How to make a DVD with subtitles from Video Tape.

There are Direct to DVD machines that will play the Video Tape and Record a DVD. You can not edit the transfer process with such a machine. These machines have both a Video Tape Player or Recorder and a DVD Recorder. The DVD recorder can record from the Video Tape.

I am using Windows XP Professional for my OS.

This procedure to capture the Video/Audio and Captions, requires playing the Video tape twice all the way in real time. 

You have to record the Video in PowerDirector, then you have to record the captions in GraphEdit. A 30 minute program takes a minimum of one hour to capture both Video/Audio and Captions.

If the Video tape program is not closed captioned,  you will not have any captions to capture. 

I use a 13 inch analog color TV for a monitor, turn on closed captions on the TV to see the closed captions. All 13 inch and larger TV's that were manufactured after July 1993 will have a closed caption decoder.

Most hearing people have never bothered to look for the closed caption decoder. It is in there I promise you. Look in the TV's menu or for a CC key on the remote. English closed captions are CC1. Some programs also have Spanish on CC2.

This instruction is for English Closed Captions from CC1. SCC_Tools can capture CC2 captions from the cc.bin file we create with GraphEdit. CC1 and CC2 data is contained in the same capture. But I am only extracting CC1 data.

The tools you need:

  1. Video Capture device with VBI output available. 

  2. Graphedit from Doom9.org

  3.  A HexEditor from Freeware Hex Editor XVI32.

  4. SCC_TOOLS

  5. A Video Editor that does subtitles. I am using CyberLink PowerDirector 7 Ultra.

For the Video Capture Device, I am using Kworld Digital/Analog HDTV tuner PCI model ATSC-110. (It has been replaced with ATSC-120).
I have the driver software installed for ATSC-110, therefore the drivers are available for use in Graphedit. 

If you have a different capture device, the driver IDs will be different in Graphedit, they must be WDM Streaming Devices.

WDM driver Model from Microsoft.

Connect your Video and Audio cables from the Video Tape playback machine to your capture device.

Graphedit is available (December 2008) from Doom9.org  You find it under the heading "Filters". 
The link for download from Doom9.org  is here, The file name is graphedit.rar. Save it to your hard drive.

The Doom9.org version of Graphedit includes the required Dump filter for saving the BytePairs (Closed Captions) from line 21 of the Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI). There is a File Writer filter in DirectShow filters, but it will not connect to anything, Microsoft disabled it.

You will need a file extraction utility that works on rar files. 7Zip is a free RAR extraction software. Download and install. Reboot computer.
7Zip appears in the Start menu of Windows XP, open the 7zip file manager, navigate to your graphedit.rar file, and extract to the root folder of the hard drive. (graphedit.rar extraction creates the folder Graphedit and extracts the files into that folder).

In My Computer or Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder Graphedit and run register.bat. That registers the Dump.AX dump filter.
If you get an error, read the Readme.txt file for answers.

Graphedit is also available from Microsoft in one of the DirectX SDKs, You have to hunt it down because Microsoft keeps moving Graphedit around. Dump filter is NOT included. 
Dump filter is in one of the Windows SDK samples, but you must have a C compiler to assemble the source code into a usable filter for use in Graphedit.

Build the Graph

Double click graphedit.exe. Or you can place a shortcut on the Desktop. Right Click, sent to Desktop (Create Shortcut). I recommend doing that, you will need to run Graphedit many times.

File>Save As Graph (Create a name) after you have inserted a filter. Then Save Graph (Ctrl+S), often to save what you have done, Otherwise you have to start from scratch everytime.

  1. Click Graph on Main menu>Insert filters

  2. Scroll to WDM streaming Crossbar Devices, expand, select 713x BDA Analog Xbar, Insert Filter. Configure by right click, Filter Properties, Select Crossbar tab, select your Video input, I am using Video Composite In.

  3. WDM Streaming Capture Devices, expand, select 713x BDA Analog Capture, Insert Filter

  4. Expand WDM Streaming VBI Codecs, select CC Decoder, Insert Filter

  5. Expand WDM Streaming Communication Transforms, select Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter, Insert Filter.

  6. Near top of filters window, Audio Renderers, expand, select Default DirectSound Device, Insert Filter

  7. Expand DirectShow Filter

  8. Line 21 Decoder, insert filter (There is also Line 21 Decoder 2, don't use)

  9. Scroll near bottom, select Video Renderer, insert filter twice (You need two of them)

  10. DirectShow filters, select Dump, Insert Filter. Will ask for filename, Use cc.bin (file extension must be bin). Use a location where you can find the file, you must know where this file is located. (I put in the in same area where I edit the Video)

  11. DirectShow filters, Color Space Converter, Insert Filter.

  12. Save the Graph.

Connect the parts together

You move the parts by clicking and dragging. You connect the pins by click on output pin, dragging to corresponding input pin. Release left mouse button. If you get an error, those two pins are not compatible. In which case, you can try Right click pin, Render Pin. If Graphedit can find a compatible device it will be connected. (This does not always work ).

  1. Move 713x BDA Analog Capture to the Right of 713x BDA Analog Xbar. 

  2. Connect 0: Video Decoder out to Analog Video In.

  3.  Color of devices will change and line will connect.

  4. Connect 1: Audio Decoder Out to Analog Audioinput.

  5. Move one of the Video Renderers to right of 713x BDA Analog Capture

  6. Connect Capture pin to Input pin of Video Renderer.

  7. Move Default DirectSound Device below 713x BDA Analog Capture.

  8. connect Audio output pin to Audio Input pin. (Graphedit moves devices automatically).

  9. At this point you can test the Graph to see if the Video and Sound is working. Push play on the Video  Tape Playback machine,  Graph>Play or Enter key. Graph>Stop or Backspace will stop.

  10. Connect  713x BDA Analog Capture VBI pin to input pin of Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter.

  11. Connect Communication Transform output pin from Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter to CC Decoder VBI input pin.

  12. Connect CC decoder CC pin to input pin of cc.bin (CC decoder will create another CC pin)

  13. Connect second CC pin from CC Decoder to XForm in pin on Line 21 Decoder.

  14. Connect XForm out pin from Line 21 Decoder to input pin of Color Space Converter.

  15. Connect Xform out from Color Space Converter to VMR input pin on Video Renderer.

  16. Play the graph. Stop the Graph when you are done.

  17. Save File>Save as Graph or Save Graph if previous save, the graph you just created, you will reload this graph every time you capture from a Video Tape.

Graphedit Graph

Graph for GraphEdit

Play the Graph. Click the Green arrow or Enter key. Stop by Red button or BackSpace key.

At this point Graphedit writes the Caption information into cc.bin.

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Last Edited: April 03, 2009

Copyright © 2008 Carl McMillan