Closed captions in Premiere 15 getting a duplicate layer track after reopening.
I would like to report a bug I just discovered in the new Premiere Pro 15.
I switched to PP version 15 to take advantage of better closed captions control in the editor. The workflow was fine and worked great until I closed the project and reopened it. Now I have two closed captions boxes overlapping each other. The box underneath is the one I created. The one on top and slightly offset is the "ghost" caption. It looks like it came from the old caption platform style. I have recreated it by starting a new blank project, importing a video clip and creating a new caption in the timeline. It looks great until I close and reopen the project. Again, I get the second box overlapping, or on top of the one I created. I ran some tests and it appears that this "ghost" box only shows up in the Program window of Premiere. I can export a video from the project and burn in the captions and only the caption I created is there. I also turned off the captions I created and the "ghost caption" does not show up in the exported video. Although it still shows up in the Program monitor in Premiere. I can even delete all captioning tracks in the timeline and the "ghost" caption still shows up in the Program monitor.
I'm working on a new iMac about 6 months old. OS - 10.15.7, 40 Gb of RAM and 8 Gb VRAM AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT graphics card.
Attached is a screenshot of the issue.
Steve Hayes
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Jeremy Westby
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Having the same issue - no clue how to find/turn that off. Screenshot attached.
As you can see I only have one caption on the timeline. I also muted all other sources and the 'ghost caption' was still visible.
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Trent Happel
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We believe we have addressed this issue in Premiere Pro 22.2 Beta build 029 (posted to Creative Cloud on Dec. 7, 2021). Please let us know your results.
Thank you.
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Tom Layson
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Having the same problem. The Ghost captions are nowhere to be found as a source - nor are they at all editable or turn-off-able. Luckily, when I import my .scc file for the "real" captions - the don't seem to get embedded with the "real" captions and I pass QC. I did one version of a show with a promo in it, but when I went to produce an evergreen version of the show, while I could edit the .scc captions fine - that old ghost was still mimicking the captions from version 1 - it's just a mess. This has been a problem for MONTHS and it needs to get resolved so we can understand the source and how to control it.
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Janot Lessard
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Same problem with Windows 10 and UNTIL Premiere Pro 15.0. I'm working for TVA Network, and I Go back to my old release 14. Very Sad.
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Edmond Toma
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Having an issue with all captions appearing as open (burned in) captions despite correct settings. Issue not happening in Premiere 2020.
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Nathan Ashton
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Same problem -- PLUS I can "select all" and delete everything on the timeline and the ghost captions remain (Mac 10.15.7, 128 GB Ram, Dual Radeon Pro W5700X)
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PHILLIP HARVEY
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Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 7 3700X, 2070 Super, 64 GB RAM
Happened with CEA-708. Same issue as described by others. Upon restart you get the duplicate captions. Deleting the caption track will still leave you with the duplicates.
Note that it does look like a prefs reset resolved it for me.
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Nick Conedera
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Same problem. Screenshot here:
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Zeesy Powers
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I'm having the same issue. Toggling the eyeball in the captions track turns off the large text, but not the small text. No change when switching the track back to 608 from 708. Rendering out a still frame shows no captions at all. Windows 10, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, Nvidia RTX 3090, 16GB RAM.
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Steve Hayes
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Follow up:
I did some further testing and it appears that the doubled up caption boxes only appear when displaying the 708 standard. 608 seems to be fine.
