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Re: Burn caption into video

From Big Al <alan@invalid.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, rec.photo.digital
Subject Re: Burn caption into video
Date 2024-10-15 10:14 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 10/15/24 09:56 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2024-10-15 09:12, Oliver wrote:
>> What's the best way on Windows to offline embed the text in an SRT
>> companion file to an MP4 video before uploading a short video clip to a web
>> site?
>>
>> I made a short (ten second) video with my phone to upload to a web site.
>> I tried a few methods to remove the exif metadata which probably worked.
>>
>> Then I created a simple SRT text file with the desired captions.
>> 1
>> 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000
>>
>> This is the first line of text.
>> This is the second line of text
>>
>> Then I tried to burn in (embed, hardcode, merge) that SRT into the MP4 so
>> that I only upload a single MP4 with a caption on the 2nd half of the MP4.
>>
>> I tried Handbrake, VLC, MkvToMp4, VidCoder, Shotcut & a few others (all of
>> which failed but probably they failed mostly due to my own user error or
>> from my following of bad AI-generated instructions found in my searches).
>>
>> Given that it's not as simple as it may seem, what method on Windows do you
>> use to burn an SRT file into a short video prior to upload to a web site?
> 
> There may be a way in exiftool.
> 
> Da Vinci Resolve will do this, but it's a steep learning curve - though there is probably a YouTube 
> out there for it.
> 
> Da Vinci Resolve is free for non-commercial output.
> 
Why not just use some video editor and overlay the text?  Then save the video and upload.
-- 
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Al

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Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-10-15 07:12 -0600
  Re: Burn caption into video Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 09:56 -0400
    Re: Burn caption into video Big Al <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-10-15 10:14 -0400
      Re: Burn caption into video Big Al <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-10-15 10:15 -0400
        Re: Burn caption into video Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 10:20 -0400
          Re: Burn caption into video Big Al <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-10-15 10:51 -0400
            Re: Burn caption into video Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 15:48 -0400
          Re: Burn caption into video Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-15 13:12 -0400
            Re: Burn caption into video Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 15:49 -0400
      Re: Burn caption into video Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2024-10-15 10:18 -0400
        Re: Burn caption into video Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-15 13:24 -0400
          Re: Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2024-10-15 17:53 -0600
            Re: Burn caption into video Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-16 06:21 -0400
  Re: Burn caption into video "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-15 22:22 +0200
  Re: Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-26 00:52 -0700
    Re: Burn caption into video Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2025-02-27 09:18 +1300
      Re: Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-26 17:28 -0700
        Re: Burn caption into video Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2025-02-27 15:00 +1300
          Re: Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-27 11:47 -0700
            Re: Burn caption into video Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2025-02-28 11:36 +1300
              Re: Burn caption into video Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-27 17:33 -0700
                Re: Burn caption into video Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2025-02-28 15:15 +1300
                Re: Burn caption into video Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2025-02-28 15:20 +1300
                Re: Burn caption into video candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-23 16:00 +0000

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