CCASDI app - invalid SRT file...

[maduser74]

Hi all,

I am using CCASDI.exe with -s option to convert the movie.scc file to movie.srt format.

The SRT file has all "ffff" instead of the actual caption ? Has anybody experienced the same ? How do i rectify this problem.

First few lines of the .SCC file
Scenarist_SCC V1.0

00:00:02.04 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d 1c2a 5be6 e65d
00:00:06.03 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d
00:00:08.04 5be6 e6e6 e65d
00:00:10.02 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d


Corresponding few lines from the SRT file generated by CCASDI program
1
00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:37,234
[ffff][ff][ffff][ffff][ffff][ffff][ffff]

2
00:00:39,267 --> 00:00:40,067
[ffff][ffff]

3
00:00:41,234 --> 00:00:43,200
[ffff]

4
00:00:45,267 --> 00:00:45,400
[ffff][ffff]


Appreciate any help on this.

Thanks

[maduser74]

Hi guys,

Anybody have any idea why this is happening ?

Appreciate ur help

Thanks

[Dimmer]

First few lines of the .SCC file
Scenarist_SCC V1.0

00:00:02.04 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d 1c2a 5be6 e65d
00:00:06.03 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d
00:00:08.04 5be6 e6e6 e65d
00:00:10.02 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d 1c2a 5be6 e6e6 e65d

There is nothing wrong with CCASDI.exe since this SCC file contains exactly what you get. If you look up the character mapping, you'll see what these codes mean:
5b = [
e6 = f
5d = ]

Therefore, 5be6 e6e6 e65d = [ffff] and so on.

The code that raises suspicion is 1c2a, which is a control code belonging to CC Field 2 although valid but never used on DVD. By the looks of it, your SCC file doesn't make much sense and must be somehow corrupted.

If you can't figure this out, post some details about how did you produce/obtain this SCC file. And be sure to read the documentation that comes with CCASDI.exe and other McPoodle's SCC Tools (http://www.geocities.com/mcpoodle43/SCC_TOOLS/DOCS/SCC_TOOLS.HTML).

[maduser74]

If you can't figure this out, post some details about how did you produce/obtain this SCC file.

Thanks Dimmer. I used Dish2SCC program to generate the SCC file. This was on a 2 hr program from dish network. The program was ripped from the dish DVR and ran Dish2SCC. The program was telecasted on USA channel.

I have used the same method on other programs without any problem. Just this one is not working.

I tried extracting the 2nd field by using the following command
ccasdi -s -cCC2 program1.scc program1.srt

But the result is still same. Is there anyother way to fix this or its not possible to get the subtitles from this DVB program.. Appreciate ur help.

[Dimmer]

By the looks of it, either only the 2nd field got captured, or maybe there was no data in the 1st field at all (did you actually see the CC during the broadcast?). I don't have experience with Dish2SCC, so I'm not sure if you can specify that you want to extract the 1st CC field rather than 2nd, which is what you're getting now. Perhaps, someone else here is familiar with this.

Bottom line is that your problem occurs before CCASDI because the source SCC file contains the 2nd field data only. I saw this field being used during a TV show broadcast for some Interactive TV system with the data looking similar to what you have now starting with 1c2a ({TR}) and then rows of characters and http links filling up the screen. Nothing you can use to reconstitute the subtitles.