Closed Caption vs Subtitles

Closed Caption vs Subtitles : 

Closed Caption vs Subtitles If you often focus on the DVD related information, you will often see such words closed captioning and subtitles. But do you really understand the true meaning of these two words stands for? Can you accurately tell what the main difference between these two items? This article is specially designed to show you the differences between closed caption and subtitles. Tips: If you are trying to transfer DVD videos to iPhone 4S for playback, you can just give a try to Video Converter Ultimate for Mac . It can help convert any videos or DVD movies to iPhone 4S easily and quickly. Closed Caption vs Subtitles - What is Closed Captions? Closed Caption, which often referred to as CC, is also a standard which means that it is a hidden caption for interpretation. In fact, the CC is similar to the scripts, which contains the sound for the present scenes, music and other information besides the dialogue. CC is mainly created to offer convenience to those hearing-impaired ones. It is visible on computer and invisible on normal TV unless you buy special equipment for the interpretative text playing.

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In the term CC, "closed" means "closed within a certain range", which also means "not all people can see" the subtitle. This feature is only open to those who choose to see. This kind of caption is corresponding to Open Caption (OC), which will usually direct compress the subtitles files into the video for all the audience to watch the video with the displaying text on. And the OC can not be closed. Closed Caption vs Subtitles Most countries in the world will not make a difference between CC and Subtitles in general. They are usually be called by a joint name, subtitles. For example, in European countries like Britain or Ireland, people always tend to mention CC as "dedicated Subtitles for the hearing-impaired people". These two titles have relatively clear distinction in the U.S. and Canada. Subtitles are just for those normally hearing ones who are not familiar with the language, tone or dialect. For these people, they may need the help of subtitles to understand the story. The CC's target audiences are those ones who are tortured with deafness and hearing impairment. It will show all the sound and dialogue by using text or symbols to describe. Briefly speaking, the main difference between closed caption and subtitle is that you will only see the dialogue in subtitles, while CC always shows with some other sound or subtitle lyrics besides dialogue. The CC on the DVD is carried by the MPEG-2 video streams, which can automatically send it to the TV.