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They have been turned on in the TV's menu system, or you are watching a foreign movie that has subtitles.

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What is the difference between subtitle and closed caption?

Closed Captions (CC) are a standardized method of encoding text into an NTSC television signal. The text can be displayed by a TV with a built-in decoder or by a separate decoder. All TVs larger than 13 inches sold in the US since 1993 have Closed Caption decoders. Closed Captions can be carried on DVD, videotape, broadcast TV, cable TV, and so on. Even though the terms caption and subtitle have similar definitions, captions commonly refer to on-screen text specifically designed for hearing impaired viewers, while subtitles are straight transcriptions or translations of the dialogue. Captions are usually positioned below the person who is speaking, and they include descriptions of sounds (such as gunshots or closing doors) and music. Closed captions are not visible until the viewer activates them. Open captions are always visible, such as subtitles on foreign videotapes. Closed Captions on DVDs are carried in a special data channel of the MPEG-2 video stream and are automatically sent to the TV. You can't turn them on or off from the DVD player. Subtitles, on the other hand, are DVD subpictures, which are full-screen graphical overlays (see 3.4 for technical details). One of up to 32 subpicture tracks can be turned on to show text or graphics on top of the video. Subpictures can also be used to create captions. To differentiate from NTSC Closed Captions and from subtitles, captions created as subpictures are usually called "captions for the hearing impaired."


What does the rating TV-cc mean?

I think it means closed captions.


Why is closed caption on my DVD movie but not on the tv?

You are confusing closed captions with subtitles.DVDs have subtitles, which are controlled (turned on or off, or changed to another language) by the DVD player.TV programs have closed captions, which are controlled by the TV.


Where can captions be found?

One place that you can find a caption is in the newspaper. Another place would be on a television.


Why are captions used?

Captions on a picture give a text explanation of what is shown in the picture. Closed captioning on TV allows deaf people to read the dialogue that is being spoken, or indicate sounds that are important to the action being depicted.


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