented characters were encountered
* Fixed disply update problem where merged rows were not refreshed correctly
* Added Anchor Current Row to View menu.
When enabled, this makes sure the current cell if always displayed as the 3rd
row from the top of the spreadsheet.

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02/27/01 Version 2.02
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* Added Canadian English and Canadian French V-Chip rating systems and control.
* Added intelligence to end-of-sentence breaking involving periods.
For example, exclude (D.C. 2.4 i.e. e.g. ...)
* Fixed problem loading ASCII TAB delimited IN, OUT, TEXT files
* Fixed problem where double-clicking on a version 1.X CAP file did not
load correctly.
* Fixed problem where fast-forwarding in AutoSync and AutoSyncPreview did
not jump to the next row efficiently enough.

02/21/01 Version 2.01
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* Added Sonic Solutions Text Script Import/Export
* Modified Sofni Script Import to handle text THEN time code while parsing
* Added character translations for Sofni Script Import

02/14/01 Version 2.00
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* File format modified to provide compression for faster smaller loads
Compatible with version 1.xx (Note: version 2.xx will not load in v1.xx)
* Redesigned the Import/Export options to simplify and re-organize the procedure
* Redesigned the Paste block option to simplify and re-organize the procedure
* Added the new WebCast multimedia Export option
* Redesigned the Merge Import and Merge Export options to simplify and re-organize
the procedure.
* Generate DVD option is now performed via the Export DVD option. Any device may
be selected to generate DVD files.
* Exported file groups (DVD, WebCast, etc.) are now saved to a ZIP file instead
of a specified directory as in v1.20
* View Menu:
- "Preview Window" menu item renamed to "Full Screen Spreadsheet"
- "Full Size Preview Window" menu item renamed to "Pop-Up Preview Window"
- Ancillary Toolbar added for use in "Full Screen Spreadsheet"
- VTR Toolbar added for VTR button controls
* Attribute Menu:
- "Effect/Transition" renamed to "Display Mode"
- "Vertical Positioning" renamed to "Vertical Position"
- Move Up 1 Line command added to Vertical Position sub-menu
- Move Down 1 Line command added to Vertical Position sub-menu
* Caption/Subtitle menu now re-organized into 2 menus: Caption & Subtitle
* Caption Menu:
- WebTV, Wink, and V-Chip options menus moved from Attribute menu to Caption menu
- Live Caption Options added
- Preview options sub-menu added and options are grouped
- Caption items are disabled when a subtitle device is selected
* Caption Menu:
- Preview options sub-menu added and options are grouped
- Subtitle items are disabled when a caption device is selected
* Improved Live Captioning
- Modified the "live caption" functionality
- Added "Roll-Up Lines" option (under Live Caption Options sub-menu)
- Added "Vertical Position" option (under Live Caption Options sub-menu)
- Added "Caption Length" option (under Live Caption Options sub-menu)
- Added "Left Indent" option (under Live Caption Options sub-menu)
- Added "Fast Indent" option (under Live Caption Options sub-menu)
* Left Indent and Fast Indent options may be used with Caption or Subtitle devices
* If the modem is connected and then disconnect at the remote end, the dial-up box appears
and the modem may be re-connected.
* Re-arranged the Time Code menu
* Fixed time code conversion problem where last row not updated
* Added Wink Short Trigger capabilities for T2/XDS encoders
* Enhanced WebTV link GUI
* WebTV links now added to DVD caption data (Export-DVD Caption)
* Added [auto:true] flag to WebTV link (see WebTV dialog)
* Enhanced V-Chip trigger GUI
* Improved AutoSync to allow better control of multi-field captions
* Added AutoSynPreview option to use AutoSync w/o requiring an encoder present (caption/subtitles)
* AutoSync and AutoSyncPreview now show bottom lines while scrolling
* Video may now be displayed in both the small preview window and the pop-up preview window
* Small preview window uses "scaled" font sizes to display subtitles. Cleaner subtitles.
* Fixed spelling function to handle Change-All and Ignore-All
* Added Grid Tooltips checkbox to Help menu
* Added Sofni ASCII subtitle IMPORT option (export not implemented yet)
* Blinking Edit/Live/AutoSync now displayed in status bar at the bottom of the screen.
The toolbar icons no longer blink
* Updated HASP protection box driver to allow USB option
* Enhanced Retrieve Caption GUI (Caption Menu) to capture Wink, WebTV, V-Chip
* No setup/install password required for DEMO VERSION
* Setup/Install passwords modified to all lower case (changed password for CPC700)

12/15/00 Version 1.20
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* Replaced "EEG Smart Encoders" device with
- EEG EN270 Smart Encoder II
- EEG EN370 Desktop Encoder
- EEG EN470 Smart Encoder III
* EEG EN270 now works correctly (no field 2 allowed)

11/27/00 Version 1.19
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* Fixed problem where Expand caption did not work under Windows 2000
* Fixed problem where Update Grid Font did not work correctly under Windows 2000

11/13/00 Version 1.18
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* CPC-710 may now import various file types correctly.
* Fixed bug where Web-TV link dialog did not retain Receiver View Format field.
* Saving file as DVD Caption now uses the current "duplicate control code" setting
instead of always forcing duplicate codes to TRUE.

10/26/00 Version 1.17
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* Fixed bug in Export ASCII/RTF option where the lines were not formatted correctly
if the "break captions into multiple lines" option was selected.

10/19/00 Version 1.16
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* CPC-600, CPC-700, and CPC-710 can now import ALL file types
* Fixed bug where first (C center) subtitle position was sometimes incorrectly set to L (left)
* Importing TAB delimited files no longer performs "break on punctuation"
* Fixed bug where using the mouse wheel would occasionally crash the system
* Updated sample files to use current properties (colors, fonts, etc.)
* Adrienne IOR-IOR card now installs correctly on Windows 9X/NT
* Windows 2000 compatible

10/09/00 Version 1.15
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* Fixed Export ASCII caption/subtitle # numbering bug for blank lines
* Removed confirmation prompt when deleting rows
* Added STOP column to grid. Rows must still be contiguous so adjusting the STOP
time will automatically adjust the next lines START time to the same value.
In other words, you still need to add blank lines for caption "dead" slots
* Fixed bug where pasting caption data to another row was losing the attributes

09/28/00 Version 1.14
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NOTE: PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF CAPMAKER SHOULD BE UNINSTALLED BEFORE INSTALLING THIS VERSION!!!
FULL-INSTALL REQUIRED!!!!

* Sonic Solutions DVD Generation now forces 4-color TIFF files where the following
color mappings are used:
Forgnd: BLUE (0,0,255)
Bckgnd: WHITE (255,255,255)
Border: BLACK (0,0,0)
Alias: RED (255,0,0)
- The DVD Creator author will map these colors to the actual subtitle colors
- The files should be imported (in DVD Creator) as Multiple Display Area Images (FAB)
* Fixed Split Row bug where end-of-lines and CR/LF not always handled properly
* Fixed AutoSave/AutoBackup problems where current "edit" text sometimes lost
* Fixed "Push down last word" bug where 1 word in cell did not work
* Fixed Import/Export Cheetah File
- Changed NonDropFrame to DropFrame
- Width X now saves as 32 always
* Export ASCII caption/subtitle # is now contiguous regardless of blank lines (for IN/OUT)
* Fixed TAB delimited import bug for ASCII IN/OUT files. Flag error.
* PAL/Secam (25 fps) now supported in duration calculations
* Added a "Preview Window Mode" icon to the toolbar (i.e. View menu -> Preview Window)
* Implemented Adrienne PITCH time code reader option
* Updated sample files

09/05/00 Version 1.13
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* Fixed bug where the "full-screen" DVD generation option was not working correctly.
Also added a new combo-box in DVD Generation dialog to represent the 3 size
options (smallest, largest union rect, full-screen).
* The Import Cheetah command now fixes invalid row/col positioning. This caused
a problem when then exporting to DVD Caption.
* The Export ASCII and Export RTF commands no longer generate lines for blank
captions/subtitles if the START AND STOP fields are selected.

08/10/00 Version 1.12
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* Fixed bug where DVD Caption files (exported in Caption Maker) were not
calculating back times.
* Fixed bug where DV2000 script files did not contain the appropriate x,y
positions.
* Fixed bug where importing TAB delimited IN/OUT/CAPTION files did not account
for gaps between the previous OUT and current IN times. Now a blank line
of appropriate duration (with previous OUT time) is inserted before next line.
* The dialog for ASCII import (2nd dialog in property sheet) no longer advances
to the 3rd page (options) if TAB delimited is selected.

07/30/00 Version 1.11
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* When changing the grid font, the bold, italic, underline, and color attributes
are not changed. The previous version overrides the database attributes.
* Fixed problem with MagniCoder where last blank line (with blinking turned ON)
did not always display correctly in AutoSync mode.
* The mouse cursor is now hidden when over the MagniCoder full-screen window (AutoSync)
* Image background "auto-set" for MagniCoder pro for optimum result.
* DEMO MODE: The '?' character now inserted for DVD subtitle devices in AutoSync mode
* Added "Check for unwanted wrapping" for Final Checking Dialog (Subtitle/DVD devices)
* Added 3 radio buttons to replace the "Generate full-size image.." combo in the
Generate DVD dialog. The user may now generate image sizes as "actual",
"largest used (union)", and "full-screen".
* Fixed a problem where the full-screen images were sized as the largest union.

06/30/00 Version 1.10
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* Fixed problem where italics subtitles were occasionally chopped
* The foreground/background color pop-up menus now appear where the mouse cursor is.
* Modified character rendering engine to eliminate cases where subtitles in
italics were sometimes clipped.
* Removed character scaling parameter from the Image Font Dialog. Character scaling
is no longer supported.
* Added font script (current code page) label to Font Select dialog under font name.
* Added "Set as default for new documents" to Image Font Dialog. If this is checked
when the OK button is pressed, the parameters are saved to the registry and used
to initialize all new documents.
* The Preview Image Background color is now used for all devices. If a subtitle device
is active and the transparency (alpha value) is set to 0, the subtitle will be
displayed over the image background. If transparency > 0, the subtitle will use
it's own background color for just the subtitle (not entire window).
* Setting the transparency to 0 for subtitles hides the subtitle background
color button. Set to > 0 to make visible (and adjust).
* Added "Set as default for new documents" to Image Colors Dialog. If this is checked
when the OK button is pressed, the parameters are saved to the registry and used
to initialize all new documents.
* Added Spruce DVD device/file generation
* Added Spruce STL ASCII script import/export
* All DVD TIFF files now use proper (specified subtitle) background color.
In particular, the DV2000 was generating the Preview Image bckgnd when the
transparency (alpha values) were 0.
* Scenarist DVD generation modified - needs final testing
* Added "Set as default for new documents" to Margin Settings Dialog. If this is checked
when the OK button is pressed, the parameters are saved to the registry and used
to initialize all new documents.
* Fixed problem where Time Code Convert dialog was displaying success message
even though the Cancel button was pressed.
* Fixed problem where Ripple Time Code dialog was displaying success message
even though the Cancel button was pressed.
* Program now automatically adds a blank row if ALL rows are deleted.
* Selecting the entire grid and "clearing" out the data (via DEL key) no longer clears
the very first header column (row #)
* Fixed problem with cut-n-paste where "entire rows" would not paste correctly
* Undo/Redo now works for cut-n-paste when selecting rows
* Implemented line break option dialog for pasting large caption/subtitle
* CODI functions now work for all code devices. CODI firmware was different returning
different values when dealing with fonts.
* Modified Import dialog to allow more control over break options.
* Import/Export RTF (and Word via RTF) now supported.
* New HASP dongle driver now installed (HASP v4.02)
* Fixed undo/redo problems when splitting and merging cells.
* Enhanced the "right-click" menu for caption/subtitle

06/09/00 Version 1.09
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* Renamed "DVCC DVD Caption File" to "DVD Caption File" in Import/Export dialogs
* The file's "modified" status flag is now set to what it was before an auto-backup.
* Added a new Preview Window menu item (View Menu) to toggle between displaying the
preview window+grid OR just a full-screen grid.
* Fixed bug in grid code that did not allow nested undo/redo command blocks (transactions).
* Fixed bug where double-clicking on a .CAP file was causing assertions on startup.
* Added Generate DVD Subtitles to File Menu. Same as pressing AutoSync toolbar
when a DVD subtitle device is current.
* Removed Translation column from visible column list. No multiple languages
supported at this time.
* Removed File Flushing since this was causing corruption problems on some Win98 systems.
* Auto-Backup now saves unconditionally (regardless of whether changes were made to file).
* The focus cursor is now set after deleting rows
* Undo now works properly for deleting row(s).

05/24/00 Version 1.08
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* Fixed grid problem where resources consumed too quickly and was causing
display glitches after running app for a while.
* Spell Checker now checks from current location to end of file OR checks a
selected range of cells.
* Fixed final checking problem where PAINT ON and ROLLUP timings not calculated
correctly (were calculated incorrectly like POP-ON).
* File system now flushes after writing all data file types. Some reports of
files not being completely copied to floppy drive. They were - just not completely
flushed if pulling the disk too quick.
* Drop/Non-Drop status display
* SonyBVU VTR final bug fixes (tested with Beta-SP deck).
* Modified Upper/Lower case (Sentence Wise) to scan backwards to determine where
the last period is located.
* Web-TV now auto-repeats every 15 seconds during AutoSync.
* Fixed problem where grid not refreshed while Final Checking and Go To Row.
* Fixed typo in Time Code Conversion dialog.
* Current Time Code mode for the file is now displayed in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen.
* Current Time Code Reader mode has added optional 'N' or 'D' to the reader display.
See Time Code/Properties/Colors/Drop-Frame Options for status display options
* Added Import/Export wizards (File Menu) to control importing and exporting
non-Caption Maker files. The Open and Save/SaveAs commands now just deal with
Caption Maker formatted files. Use Import/Export for all others.
* Added Merge command (File Menu) to import translation files and replace the
"number markers" at the start of designated lines with time code values from
the base file. The base file is the current file when the Merge command executed.
* Caption Inc. and Caption Center may now be imported/exported.
* When manually sending captions (+ key) and automatically advancing to the
next row, the row after the next is made visible if applicable.

04/26/00 Version 1.07
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* Margins for the different subtitle devices are now saved/loaded to the CAP file.
* Subtitle margins default to 10% of screen for top, bottom, left, and right.
* The RS232 caption, time code, and VTR control devices now check a global status
array to determine if the port is already in use. A special error message is
displayed informing the operator to change COM ports.
* Loading/Saving files now clear the windows message buffer to repaint dialogs
and clear the screen better.
* DVD script generation now accounts for blinking frames.
* DVD subtitle device properties now enabled to set blink frames, upper case,
and mark time code when sending lines options.
* DVCC files now saved with TABS between time code and data
* DOS CPCC vertical positioning problem fixed on Load/Save options
* TRANSPARENT background type has been eliminated. Now all subtitle devices
may set the translucency for any bckgnd type (normal, box, allrow). Translucency
does not apply to caption devices.
* Added margin data to file format (backward compatible). Each subtitle device may set
separate margins along with colors.
* Pressing the ESC key now unselects any highlighted rows (i.e. clear range).
* The compress, expand, pull-up, push-down, and merge commands no longer use the clipboard
* Upper Case menu item renamed to "Upper/Lower Case..." Where a dialog appears prompting the
user to select All Upper, All Lower, or Upper/Lower.
* The CODI device now attempts to get the character width approximations from a new loaded font
and stores these widths in the Registry. This only occurs the very first time a font is loaded.
* The CODI device can now determine length and height of subtitles so the position/justification
options are now working.
* An Advance button is not available for CODI font properties to allow special customization
padding/spacing to account for non-exact widths. This is necessary for some fonts (i.e. italics)
since the mechanism used to get the width apparently is not exactly what CODI uses.
* The CODI device now performs transparent backgrounds if the translucency is > 0.
* The keystroke command mapping may now be customized via the Tools/Customize Keyboard option.
A binary keymap file (CapKeyMap.dat) is created the first time the program is run (after install)
and the default mappings are set. If this file is deleted a new "default" mapping file is automatically
created. The file may be copied to the program directory on other desktops.
* Fixed bug where cut-n-paste crashed when copying time code TO the very last row
* Fixed bug where customized keystrokes did not replace existing correctly.
* Implemented "unwanted-wrap" check when generating DVD subtitle files. There is
a checkbox in the Generate Dialog to turn the checking option on/off.
* Replaced Block Roll-Up 2..4 with just Block Roll-Up. The actual # of lines is used
to determine the roll-up line count.
* Added checkbox to Image Preview - Font Dialog that allows the user to use caption
font mappings in the preview for subtitle devices. Caution should be used since the
subtitle screen mappings are not the same as caption mappings (32x15).
* Protection box now checked every 10 minutes
* Fixed SonyBVU VTR control problems - needs further testing

03/01/00 Version 1.06
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NOTE: PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF CAPMAKER SHOULD BE UNINSTALLED BEFORE INSTALLING THIS VERSION!!!

* Spell checker files (WSpell) are now installed in the CapMaker installation
directory instead of the system directory. There are no more files (except parties MT
font) are copied to the system directory. Fonts are copied to the fonts directory.
* New demo/sample files written during installation
* New CODI font files written during installation
* The Locate Time Code reader function now prompts to install Adrienne TCR drivers
if necessary.
* Modified the DVCC DVD-Caption load/save functions:
- No header
- Pad "raw" ASCII with NULLs before writing pop-on/clear codes
- Fixed problem with blank lines where prev lines cooked data was written along with clear
- Zeros (00) are now written as 80h for parity.
- TAB character between time code string and cooked data replaced with 5 spaces
- 2 CR/LF codes are written at the end of each ASCII line
* Fixed CODI font/initialization problem where multiple fonts were not always uploaded
and the init sequence was not executed properly for the CODI external device.
* Rearranged the main screen buttons to add VTR control group
* Implemented VTR control commands and added the Panasonic AG5710 device.
SonyBVU needs to be tested

02/23/00 Version 1.05
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* Words Per Minute (WPM) now always returns 1 where 0 was returned and # words > 0.
* Changed the max line spacing value from 25 to 200 (-25..200)
* Added "All Files (*.*" to CODI font file select dialog
* Added Cheetah.asc demo file to installation
* Increased DEFAULT (install) width of the scene # column to hold 4 digits.
* Implemented Link PDR-885 Capture Device
* Improved performance of loading large files.
* Fixed bug where large files were crashing during AutoSync. Had to do with debug
mode statistics that should not be in release builds anyway.
* Fixed bug where AutoSync not working correctly if first (time code) line is a blank
* Fixed problem where "last valid" counters were not reset to 0 when restarting AutoSync.
This could have caused jumpy AutoSync and maybe even skipping first line
* Fixed problem where AutoSync increment not correct if the first 2 or more lines
have the same time code
* The caption/subtitle can no longer be moved during AutoSync
* The preview window now shows multiple images with the same time code in AutoSync.
* DVD Tiff/UYC file generates multiple images (same file) with the same time code
* Last row in AutoSync is now updated correctly in preview window
* Loading a tab-delimited ASCII file no longer stops on a blank line.
* Caption Inc. online files may now be loaded (File/Open)
* Fixed bug where "Pass Thru" not working for Norpak encoders

01/17/00 Version 1.04
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* Implemented Pass Through effect (Encoders/HubCap only)
* Fixed DVD/SONIC problem where y-position not generated correctly
* Changed factory defaults for DE 241CG device to 1200, Odd, 7, 1
* Final Checking now checks a contiguous highlighted range of rows
* Final Checking command now stops on row where error occurred
* Eliminated TRANSLUCENT background type. The TRANSPARENT type (DVD subtitle only)
allows the user to set transparency level (0=trans; 255=opaque)
* Save file as CapMaker now ALWAYS sets proper title at top of screen.
Saving non-CapMaker files will set title as "Untitled"
* HubCap now displays proper channel instead of always F1/C1.
* Music symbol is now displayed in Preview Window (not grid yet)
* Fixed problem where selecting "Reset Device" when the device was not already
opened generated a 9203 I/O error. "Reset Device" now opens the device
* Retrieve Caption command now implemented using HubCap device. Only EIA608 codes
are accepted.
* Load/SaveAs DOS CPC715 "cooked" files now implemented
* Load/SaveAs DVCC DVD Caption ASCII files now implemented
* Load/SaveAs Cheetah Caption Files now implemented
* Fixed problem where "word count" not computed correctly when words have 1 char.
The Fill-In time code command did not work correctly under this case
* Changed default (new doc) subtitle margins from L=30, T=50, R=30, B=50 to
L=50, T=60, R=50, B=60
* Fixed problem where "word count" not computed correctly when words have 1 char.
The Fill-In time code command did not work correctly under this case
* Fixed problem where not all records were generated as DVD if last line was not
a valid START (clear) line. Now auto-adds 5 seconds to last start time if necessary
* Implemented a CPC-710 version for use by production houses to perform AutoSync only.
The following limitations are performed:
1) No new files may be created.
2) Only valid Caption Maker files may be loaded from disk.
3) The Caption Maker file may not be saved/exported to disk.
4) A limit of approximately 100 keystrokes are allowed when editing captions/subtitles.
5) No caption data may be retrieved from an external source.
6) No Live Captioning is available.
7) No Cut and Paste operations are allowed.
* Default attributes set for the following device and now saved to the document:
---------------------
Sonic Solution DVD
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...BckgndType: TRANSPARENT (alpha=0)
...BckgndColor: Blue (R=0, G=0, B=128)
...ForgndColor: White (R=255, G=255, B=255)
...BorderColor: Black (R=0, G=0, B=0)
...BorderSize: 1
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MagniCoder Pro
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...BckgndType: TRANSPARENT (alpha=0)
...BckgndColor: Black (R=0, G=0, B=0)
...ForgndColor: White (R=255, G=255, B=255)
...BorderColor: Dark Blue (R=0, G=0, B=64)
...BorderSize: 2
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DV2000 DVD
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...BckgndType: TRANSPARENT (alpha=0)
...BckgndColor: Black (R=0, G=0, B=0)
...ForgndColor: White (R=255, G=255, B=255)
...BorderColor: Dark Gray (R=16, G=16, B=16)
...BorderSize: 1

* DV2000 alpha channel information now written for area between border and background
transparency gradient.
* Added GP500 textGrabber caption retrieval device

* Modified code page for new CODI mappings. New CODI font files added
* Changed CODI default horizontal shift from 100 to 115
* Fixed bug where installed CODI fonts in <TargetDir>\Fonts directory was not
always set correctly in program.
* Fixed bug where Field/Channel at bottom of screen not displayed correctly
* System Timer TCR now has wrap-around after 23:59:59:20 -> 00:00:00:00
* Replaced Roll-Up with Roll-Up 2, Roll-Up 3, Roll-Up 4
* Replaced Block Roll-Up with Block Roll-Up 2, Block Roll-Up 3, Block Roll-Up 4
* Final Check: Fixed bug where disabling "Verify enough time..." still performed the test
* Final Check: Fixed bug where frame tolerance not used in "enough time..." calculation
* Codi font column may now be selected (via right-click) when a non-Codi device
is currently active.
* Increased default grid width of language/translation columns to hold approx. 42 chars.
* Caption/Subtitle margins now saved to registry AND file when modified via dialog.
* Import ASCII Dialog now disables "Start a New Record" group and "Max Lines/Cell" edit
control when TAB delimited text radio selected.
* Import ASCII - TAB delimited - Text Only now working correctly.
* Importing ASCII TAB delimited text (Text Only) field now accepts TAB characters
to designate a new line within the cell.
* Importing ASCII now displays a warning message that huge text lines will be truncated to 255 characters.
* Importing DOS CPC700 now properly handles '^' comment lines. No more junk lines are inserted
* Fixed Ripple time code to now properly handle 24 hour roll over. (i.e. 23:59:59:29 -> 00:00:00:00)
* Fixed bug where importing ASCII text files (free form) would skip paragraphs after a blank line.
* Fixed bug where importing DOS CPC, ASCII, or Cheetah files would not handle the blank lines
correctly (saving to database but as blank RTF). This caused the Generate DVD to generate
blank lines since they were valid RTF lines but not "basic blank"
* Fixed bug where default foreground color not set for CODI or caption devices via Image Colors dialog.
* Changed CODI default colors to be NTSC-safe. Must reinstall software or manually set as follows:
BLUE R=0 G=0 B=191
CYAN R=0 G=191 B=191
GREEN R=0 G=191 B=0
MAGENTA R=191 G=0 B=191
RED R=191 G=0 B=0
YELLOW R=191 G=191 B=0
WHITE R=216 G=216 B=216
BLACK R=20 G=20 B=20
* Fixed bug where CODI line spacing was not working correctly with device.
* Program now prompts operator to verify row deletion.
* Preview window size increased to account for BOLD caption font non-fixed space
widths.
* Fixed problem where multiple CODI fonts not all loaded correctly
* CODI/Properties/Font list now shows <Upload Pending> for font name if necessary
* Fixed problem where PASSTHRU mode not working in AutoSync
* Fixed Final Check problem where "same time code" not accounted for

11/10/99 Version 1.03
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* Fixed HubCap AutoSync problem
* Implemented HubCap justification/positioning for full range
* Line spacing for CODI devices now works
* Fixed ACE Box time code reader default params to 9600, Odd, 7, 1
* Setup grid to use bitmap for flicker-free drawing
* Only TrueType fonts (TTF) may be selected for preview window
* Allow user to set the grid subtitle font by changing Preview Window font
and answering YES to "change grid font?" prompt
* Increased width of CODI fonts loaded list box for longer names
* PC_CODI.INI file is now generated by app when PCCLOAD is called.
* PC-System Timer Ctrl(+) and Ctrl(-) changed to Alt(+) and Alt(-)
* MagniCoder AutoSync problem fixed (was not redisplaying all subtitles)
* Caption Maker Win file version changed to 1.01
* Fixed video preview registry problem where settings not persistent
* Removed header info from Sonic Solution DVD script

09/14/99 Version 1.02
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* Fixed HubCap captioning
- Blank/Clear problem
- Always force to POP-ON
- ANSI -> HubCap character mapping
* Fixed bug where preview window not updated after PULL/PUSH operations
* Time code properties now provides ADVANCED button to config COM port
* VTR - BVU800 now uses user defined delay (VTR - Properties)
* Fixed SPLIT ROW command bug
* Changing parameters for InsertaCap/Displayacap modifies TCR and CAPTION.
* DVD - Sonic Solution script file modified (no header generated for new format)

09/09/99 Version 1.01
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* Fixed bug where last caption not always displayed in AutoSync
* AutoSync now terminates with an error message if a BLANK time code encountered.
* Demo version displays "limitation" dialog box at program startup
* Fixed italics "chop off" problem for some fonts
* Fixed Displayacap & Insertacap problem where COM I/O was timing out on "writes" (9206 error)
* All fill-times have 5 frames padding. Insertacap has 1 frame every 10 chars (>= 30)
* DVD - Fixed Sonic Solution "Properties" dialog & AutoGenerate
* DVD - BLANK subtitle rows are now skipped
* Ctrl(+) and Ctrl(-) speeds up/down PC system timer (Time code reader)

09/01/99 Version 1.00
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* Initial version



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MacCaption V4.1.4
(released Dec. 18, '07)

18 Dec 07 - Added italic, bold and underline to .stl subtitle export graphics.
18 Dec 07 - Removed Secondary Row from NLE Preferences.
17 Dec 07 - Fixed Help tags reappearing after they have been turned off.
14 Dec 07 - Added Finding NLE Settings to Help menu.
12 Dec 07 - Fixed a problem with multi language keyboard input.
11 Dec 07 - Added QuickTime Text Track import.
9 Dec 07 - Added “Setting subtitle attributes sets caption attributes” to Subtitle > Subtitle Preferences.
6 Dec 07 - Added "Set data lowest limit from current movie start time" to Set Caption Data Lowest Limit dialog.
6 Dec 07 - Added options to Sentence Wise Upper and Lower Case capitalization.
6 Dec 07 - Fixed problem with drag and drop changing font size and font style of text input window.
5 Dec 07 - Added Caption and Subtitle Move Up, Move Down, Move Left and Move Right to Format menu.
5 Dec 07 - Fixed problem with 4 color subtitles not appearing at the left margin.
5 Dec 07 - Fixed Bold, Italics and Underline to uniformly work the same way with Subtitle Preferences > Render using Subtitle Attributes.
4 Dec 07 - Added “?” and “!” as start of sentence markers for Sentence Wise Upper and Lower Case when they appear in the middle of a line of text.
4 Dec 07 - Improved subtitle character positioning.
3 Dec 07 - Increased number of subtitle font size choices.
3 Dec 07 - Fixed problem with MacCaption DV not saving subtitle information when it writes a .cca file.
2 Dec 07 - Fixed missing down arrow in message window.
2 Dec 07 - Added red bold messages to message window.
28 Nov 07 - Fixed main window display not displaying first subtitle when it should.
27 Nov 07 - Revised the ATSC DTV 608/708 closed caption export algorithm to handle more MPEG stream constructions.
27 Nov 07 - Added subtitle character spacing (tracking) attribute to 4-color subtitle graphic exports.
27 Nov 07 - Fixed problems associated with multiple and single caption and subtitle export related to start movie time not corresponding to caption times.
27 Nov 07 - Added user selected Scratch Disk selection to preference general dialog.
27 Nov 07 - Added I/O tab to preferences.
24 Nov 07 - Implemented Blu-Ray subtitle export.
21 Nov 07 - Implemented optional time code track offset adjustment in QuickTime Podcast export.
20 Nov 07 - Allowed 'j', 'k' and 'l' keys to control movie playback speed when caps lock is on.
16 Nov 07 - Fixed problem in new version checking that sometimes caused software to crash at startup.
13 Nov 07 - Added Timed Text Authoring Format DFXP Webcast XML export.
7 Nov 07 - Added \. as a user beginning of sentence marker for Sentence Wise Upper and Lower Case conversion.
6 Nov 07 - Modified Upper and Lower Case > Sentence Wise Upper and Lower Case to recognize .”, ?”, !” and music symbol as end of sentence marker to force a next sentence capital letter.
5 Nov 07 - Added Find Next and Find Previous to Edit menu.
5 Nov 07 - Fixed an edit problem when modifying the Find and Replace search text while holding down a key.
2 Nov 07 - Implemented scroll wheel on mouse for scrolling through captions.
31 Oct 07 - Removed unneeded extra blank captions created when decoding roll up captions containing erase times.
30 Oct 07 - When the shift key is down the movie position is no longer changed to the clicked caption.
30 Oct 07 - The Ripple Time Code dialog now has a check box to automatically set the starting time code to the current movie time.
30 Oct 07 - The Ripple Time Code dialog now comes up with the time code text in edit mode.
30 Oct 07 - The customize keystroke dialog has been enhanced to allow the chosen operation to continue after selecting a keystroke combination.
25 Oct 07 - Improved caption vertical positioning during caption import operations.
25 Oct 07 - Added option-click to set starting time code to current movie time in Ripple Time Code.
25 Oct 07 - Added vertical position caption break option to Reformat Captions to Pop-on.
20 Oct 07 - Added Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces to Format menu.
18 Oct 07 - Fixed problem with MacCaption sometimes crashing when scrolling captions on a MacPro.
17 Oct 07 - Added 'j', 'k', 'l' movie playback functionality to movie green arrow keys.
17 Oct 07 - Added Help >> On Line Tutorial access from MacCaption.
15 Oct 07 - Improved character compatibility in Apple XML export.
14 Oct 07 - Added export dialog to EBU Subtitle export.
14 Oct 07 - Added HD captioning for XDCAM elementary streams that don't contain time code.
10 Oct 07 - Removed the prepending of a blank 00:00:00:00 record when importing.scc files.
10 Oct 07 - Fixed a problem with decoding roll up captions.
10 Oct 07 - Fixed problem preventing a paste at the end of existing captions.
7 Oct 07 - Improved subtitle vertical positioning when exporting Apple XML.
4 Oct 07 - Enhanced Apple XML subtitle export for Annotation Edit plugin.
3 Oct 07 - Added Apple XML Interchange Version 4 subtitle export.
26 Sep 07 - Corrected a few problems with Scenarist .sst file export.
25 Sep 07 - Implemented subtitle column width to a maximum of 48 characters.
22 Sep 07 - Enhanced Apple XML Interchange Format export functionality.
22 Sep 07 - Added Annotation Edit FCP Subtitle plugin support to Apple XML Interchange Format export.
21 Sep 07 - Codecs supporting Millions of Colors+ now properly generate an Alpha channel.
21 Sep 07 - Fixed all movie export functions to copy all existing QuickTime tracks from the source movie.
19 Sep 07 - Use QuickTime time code track data when available.
18 Sep 07 - Improved 720x486 decoding for QuickTime files containing FCP chapter tracks.
18 Sep 07 - Fixed problem in QuickTime export when exporting movies whose movie timescale differed from its video timescale.
14 Sep 07 - Allowed movie drag and drop to work even if an existing movie is already open.
14 Sep 07 - Changed Auto Save dialog to not be displayed during an import or export operation.
12 Sep 07 - Allowed movie drag and drop to work even if an existing movie is already open.
7 Sep 07 - Added QuickTime/Podcast Closed Caption import and export.
29 Aug 07 - Fixed DVD Studio Pro subtitle export positioning $XOffset and $YOffset directives.
24 Aug 07 - Added Flash XML export.
24 Aug 07 - Changed NLE Calibrate to be accessible from MacCaption-DV.
24 Aug 07 - Fixed problem in .ult export when exporting a Program containing no captions.
23 Aug 07 - Fixed line error problem when decoding captions on row 11.
22 Aug 07 - Modified auto update to include Release as well as Beta software.
21 Aug 07 - Added Google caption export.
16 Aug 07 - Corrected export menu for MacCaption DV.
31 Jul 07 - Fixed problem with plain text import not recognizing time code hour digits.
16 Jul 07 - Added QuickTime Text Track export of non 29.97 fps movies.
15 Jul 07 - Fixed menu display for MacCaption DV.
12 Jul 07 - Added auto update check for a new program version.
6 Jul 07 - Added Cheetah .cap file format import.

MacCaption V3.7
(released Jul 2, 2007)

25 Jun 07 - Added Ultech .ult file format import and export.
19 Jun 07 - Improved Autosync to allow the setting of caption attributes without the movie jumping to the current caption start time.
18 Jun 07 - Added context help to V-Chip TV Parental Guidance dialog.
18 Jun 07 - Fixed bug in black video export with small QuickTime set for large files.
9 Jun 07 - Rearranged import menu for better clarity.
8 Jun 07 - Added Captions, Inc. .cin file format import and export.
7 Jun 07 - Fixed problem where some control codes were being duplicated even though control code duplication was not set.
4 Jun 07 - Fixed caption decoding problem when changing from Paint-on to Roll-up captions.
4 Jun 07 - Added Caption Center .tds file format import and export.
3 Jun 07 - Added Cheetah .asc file export (Cheetah .asc import is already implemented).
2 Jun 07 - Fixed problem with undo sometimes undoing more than one operation.
2 Jun 07 - Added Caption Data Lower Limit capability for each caption.
31 May 07 - Fixed DV export to ask for a DV file when a movie is not open.
31 May 07 - Implemented XDCAM close caption import.
29 May 07 - Implemented XDCAM close caption export.
24 May 07 - Fixed on-screen display of plain text occasionally displaying as italics.
23 May 07 - Implemented DVCPROHD close caption export.
21 May 07 - Added true 0-50 IRE NLE caption levels for video compressed with YCbCr 4:2:2 codecs.
16 May 07 - Modified Apple XML export to be compatible with the Final Cut Pro CGM Text effect plugin.

MacCaption V3.6
(released May 10, '07)

Fixed crash problem when user selected a text cell more then 2 cells beyond last active cell.
Fixed batch DV import to warn user about possible conflict with the Preserve Movie Timecode option.
Added Apple XML Interchange Format Version 3 export.

MacCaption V3.5.8
(released May 5, '07)

Fixed
a bug in DV export for DV movies containing text tracks.
a bug for .scc file import having improper initial subtitle positioning.
a problem causing MPEG files to take a long time to open.
a problem decoding the first rollup caption if it contained a duration.

Added
MacCaption to run with a CaptionMaker USB hardware security key.
decode CC1-4 and 708 options in main window Decode menu.
decoding of DVCPROHD 608/708 closed captions.
Mpeg2 display of Transport Streams over FireWire.
DTV 608/708 closed caption export to Mpeg2 Elementary streams and Mpeg2 Program Streams.
support for Adrienne Electronics USB Time Code Reader.
Edit > Paste caption operation following an Edit > Cut operation.
Special > Position Video to Selected Time Code menu option.
display of music symbol to text edit area.
Switching programs now returns to the previously displayed caption.

Modified
Import Text dialog to display a row count of 1 when importing roll up caption text.

MacCaption V3.5.6
(released Mar. 5, '07)

Fixes

Paint-On caption display not erasing previous caption.
MPEG caption export for MPEG files greater than 2GB.
Fixed bug preventing the proper display of Time Coded Window.

Additions

User settable movie size to Black Movie with Subtitle export.
Alpha channel to Black Movie with Subtitle export.
Added 23.98 fps calculation mode.

MacCaption V3.5
(released Feb 1, '07)

Highlights of this version

MacCaption compiled as a Universal binary. Now MacCaption runs on Intel based Macintosh computers too.
Batch processing to export captions/subtitles of multiple files. (File >> Batch...) -User can select multiple source files, choose operations to perform on those source files, and output files to a specific directory.
Import and Export for Multiple Language.
    -User goes though timing process with English text and timestamps the beginning of each sentence or dialogue
     using their own judgment. A text file containing these "queue points" is sent to the translator who translates
     each portion of text. That translated file is then imported into MacCaption where the user performs a Fill-In Time Code operation (TimeCode >> Fill-In All Caption Times) to fill in the times between queue points.
Support for Ultech DV2000/3000 subtitle hardware

Additions

The removal of the erase time on caption import if the time to next caption is less than a user specified amount.
4:2:2P@ML MPEG2 closed caption import and export capability.
Check for QuickTime movie format when looking for raw MPEG2 data.
Export > Remove closed captions option for MPEG2 files.
Option to add closed captions to DV video while preserving existing captions.
Support for importing and exporting Matrox DigiServer (MPeg2) caption format.
user selectable CC1-CC4 decoding options for DV and NLE video.
export for caption file for Flash.
Option in QuickTime Text Export to remove video in final movie.
Sonic Creator .son subtitle file export.
Customize Keystrokes for menu options. (Special >> Customize Keystrokes...)
Bold/Flash button to main window.
Disable Help Tags option to Preferences > Display.
standard keyboard '+', '-' and '_' as Time Stamp keys for in and out timecodes.
Erase Blank Rows. (Format >> Erase Blank Rows)
Set Decode Channel selection from the caption menu.
Program A, B, C, and D to display menu.
Next Error and Previous Error to Edit Menu.
Set Caption Data lower Limit to Caption menu.
Ability to type into first caption time code area when no captions are present.

Fixes

.scc file importing of roll up captions having an improper start time.
Bug allowing undo in a new window.
Duration time reverting to original time when clicking on a text cell before closing the duration with the return or enter key.
Obscure problem encoding captions when lock indicator is set.
Plain Text Import to handle escaped Unicode of the form &#x2222.
Problem with captions sometimes jumping up after a split operation.
Problem with Vertical indicator not changing when Move to Top button is pushed for multiple captions.
Several problems when decoding a mixture of roll up and pop on captions.
Time stamp requiring 2 '+' characters for first operation.

Enhancements

Export menu descriptions.
Reformat Captions to Pop On to Format Menu.
Reformat Captions to Roll Up to Format Menu.
Modified caption text cell selection to require one mouse click instead of two and to preserve initial selection point.
A CCIR 608 file no longer has to be open for the CCIR 608 export option to be available.
Processing of DV video with multiple audio tracks.
CC4 decoding options for DV and NLE video.

MacCaption V3.2
(released Sep. 19, '06)

Added/Improved

Added EIA-608 closed caption export for MPEG2 (SD and HD) files.
Added EIA-608 closed caption import for MPEG2 (SD and HD) files. For a brief summary, click here.
MPEG2 closed caption encoding and decoding for Vela MPEG hardware.
Support for direct Mpeg2 video playback using third party hardware boards.
In subtitle mode it does not properly display the immediate background around the subtitle text properly for non standard sized imported movies but standard sized (720x480, 720x486 and 720x576) movies work fine. Open captions properly display in non standard sized movies when these movies are used as proxy movies in MacCaption.
Can handle subtitles and DVD subtitle graphics for any size video from 320x240 to 1920x1080. PAL subtitles are now positioned properly at the bottom of the image. If you single click in the movie window you can use the arrow keys as well as 't', 'b', 'l' and 'r' to move a subtitle. Holding the shift key down moves a subtitle further.
Multi language subtitles. You can have both English and Spanish subtitles on the same video by creating time stamped files in each language.

Improved Text Import Square-up processing.
Improved Text Import recognition for common abbreviations such as "Mr.", "St.", "Rd." etc.
Added user definable caption break character to Text Import.
Improved Text Import sentence parsing and word recognition.
Added user definable beginning of caption identifier string.
Added UniCode Text Import character mapping for non closed caption character codes such as Single & Double Quotes, etc.
Added Shift-Option-Click to select all captions above or below the currently selected caption.
Moved Help files to inside MacCaption application bundle.
Improved closed caption decoding algorithm.
Added user warning when combining roll-up captions.
Fixed a screen refresh problem with QuickTime Text export.
Added J, K, L movie playback control.
Added frame sync indicator text to Black 720x486 exported file.
Added DVD subtitle tif file support for PAL video.
Added duration time to QuickTime Webcast export.
Added support for speech recognition.
Improved Live Captioning.

New Keystrokes

Shift-Down-Arrow key to move words toward the lowest line in a caption.
'End' key to go to end of movie and caption text.
Arrow key or Shift-Arrow key to move selected subtitle row around.

Fixed

Fixed time stamp display problem with roll-up and paint-on captions.
Fixed a bug when importing a plain text file as rollup captions.
Fixed a row change problem when splitting a rollup caption.

MacCaption V3.11
(released Apr. 11, '06)

Added/Improved

Implemented basic Live Captioning using an external closed caption encoder hardware via serial port.
Implemented Post captioning using an external closed caption encoder hardware via serial port.
Rearranged Caption menus.
Added blank frames between Pop-On captions.
Improved caption number display format for range of captions.
Implemented selectable audible completion sound for long operations.

Fixed

Problem of MacCaption sometimes crashing on some Webcast exports.
Occasional crashing of File > Open Recent function.
Problem with crashing when choosing the uncompressed 10-bit codec.
Problem when playing muxed MPEG2 files.
Problem with editing text in an expanded main window.

MacCaption V3.1
(released Mar. 4, '06)

Added Features

Added Scenarist subtitle export.
Added subtitle positioning information to Spruce subtitle export.
Added single and multiple caption cut, copy and paste.
Added user selectable caption mode for Plain Text Input.
Added a variable number of caption text areas.
Added main screen location memory when restarting software.
Added Command-K Autosync Hot Key.
Added Font Name, Font Size, and Italic and Bold attributes to Apple XML export.
Added caption time code consistency check before export operations.

Modified Features

Changed Plain Text Export and Subtitle Export to reduce time code export formats of the form "--:--:--:--".
Changed on-line Help from Apple Help to pdf files.
Changed QT Webcast file generation to use actual time codes.
Moved progress indicator into a separate window.
Removed secondary caption data export for direct CC insertion for 720x486 video.
Implemented Main Window modified black dot indicator inside close window control.

Improved Features

Improved DVD subtitle image export.
Improved closed caption data encoding.
Improved Lower Limit dialog and related messages.

Fixed

Fixed various problems with .asc file import.
Fixed playback using audio only QuickTime movies.
Fixed DLP Cinema XML export for Unicode characters.
Fixed formatting error in Spruce DVD .stl non graphic output export.
Corrected syntax errors in WMP Book file export.

MacCaption V3.0.1
(released Jan. 9, '06)

Fixed

Confusing error message when using V3 for first time with an older V2.6 .cca file.
MacCaption sometimes crashing immediately after startup.

Added

Preference option to resynchronize audio and video when adding closed captions to DV video captured using FinalCut Pro.

MacCaption V3.0
(released Dec. 30, '05)

Added the following features:

Shot change detection to avoid captions covering shot changes.
Direct insertion of closed captions to 720x486 NLE movies. No need to create 702x486 black video any more.
Multi channel captioning with up to 4 Text editing in 4 separate windows with capability of export to CC1, CC2, CC3 and CC4.
The generation of an NLE Calibration movie. This movie can be used to find preset Row and Column info for a NLE system.
More NLE preset values also added My NLE to the NLE Preferences.
Ability to select alternate input movies for DV and CCIR 601 closed caption export.
Clear caption times, duration and text to Edit menu.
Additional info to Plain Text Import dialog.
Manual top weighted captions with shift up arrow for caption text.
Backslash delimiter option to Plain Text Export.
Time Code mode PAL/NTSC to Time Code pull down menu.
Caption and subtitle PAL videos. Subtitling PAL sized video works fine. Captioning PAL DV video and PAL NLE are implemented but not tested.
Time Code conversion between NTSC, PAL and FILM frame rates.
Control click to set erase time to current movie time.
Automatic refresh for Pop-on captions beyond 16.7 seconds limit.
Error check for captions extending past column 32.
Caption error locator arrows.
Optional burn-in time code window to MacCaption generated video output.
Option to ignore auto open last .cca file.
Implemented .cca file creation information to .cca file.
Direct software access to MacCaption web site and the most updated MacCaption User's Guide from www.ccaption.com
Tip Of The Day.
Open Recent file in File Menu
Option to output single or double control codes. Default should be single control codes for most purposes.

Fixed the following bugs:

Reading Speed not accepting Minimum Frame Duration.
Bug causing random results when opening .cca files on MacCaption launch and when clicking on a .cca file when MacCaption was already running.
Display bug when using Autosync with closed caption text containing colored text, the colors would improperly propagate up the text display area as captions were auto synched.
Bug when generating closed captions containing Normal and Italic text without a space between them.
Bug in importing .asc file with 32 character italic lines.
Bug saving .cca file to non system disk.
Bug introduced in V2.6 causing .cca files to sometimes lose data.
Bug causing the first caption to disappear if justifying it.
Progress bar when exporting Black 720x486 NLE Movie.
Demo software not properly exporting Apple XML file data.
Open movie dialog box not accepting Extract Caption or Preserve Movie check box modification.
Extra characters being put into movie window when right arrow key is held down during text input.

Modified the following features:

Moved Time Code commands into a separate main menu.
Removed Current TC and Import TC controls.
Modified CC display on movie window to more accurately reflect TV decoding of CC data.

MacCaption V2.6
(released Sep. 30, '05)

MacCaption Lite Version Introduced
Created Lite versions of MacCaption-DV, NLE, MPEG & SUB.
MacCaption Lite series is a replacement of CCaption series and more. Like CCaption series, MacCaption Lite does not have script preparation capabilities. They have the same look and feel of MacCaption series and runs on OS X. Click here for feature comparison.

Select Multiple Cells
Clicking outside any cell and holding the shift key, clicking on another cell will highlight all cells including the first and the last cells.

Apple XML Interchange Format export
Fixed Apple XML Interchange Format export not properly exporting accented characters.

Splitting Caption
Fixed splitting captions not working.

Music Symbol
Added music symbol insertion for a range of captions.

Minor Fixes
Added Close Project and rearranged file menu for consistency.

On startup MacCaption now automatically opens the last .cca file it was working on.

Fixed text color not being changed when range of captions selected.

MacCaption V2.5
(released Aug. 19, '05)

Caption QT Webcast (2 methods)
Added QuickTime Webcast export.
Added QuickTime text track font control and text positioning options.

Importing Text with Timecode
Added tab delimited time code recognition to plain text import.

Importing Text
Fixed bug when importing text with time codes in a plain text file.
Added warning message when importing Unicode file as plain text.

Subtitling
Added antialiasing to subtitle outlines.
Added color selection to subtitle outlines.

Export TI DLP Cine Canvas XML File
Added basic Texas Instruments DLP Cinema XML export. This file can be used to create very sharp subtitles on HD2K video (Digital Cinema)

Fixed Bug
Fixed bug in relative path name generation.

MacCaption V2.4.1
(released Jul. 29, '05)

Fixed bug preventing the importing of MPEG captions.

MacCaption 2.4
(released Jun. 24, '05)

CPC get a new patent
Added MacCaption U.S. Patent message.

QT Movie fixes
Fixed adding Open Captions to an unflattened QT videos.
Fixed PC compatibility by flattening QuickTime movie output.25

DF to NDF & NDF to DF time code conversion
Added Convert Time Code to and from DF & NDF. If time stamping is done in NDF or DF, the file can be converted to DF or NDF. This will fix the problem matching time code to exported files for DVD and others. The difference of time codes in one hour video is 00:00:03:18 between DF and NDF time codes.

New hardware added to NLE preference
Added NewTek Video Toaster 3 and AJA Io LA choices to NLE Preference selection. Fixed Preferences/NLE/Small QuickTime check box indicator.

OS 10.4 fix
Fixed Drag and Drop in OS X 10.4.

QT 7 fix
Fixed MacCaption crashing when used with QuickTime 7.

Onl file and Roll up Caption
Fixed changing roll up row when importing a .onl file.

Font Size in stl file
Added font size to .stl file output.

Webcast caption fix
Added ability to use default .wmv and .rm file names.
Fixed Real Text Export sometimes crashing.

Words Per Minute export
Added Words Per Minute export option to Export > Plain Text File.

Home, Help, Page Up, Page Down keys
Implemented Home, Help, Page Up, Page Down keys.

Error Message
Changed main window red caption error message text.

"Blank video"to "Black Video"
Changed the name "Blank video" text to "Black Video" text in connection with export for NLE systems.

MacCaption 2.3
(released April 8, '05)

Subtitling capability for all QuickTime movies
You can add subtitles to most movies that can be displayed by MacCaption. Video can be of any size 320x240 to 720x480. Click here for details.

Apple XML file export for subtitling
Apple's Final Cut Pro HD supports exporting and importing an XML Interchange Format file. MacCaption exports Apple's XML subtitle specification so that subtitles can be easily transferred from MacCaption to Final Cut Pro. In MacCaption use File > Export > Apple XML Interchange Format to export an Apple XML file. In Final Cut Pro use File > Import > XML to read the subtitles into your FCP project.

Support for Windows Media Player .asx file generation
MacCaption will generate Windows Media Player files for use on a Windows PC. In MacCaption use Files > Export > Windows Media Player and choose "Version 6", "Version 7, 8, 9, 10" or "Book". The later two selections allow the choice of creating a stand alone Windows Media Player ".asx" file or an Internet Explorer Windows Media Player ".html" file.

User Dictionary
Added MacCaption User Dictionary file icon.

Subtitling
Added subtitling capability for all QuickTime movies.
L, C and R justification added to subtitle placement.
The positioning of subtitle lines now more accurately reflects text.

Roll-Up Caption
Fixed bug preventing importing of certain roll up captions.

Bug Fixes/Enhancements
Fixed Fill-in All Caption Times to properly handle multiple blank captions
Fixed initial display of DF and NDF indicators
Improved .stl file export
Added undo/redo to caption insert, delete, merge and split
Added various capabilities to RealText export
Fixed export of WMP Version 7, 8, 9 html text

MacCaption 2.2
(released October 22, '04)

Improved undo/redo
Improved undo/redo for many MacCaption features.

Spell Check implemented
Implemented Spell with User Dictionary.

Find/Replace implemented
Implemented Find and Replace.

Reading Speed
Implemented Reading Speed capability.

International Characters
Improved default display of International characters (Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese etc.).

Underlined subtitles
Implemented subtitle global underline character attribute.

Subtitle attributes
Implemented subtitle export and display of exact caption text character attributes.

Delete time code issue
Fixed various problems when deleting time code values with the Edit/Delete menu option.

Extra blank character
Removed extra blank character at the beginning of word when pushing a word down.

Crash fix
Fixed MacCaption crashing if closing application with any text selected.

Print to video fix
Fixed Print To Video bug in OS X 10.3.5 causing every other attempt to print to be unable to open FireWire device.

High quality QT output
Set High Quality Mode in generated QuickTime output movies.

V-chip info added
Implemented V-Chip and Content Advisory data generation.

Video control with shift key
Added Shift Key option to movie arrow icons to increase speed of navigation through an open movie.

MacCaption V 2.1
(released August 6, '04)

DVD subtitle files in .bmp format
Added ability to directly generate DVD subtitle .bmp graphic files.

Fill-in TC issue
Fixed Fill-in caption times not filling in last user selected segment.

Decode captions for 720x486 movie
Added closed caption decoding with auto search for caption data for a 720x486 movie.

Dragging .cca file issue
Fixed memory leak when dragging .cca file to MacCaption if previous .cca file had a movie open.

Caption file length Increased
Increased maximum caption count from 5000 to 8000.

Unicode Support
Converted MacCaption to use Unicode characters and implemented support for International multi lingual subtitling.

Outline fonts to subtitling
Added Outline fonts to subtitling.

WMV File Specification
Added .wmv file specification for Windows Media Player html file.

Horz./Vert. Icon Display
Fixed display of Horiz, Vert. & Just indicators when scrolling thru caption text.

Auto Match Help
Auto match Text Help now references on-line User Manual.
Added Automatic Match Text info to on-line User Manual.
Fixed .cca icon.

Music Symbol
Removed Automatch Cmd-M conflicting with Music Symbol Cmd-M

MacCaption V 2.0.3
(released June 7, '04)

Fixed for Macintosh OS X 10.3
10 May 04 - Fixed Print to Video and MPEG radio buttons not working properly in OS X 10.3.

Improved movie tracking
4 May 04 - Added movie tracking captions if lock button manually set.

.scc File Handling Improvements
3 May 04 - Improved .scc input file decoding, output file generation and error detection.

Words per Minute Display Added
3 May 04 - The caption text display area now shows words per minute for each caption.

MacCaption V 2.0
(released 26 Apr. 04)

Subtitling Option
22 Feb 04 - Added Subtitling functionality. Now you can subtitle DV Video without the need for a hardware character generator. Features include border around characters, translucent backgrounds, proportionally spaced fonts, kerning, and line spacing. MacCaption-DV and MacCaption-NLE/Moeg can be upgraded to including this subtitling option. Please check www.ccaption.com/nccordering.shtml for details.

Automatic Synchronization of Audio with TC
10 Apr 04 - MacCaption software can now automatically break and accurately time closed captions at the click of button. There is a service fee for this function. This automates the labor-intensive job of having a captioner listen to the audio, manually break the text into captions, and then synchronize the captions with the dialogue.

With CaptionSync automated captioning software from Automatic Sync Technologies, the captioner connects to the internet and uploads the script and the corresponding audio file to a file server. Within minutes, a time stamped script file will be displayed on the computer.

This service starts at $65 per one hour file. You can buy this service by contacting Automatic Sync Technologies directly at 510-582-3437 or mailto:sales@cpcweb.com. For more info please check http://www.automaticsync.com/

See details at www.ccaption.com/PressRelease404A.shtml

Editor Runs Faster
25 Apr 04 - Increased speed of text scrolling in the Edit mode.

DVD .scc file Fixes
24 Apr 04 - Various fixes to .scc file decoding and generation.
16 Apr 04 - Fixed bug in decoding .scc files.
16 Apr 04 - Added lower limit dialog to .scc and DV movie export

Rollup Caption Bug Fix
16 Apr 04 - Changing from rollup to different rollup did not work properly.

Auto Save & Capture/Print Video
30 Mar 04 - Fixed conflict between Auto Save and Capture & Print to Video

Upper/Lowercase Conversions
24 Apr 04 - Added Upper and Lower Case conversion. Now you can convert lower case text to upper case and also uppercase to Sentence wise Upper/Lower case.

MacCaption V1.1
(released March 21, '04)

Edit Captions
21 Mar 04 - Added shift-click multiple select of captions.

To highlight more then one caption, hold the shift key down and then click on the begin caption cell and the end caption cell. All caption cells in-between will get highlighted.

9 Feb 04 - Added highlights to active caption cell. Now the active caption cell has a light blue background.

Edit, Time Stamp & AutoSync Radio Buttons
21 Mar 04 - Added Edit, Time Stamp & Autosync radio buttons.

Press the Edit button, when you format and position the captions.
Press the Time Stamp button to assign time codes to the captions by pressing the (+) key.
Press the AutoSync button, to verify the caption timing and positioning. (available when time codes are already assigned to captions)

Movie Control
21 Mar 04 - Added + 1, 10 & 30 frame control buttons to fast forward the video by multiple frames. These functions can be achieved by Arrow Left & Right and also Shift+ Arrow Left and Right keys.

Time Stamp Reaction Time
6 Mar 04 - Added user settable AutoSync frame correction to preferences.

To compensate for the reaction time for time stamping, go to the MacCaption > Preferences menu. Then click on User Time Stamp Frame Adjustment. Typically, the human reaction time is about 10 to 15 frames. You may choose a number between 10 and 15 and see how the captions are synched to audio when you do AutoSync.

DV50 Support
25 Feb 04 - Added DV50 support.

Ripple Time Code
23 Feb 04 - To change the beginning time code for a block of text, and ripple the time code by this factor throughout the block, use this option.

Auto Fill-in Time Code
17 Feb 04 - Added Fill-In Time Code option to

Fill-in time codes to all captions in a selected range giving same WMP to all captions (ignores all TCs within the range).
Fill-in time codes to all captions in a selected range keeping the existing time codes inside the range and giving same WMP only within the sub sections.

Time Stamping with In and Out buttons
9 Feb 04 - Added "in" and "out" buttons that function as "i" and "o".

Webcast Captioning
8 Feb 04 - Implemented WMP V6, V789, Book.
8 Feb 04 - Implemented RealText .smi data file.
3 Feb 04 - Changed QT Text Track output to Center Justify.

Miscellaneous
9 Feb 04 - Added Function Keys 1-12 as Input Sync key.
3 Feb 04 - Forced Preference/NLE dialog for 1st time NLE export.

MacCaption V1.0.5
13 Jan 04 - Fixed push/pull not working in MacCaption Demo.
8 Jan 04 - Fixed bug in generating NLE captions in QT Movie > 4GB.
8 Jan 04 - Allowed Limited Demo software version to read .cca files.
8 Jan 04 - Fixed software crashing when displaying a blank uninitialized rollup caption.

MacCaption V1.0.4
1 Nov 03 - Implemented a restricted MacCaption demo without PACE protection.
31 Oct 03 - Fixed split caption bug.

MacCaption V1.0.2
20 Oct 03 - Allow multiple caption cell character attribute changes.
18 Oct 03 - Software fixed to import CCaptionPro as well as MacCaption .cca files.
15 Oct 03 - Fixed full line output of 32 character italic line.
5 Oct 03 - Added direct display of color and italic text in caption text area.

MacCaption V1.0.1
31 Aug 03 - Implemented CaptionMaker functionality into CCaptionPro.

CCaptionPro was renamed MacCaption on August 31

CCaptionPro V1.1.7
8 Aug 03 - Fixed preference initialization on 1st program execution.
8 Aug 03 - Changed Preference ID from leapfrogproductions to CPC.
8 Aug 03 - Changed splash screen to CPC.
8 Aug 03 - Implemented HASP protection mechanism.
8 Aug 03 - Undo / Redo memory fault fixed.

CCaptionPro V1.1.6
21 Jul 03 - Recompiled with CPC fixes for CCaption Asset Transfer

CCaptionPro V1.1.5
7 Jul 03 - Made release w/o pull up/pull down, plain text import options, .onl export
7 Jul 03 - Fixed export plain text failing on 2nd attempt if 1st was cancelled.

CCaptionPro V1.1.4
7 Jul 03 - Released V1.1.4 to CPC only
7 Jul 03 - Updated Help manual.
4 Jun 03 - Fixed importing captions in a CCaption Description file.
24 May 03 - Added Pull Up and Push Down.
24 May 03 - Added flexibility when importing text from a plain text file.
24 May 03 - Added opening movies that are not 720 x 480.
12 May 03 - Added export of CPC-715 .onl file.
7 May 03 - Fixed imported captions not being displayed in movie window.
7 May 03 - Fixed Compact Display squashing its displayed characters.
7 May 03 - Split Real Time decode and Capture Captions into separate items.
28 Apr 03 - Increased caption text counter field.

CCaptionPro V1.1.3
11 Apr 03 - Updated Help manual
11 Apr 03 - Added command-W to close windows
11 Apr 03 - Made decoding real time captions more robust
24 Apr 03 - Installed InterLok 4.1.5
24 Apr 03 - Fixed unconditionally scanning an entire DV movie if no timecode is present.

CCaptionPro V1.1.2
11 Apr 03 - Fixed DV subtitle looping bug for files > 1 hour
10 Apr 03 - Fixed "i" problem incrementing to 2 hours from 00:59:59:29
10 Apr 03 - Update Error indicator immediately when caption status changes
30 Mar 03 - Forced save dialog when importing real time captions.
30 Mar 03 - Fixed improper redraw of real time window when DV device not turned on.
30 Mar 03 - Added CCaption.mov default file name to real time file save dialog.

CCaptionPro V1.1.1
25 Mar 03 - Added .onl file corrupted message.
25 Mar 03 - Added better recognition of .onl files.
24 Mar 03 - Defaulted 1st caption to mid center bottom like the rest of them.
24 Mar 03 - Output an erase if one is present in the last caption.

CCaptionPro V1.1
20 Mar 03 - Add "CCaption" and "erase" tag to Plain Text output.
19 Mar 03 - Double clicking a project file did not open a previously closed project window.
19 Mar 03 - Fixed always saving project even when selecting Don't Save.
19 Mar 03 - Preserved duration when changing stating time in main window.
19 Mar 03 - Fixed Preserve Caption Duration in Set Caption Time Dialog.
15 Mar 03 - Provided for a maximum of 5 minutes of idle frame on head and tail of NLE QuickTime output.
13 Feb 03 - Added ability to delete text style information and text color information using Plain Text File export.
13 Feb 03 - Stripped text style information and text color information from export of DVD Studio Pro Subtitle File and Spruce Subtitle File exports.

CCaptionPro V1.0
4 Feb 03 - Software release


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