[QUESTION] Quick way to check for Closed Captions #517

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claunia · 2026-01-29T16:46:07Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:46:07 +00:00

Originally created by @HaveAGitGat on GitHub (Nov 5, 2019).

Please prefix your issue with one of the following: [BUG], [PROPOSAL], [QUESTION].

CCExtractor version (using the --version parameter preferably) : X.X

My familiarity with the project is as follows (check one, eg [X] - and delete unchecked ones):

[ X] I have used CCExtractor just a couple of times.

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Is this a regression (did it work before)? [X] NO | [ ] YES - please specify the last known working version
What platform did you use? [X ] Windows - [ ] Linux - [ ] Mac

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Just wondering if there's a quick way to check for Closed Captions without actually extracting anything? At the moment I use:
--screenfuls 1

And then parse the output but this still takes some time (about 8 seconds per file) which adds up.

Originally created by @HaveAGitGat on GitHub (Nov 5, 2019). Please prefix your issue with one of the following: [BUG], [PROPOSAL], [QUESTION]. CCExtractor version (using the --version parameter preferably) : **X.X** **My familiarity with the project is as follows (check one, eg [X] - and delete unchecked ones):** - [ X] I have used CCExtractor just a couple of times. **Necessary information** - Is this a regression (did it work before)? [X] NO | [ ] YES - *please specify the last known working version* - What platform did you use? [X ] Windows - [ ] Linux - [ ] Mac **Additional information** Just wondering if there's a quick way to check for Closed Captions without actually extracting anything? At the moment I use: ` --screenfuls 1` And then parse the output but this still takes some time (about 8 seconds per file) which adds up.

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claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:46:08 +00:00

@HaveAGitGat commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2019):

I've started using -endat 01:00 --screenfuls 1 so it stops after the first minute which is a lot quicker but still takes a couple of seconds to process and there's the possibility that a file will have closed captions after the first minute.

@HaveAGitGat commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2019): I've started using `-endat 01:00 --screenfuls 1` so it stops after the first minute which is a lot quicker but still takes a couple of seconds to process and there's the possibility that a file will have closed captions after the first minute.

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:46:08 +00:00

@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019):

There's no way to be sure that there's no captions without processing the whole file.

@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019): There's no way to be sure that there's no captions without processing the whole file.

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:46:09 +00:00

@HaveAGitGat commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019):

@vikramcs ?

@HaveAGitGat commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2019): @vikramcs ?

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:46:09 +00:00