The “QuickFix” icon is the first thing a user sees when opening a file in the caption editor of CaptionTools. Therefore, QuickFix must be important, right, like an “Easy Button”?
Who doesn’t like the sound of a “quick fix,” after all?
Here’s how and when to use the QuickFix feature in CaptionTools.
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When to Use QuickFix
The QuickFix tool is perfect when ALL of the following criteria are present:
- The file is a realtime file from your https://streamtext.net account
- You have access to the recording of the event
- You need to produce a caption file as soon as possible
- You do not wish to edit the individual caption lines
When NOT to Use QuickFix
Do not use QuickFix in the following scenarios:
- You uploaded a video or audio file to CaptionTools
- The file is a realtime file from your Streamtext account, but you want to spend a little more time to make the captions look as nice as possible.
What Does QuickFix Do?
QuickFix performs all of the following in one step:
- Adjusts the start time of the first caption to synchronize with the recorded video
- Offsets all the other caption time codes in the file with the adjustment to the start time. (This is called “rippling” a time code adjustment through the entire file.)
- Applies a minimum display time (which you select) to every caption with short duration
- Applies a maximum number of characters (which you select) to every caption line in the file
- Fixes any overlapping time codes in the file
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QuickFix Demo
To see QuickFix in action, watch the QuickFix Tutorial.