Import and Insert basics
This article applies to Wincaps Q4 offline. Click here to learn how to insert subtitles into a Q-Live (N32) file.
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Overview
This topic describes how you go about inserting or importing subtitles from other documents into the current file. There are several ways you can do this:
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Import - Import a third-party file (e.g. STL), replacing the contents of the current file. An Import Wizard will guide you in choosing suitable options for processing the incoming subtitle text and timecodes. GSI information will be imported if present.
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Insert W32 - Use this method to merge two existing Wincaps Q4 (W32) documents together.
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Insert other - Insert subtitles from a third-party file into an existing document. Inserted subtitles will retain their original colours, positions and timecodes. Subtitles and properties of the existing document will be unchanged.
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Overwrite text from file - Replace just the subtitle text in the current document with new text whilst leaving the original subtitles and their timecodes unchanged. Useful when producing translation files.
In each case you start with an open Wincaps Q4 target file into which the subtitles will be imported or inserted from a source file that you will select. Certain properties of the target file (e.g. Timing Rules settings) will never be modified by the import process. Other properties (e.g. personality, default positions) may be modified by the choices you make in the Import Wizard. An Insert or Overwrite operation will never modify any of the target file's properties.
You can also create a new Wincaps W32 file by opening a third party file using File>Open. This is similar to Import option above that imports the thrid party file into a p[previously opened W32, but the difference is that with File>Open the Wincaps Customer template is not used at all.
Supported import formats
Wincaps Q4 allows you to import/inset subtitles from a wide variety of third-party file formats as detailed in the list below.
Check the reference section for details of how Wincaps Q4 support the various different formats
NB: See also the formats that have configuration options for import.
.STL - EBU File Format (Subtitle Exchange Format)
.PAC - Screen Systems
.RAC - Screen Systems compressed format
.FPC - Screen Systems Unipac/Fatpac format
.CHK - Screen Systems file containing multiple streams
.890 - Cavena/Scantitling Software System
.TXT - Text files (ANSI and Unicode)
.TXT - ProtoScript Plain and Timed (Script Extractor output). Text file with timecodes and speaker names.
.RTF - Rich Text Format
.HTM - HTML format
.XML - Timed Text DFXP (MXF) format
.XML - Timed Text EBU-TT (limited support)
.SMI - SAMI format
.SRT - Text based format with millisecond for YouTube and Facebook
.VTT - WebVTT
.WCF - SysMedia WinCAPS Classic files
.MCA - Line 21 Format
.SCC - Line 21 Format for use with Daiken/Spruce DVD Authoring System
.CC - Line 21 Format for use with Sonic Solutions DVD Authoring System
.CIN - Proprietary US Closed Caption Line 21 file format from Caption Inc
.ULT - Ultech format
.CAP - CAP format
.0 - Evertz CAP format
.TDS
.DAT
.SE
.HVH
.ISO
.ASC - ascii text format
.DAS
.OS1 - EBU Extended Format
.XS1 - EBU Extended Format
.HS1 - EBU Extended Format
.YS1 - EBU Extended Format
.SS1 - EBU Extended Format