Creating a captions encode by sharing

You can create one captions encode and share it among several outputs. Follow the earlier procedure to create the encode once. Then set up the encode for the other outputs using the following steps.

Note that the procedure for sharing a captions encode is nearly identical to the procedure for sharing a video encode or captions encode.

1. On the Create channel page, find the output group that you created.

2. Under that output group, find the output where you want to set up a captions encode.

3. The output might contain a captions encode that MediaLive has automatically added. If you don't plan to use this captions encode, remove it. Choose the captions encode and choose Remove captions.

4. Create a new captions. Choose Add captions. A menu appears that includes the option Use an existing captions description, followed by a list of the captions that currently exist in the entire channel. Choose the captions that you want to use.

5. On the dialog that appears, choose Share the existing settings.

   The fields for this encode appear. Above the first field is an information message that lists all the outputs that share this encode.

   You might want to change the captions description to include the term shared, as a reminder to yourself.

   Keep in mind that there is only one instance of this encode in the channel. Therefore, if you change a field, you will change the field in all the other outputs that use this encode.

   Remember this rule if you change the Captions selector name field. If you specify a different selector in the encode in one output, you change it in all the outputs that share this encode. If you actually want to specify a different selector, you might need to clone the encode instead of sharing it.