Captionate 1.0 released!

May 7, 2005 burakk

We have released Captionate, a Windows FLV captioning solution, a few hours ago.

Captionate 1.0

Captionate embeds multi language captioning data into Flash video files and you receive callbacks for the data via events like onCaption. It provides an easy to use interface to enter caption and marker (cue point) data with a preview and fully supports Unicode on Windows XP/2K.

Web site is currently under construction, but the help file is available for download if you are interested in learning more.

Update: October 15, 2005, Captionate 2.0 released.

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9 Responses to Captionate 1.0 released!

  1. Alexander McCabe says:
    May 7, 2005 at 23:27

    Hey,
    Looks interesting – is there an example of a captioned file anywhere on-line for a demo?
    Alex.

  2. Burak KALAYCI says:
    May 7, 2005 at 23:34

    Hi Alex,
    It will probably take us about a week to have the complete site for the product, where we will naturally have sample files…
    I’m not aware if any of our beta testers already have something online.
    Thanks!
    Best regards,
    Burak

  3. JD on MX says:
    May 12, 2005 at 00:28

    Captionate 1.0

    Captionate 1.0: This page has been open on my desktop a few days… I don’t have anything useful to say other than it looks like a valuable tool to me. Captionate is a Windows application which allows you to associate text captions with specific frames…

  4. Damon Betlow says:
    May 22, 2005 at 17:15

    I typically use XML files to store the captions of FLV movies. I would like a way to easily create the timecodes in the XML file. Can your software export to XML? I’ve tried HiCaption, but it doesn’t work on FLV files. The XML files make it easier to re-use and search.

  5. Burak KALAYCI says:
    May 22, 2005 at 17:28

    Hi,
    Captionate currently exports (and imports) XML files in its own custom format. So, if I understand what you need correctly, Captionate can help.
    While using an XML has some advantages, as you state, having the data embedded in the FLV – the main functionality of Captionate – also has its advantages.
    Best regards,
    Burak

  6. Peter says:
    May 30, 2005 at 20:00

    Damon,
    Captionate lets you insert cue points in an FLV, which let you do what you want. You can load an XML file and then use the cue points to show some text from the file, based on an id.

  7. Darren says:
    June 24, 2005 at 22:26

    Where can I see an example of a flash file with captionate?

  8. Burak KALAYCI says:
    June 25, 2005 at 00:52

    Hello,
    If you need any help with using the data injected by Captionate, please don’t hesitate to contact our support.
    We will be providing sample FLA files, very soon after we release 1.1 update.
    Basically, you add the events, say onCaption or onMarker, just like you would add onMetaData to NetStream object. You’ll receive the events and the data. For Captions, for instance, you can set the text of a dynamic html text to the caption text you receive…
    Bob Tarle of TVOntorio informed us that they have used Captionate on the site http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/
    Best regards,
    Burak

  9. Burak KALAYCI says:
    February 16, 2006 at 06:48

    Captionate 2.1 is released on February 10, 2006.