EXTRACTION OF DTV CLOSED CAPTION STREAM AND GENERATION OF VIDEO CAPTION FILE

  • Kim, Jung-Youn (School of Mobile Communication & Digital Broadcasting Engineering University of Science and Technology (UST)) ;
  • Nam, Je-Ho (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Media Research Department Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI))
  • Published : 2009.01.12

Abstract

This paper presents a scheme that generates a caption file by extracting a Closed Caption stream from DTV signal. Note that Closed-Captioning service helps to bridge "digital divide" through extending broadcasting accessibility of a neglected class such as hearing-impaired person and foreigner. In Korea, DTV Closed Captioning standard was developed in June 2007, and Closed Captioning service should be supported by an enforcing law in all broadcasting services in 2008. In this paper, we describe the method of extracting a caption data from MPEG-2 Transport Stream of ATSC-based digital TV signal and generating a caption file (SAMI and SRT) using the extracted caption data and time information. Experimental results verify the feasibility of a generated caption file using a PC-based media player which is widely used in multimedia service.

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