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--- davinci_resolve_notes [2025.06.07 17:10] – [Captioning your Movie] Steve Isenberg
+++ davinci_resolve_notes [2025.06.08 11:01] (current) – [Captioning your Movie] Steve Isenberg
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 ====Captioning your Movie====
-First, you need a caption file that Resolve can read.  If you use Zoom you may have a VTT or caption file.  For Resolve you need a SRT file.  Two ways to get this SRT file.  (You can also manually enter the captions but I'm not discussing that here.)
+First, you need a caption file that Resolve can read; if you use Zoom you may have a transcript VTT file. (You can also manually enter the captions but I'm not discussing that here.)
 ===Prepare the caption file===
-for Resolve version 19+
+for Resolve version 19+, it's easier than before.
-  - Copy the transcript.vtt file to new file with an .srt extension
+  * Optionally remove the names from the captions  (so the caption is “hello world” instead of “John Smith: hello world”). To do this:
-    - note this file has form: 1 time->time text
+    - Copy the ...transcript.vtt file (to save its original form) to a new file, say XX.vtt.
-  - Edit the new .srt file
+    - Edit the XX.vtt file and remove the names from the captions
-    - Delete the first two lines: the WEBVTT file and the blank line beneath it
+      * remove names from captions using vim: ''<color #666666>:g/[A-Za-z].*:/s/^.*: ⁄⁄ </color>''
-    - NOT NECESSARY DON'T DO For each timestamp, replace the period with a comma.
-      * From: 00:00:03.090 (from VTT)
-      * To: 00:00:03,090 (in SRT)
-    - Optionally, you can removed the names from the captions (so the caption is “hello world” instead of “John Smith: hello world”)
-Preparing the file using vim:
-  - DON”T NEED TO fix dot to comma: ''<color #666666>:g/^[0-9]/s/\./\,/g</color>''
-  - remove names from captions: ''<color #666666>:g/[A-Za-z0-9].*:/s/^.*: ⁄⁄ </color>''
 //There may be programs that do this conversion but that's not what I'm using.//
 ===Adding the captions to your movie===
   * In Resolve, Timeline Edit
-  * File > Import file > Import Subtitle, select the .srt file.
+  * File > Import file > Import Subtitle, select the ...transcript.vtt or XX.vtt file.
   * In timeline, above Video 1, right-click and add subtitle track.
-  * It becomes a third track area, above audio and video track areas.
+  * It becomes a third track area, above the audio and video track areas.
   * Move the timeline cursor to the place where the first caption should go (if captions start at 00:00:03,090, then move cursor to approximately there)
-  * Copy the srt file to this track to align with this cursor (at approximately 00:00:03,090).
+  * Copy the ...transcript.vtt or XX.vtt file to this track to align with this cursor (at approximately 00:00:03,090).
-  * On the caption track, choose the eyeball to make captions visible.
+  * (might not need to do this:) On the caption track, choose the eyeball to make captions visible.
   * Then select the caption track, and go to inspector.  I have found these to be useful, but play around till you're happy:
     * Open Sans size 35 line spacing -10 Left alignment
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 ===Rendering with Captions Showing===
-  * Use Custom (you can not export to YouTube directly)
+  * Use Custom
-  * Video
+  * Video tab
   * Open Subtitle Settings
-  * Export Subtitle
+    * Select export Subtitle
-  * Format “Burn into video”
+    * Format “As a separate file” -- it'll have a ''.srt'' extension
+  * Open YouTube settings
+    * Select Upload directly to YouTube
+    * Enter title, description, privacy, and category
+  * After the upload to YouTube completes, edit it, select language, and upload the ''.srt'' captions file that Resolve created, use its timing information.
+//The subtitle format “Burn into video” permanently overlays the captions into the video and they are always visible during playback. \\
+The subtitle format “As a separate file” produces a .srt file that can be separately uploaded to YouTube and allows the viewer to turn captioning on and off.\\
+The subtitle format “As embedded captions” embeds the captions into the video file's metadata and they are not visible unles the playback device or software explicitly supports and enables them.//
 ====Render just part of your timeline====