Adding Closed Captions to Ooyala Videos

Adding Closed Captions to your Ooyala videos is easy with CaptionSync. Ooyala is a video content delivery platform with real-time analytics that enables organizations to deliver high-quality digital content over the internet. This tutorial shows how to add Closed Captions to Ooyala videos.

Tutorial:

Submitting your Media for Captioning:

• Download the MP4 video from your Ooyala account.

• Ooyala supports the DFXP captioning format. So, in your CaptionSync account, go to Caption/Transcribe -> Advanced Settings. Under the Output Types tab, ensure the DFXP format is selected.

• Make your Captioning request, using your Ooyala video.

• Once results are available, download the .dfxp file from the Results Email or the Submission Details Page.
  Ooyala also provides a Closed Caption validator tool, which allows users to check the format of the DFXP caption file.

Importing the Captions into Ooyala:

• Log into your Backlot account, click Manage -> Content Types on the left panel, and then click Video.

• Select the video you wish to add Closed Captions to, and then open the Details tab.

• Scroll to the Closed Captions section, and then click Upload to browse for the DFXP caption file. The captions will then be associated with the video.

• The Ooyala player will automatically display the Closed Caption icon on the screen, during playback. To watch the captions being displayed, click On.

More information about configuring Closed Captions on Ooyala's Player V4 is provided in their support article.