Manual Process for Captioning

 

The following information is available in a printable PDF at the end of this article.


Step 1 – Creating a Video Podcast in Mediasite

  • Unless it is in the video template, videos do not automatically have a video podcast, which is an MP4, available. The following steps must be followed to create the MP4.
    1. Navigate to the desired video in Mediasite
    2. Edit>Delivery
    3. Check the box for Video Podcast (composite)
      • Click on Select a Vodcast Project and select UNTHSC Vodcast
    4. Click Save (upper right of window)
    5. At this point you may leave Mediasite and check back later for the Video Podcast. The amount of time varies based on the length of the video.

 

Step 2 – Uploading to Verbit for Captioning

  • Navigate to the desired video in Mediasite
  • Open the video
    1. On right hand side, click on Download Video Podcast. Video will download to the Downloads folder.

  • Navigate to Verbit. Click the “+” on the lower right

  • Click “Select Files to Upload” in the window that opens.
  • Navigate to Downloads and click on the video file downloaded from Mediasite.
    1. Click the blue Upload button in the Verbit window.
  • Verbit will upload the video and automatically start the captioning process.
    1. You will see a “Work in Progress” indicator on the main Verbit screen.

  • You may leave Verbit and check back at a later time for the finished project.

Step 3 – Adding Captions to the Mediasite video

  • Click on the finished video in Verbit
  • In the new window, click Download>Captions
    1. Any of the file types will work, but SRT is the recommended file type.
    2. Click Download

  • Navigate to the original Mediasite video
  • Click Edit>Delivery>Manual Upload>Select a file
    1. Navigate to Downloads and click on the caption file downloaded from Verbit
  • Click Save, which returns you to the video’s Summary tab.
    1. Play the video to ensure the captions loaded properly.

 

Success! You have manually captioned a Mediasite video!


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Last updated October 5, 2022