Delete Closed-Captions from a DVD

[Gypsy898]

How can I delete Closed-Captions from a DVD??

[Cornucopia]

You turn off CC on you monitor. (There is no NEED to delete CC--they're hidden, that's why they're called "closed")

Scott

[Gypsy898]

The reason I wanted to delete them was because they are distorted. I converted an old VHS tape to DVD, and the CC's are a mess. I would like to either fix them, or get rid of them all together. (What can I say, I'm a perfectionist!)

[SLK001]

As Scott said, they are "hidden".

However, if you really want to get rid of them, use RESTREAM and go to User Data and select remove. Or, you could extract them and clean them up.

Since this is an old VHS tape and the fact that you even still have the CCs, I'm assuming that you captured this using a set top DVD recorder.

[handyguy]

Your video heads were probably dirty. Thats why they were scrambled.

[Gypsy898]

Yes, I converted the VHS tape from a Sony VCR to my Pioneer DVR-520H DVD/HDD recorder. (Had it for almost two years now, and I DO NOT want to imagine my life without it! Absolutely love that thing!!! )
My heads weren't dirty, because I checked different videotapes. It seems that whenever I convert an older VHS tape (by older I mean 10 years+) that was taped in either LP or EP the CC's never convert correctly. I do not know why though...

I'll try SLK001's suggestion and get back....

[SLK001]

It seems that whenever I convert an older VHS tape (by older I mean 10 years+) that was taped in either LP or EP the CC's never convert correctly. I do not know why though...

The first thing that "goes" on a video tape is the high frequency response. The CC data is binary, so has quite a bit of HF info that is usually lost.

Do the CCs appear properly when displayed when played from your video tape?

[Cornucopia]

That, plus the timebase instability.

If you can run it through a TBC that DOESN'T wipe out line21, it could help a whole lot. (Be careful, those are rarer and more $$)

Scott

[Gypsy898]

First, Thanks SLK001 ReStream worked perfectly!

I converted 300 video tapes in the first 3 months I got my Pioneer (back in '05), and through many trials and errors, I haven't been able to figure the problem.
The CC's appear properly when displayed on the television to the VCR, it just happens during the converting process. SP recorded tapes always convert fine. Unless they are copyprotected so than I have to use my Sima GoDVD! Video Enhancer. In taking out the copyprotection it always strips the CC too.
It's LP and EP tapes that give me the problem. But not always.
For example, sometimes my girl can get the scrambled stream from an
EP recorded TDK videotape that's, let's say, four years old but it won't accept a stream from an EP recorded Sony videotape that's six months old.
It's very odd. I guess it's the way the tapes are made or something.

[handyguy]

CC's require the best recording quality you can provide. EP is very low resolution, so it's often not enough to keep CC's.

[SLK001]

CC's require the best recording quality you can provide. EP is very low resolution, so it's often not enough to keep CC's.

EP is high enough quality to maintain CC encoding. I suspect that the DVD recorder is not doing its best when it comes to closed caption capturing. Since the tapes display CC properly, they should also record properly.

On a DVD, CCs aren't stored on LINE 21 like on a normal broadcast, but in the headers of individual GOPs (there is no Video Retrace Interval on a DVD, so no LINE 21). I believe that the recorder is "coming up short" in this arena.