E. Output files
You can output your captions or subtitles in three formats: The W3C's SMIL
(Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) via RealText, Apple's QuickTime
and Microsoft's SAMI (Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange) format. MAGpie
actually uses SAMI to simulate how your presentation will appear in its final
form. If your eventual goal is a SMIL or QuickTime presentation, you will need
to output the text in these formats and play the files using the appropriate
player to verify your work. If a SAMI presentation is your goal, you can see
exactly how your captions or subtitles look by just reviewing them from within
MAGpie. You will, however, still need to output a SAMI file to complete the
process.
Note: Some media players will automatically take control over files with
certain extensions (such as .SMI, .SMIL and .TXT) and open by default when you
double-click the files. For this reason, you should open your output files from
within the appropriate player, rather than by double-clicking on them.
To output SMIL via RealText:
E1. Choose OUTPUT, SMIL via RealText.
E2. MAGpie will create a RealText file (.RT) for each stream. It will also
create a basic SMIL (.SMIL) file containing layout information and pointers to
the media and stream file(s) relevant to your MAGpie project only. If there are
other elements which need to be included in your SMIL presentation, you must
add them to the .SMIL file by hand.
E3. Review your work by opening the .SMIL file from within the RealPlayer.
If you find errors, make the appropriate changes in MAGpie and output your work
again. MAGpie will automatically overwrite the old RealText and .SMIL files.
Note: Currently, MAGpie only supports SMIL text display using the RealPlayer
G2 and above. SMIL presentations created with MAGpie will not necessarily play
correctly, or at all, with other SMIL players. For complete information on
creating RealPlayer SMIL presentations, see
http://www.realnetworks.com/devzone/index.html.
To output QuickTime:
E4. Choose OUTPUT, QuickTime.
E5. MAGpie will create a QText file (.TXT) for each stream. You must then
import the .TXT file(s) as QuickTime movies and add them to the original
uncaptioned media. For instructions on adding captions to QuickTime movies, see
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/webaccess/captionedmovies.html.
E6. Review your work using the QuickTime Player (version 4.0 and higher) or
MoviePlayer (version 2.0 and higher). If you find errors, make the appropriate
changes in MAGpie and output your work again. MAGpie will automatically
overwrite the old QText file(s).
To output SAMI:
E7. Choose OUTPUT, SAMI.
E8. MAGpie will create a SAMI file (.SMI) containing all the streams and
pointers to relevant media.
E9. Review your work by opening the .SMI file in the Windows Media Player.
If you find errors, make the appropriate changes in MAGpie and output your work
again. MAGpie will automatically overwrite the old SAMI file.
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