CPC-Manzanta Team to Deliver Tapeless DTV Captioning
06.04.2009
CPC (the Computer Prompting & Captioning Co.) has partnered with Manzanita Systems to reduce the cost and complexity involved in HD MPEG-2 closed captioning.
Manzanta is a provider of MPEG technology and has worked with CPC in the creation of MacCaption-HD captioning software that seamlessly interfaces with Manzanta’s software multiplexer products to generate transport stream files that contain EIA-708 closed captioning.
The FCC requires that such HD stream files contain both EIA-608 and EIA-708 captioning. However, until the development of the new software, the only way to add EIA-708 captioning to elementary streams was via HD tape decks and hardware HD captioning encoding gear. The new MacCaption-HD development allows the creation of HD transport files with software only, but users still have the option of employing hardware encoders if desired.
The new software also allows television stations to monitor MPEG-2 streams for both 608 and 708 captions prior to airing a show with dual captioning.
| COMMENTS (1) | | 06/07/2009 | | Just one note for viewers who may be having difficulty with dtv reception...
It's important to determine the location of television broadcast towers in relation to your TV. This can be done by going to the National Broadcaster Association's website at http://www.antennaweb.org
Viewers who are less than 20 miles away should be able to use a indoor antenna.
viewers who are 20+ miles may need an outdoor antenna, depending on conditions around your house such as trees, hills, and or buildings.
I donate my time with diagnosing reception problems at http://www.dtvusaforum.com and we see all type of questions. Every reception situation is different.
Hope everyone has a smooth transition. |
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