ccextractor ☆

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Description:
Tool for extracting closed captions from video files

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 29, 2025

Links: Homepage | @CCExtractor | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: video subtitles captions multimedia cli

Install: brew install ccextractor

About:
CCExtractor is a robust command-line tool designed to extract closed captions, subtitles, and teletext from video files. It supports a wide range of input formats and can output to standard formats like SRT, SCC, and TTML. Its primary value is in making inaccessible or embedded caption data available for analysis, archiving, or playback.

Key Features:

Supports multiple input formats including transport streams (TS), MPEG, and WMV
Generates various output formats such as SRT, SCC, TTML, and TXT
High-performance processing with multi-threading capabilities
Advanced debugging and reporting tools for caption data analysis

Use Cases:

Extracting subtitles for video accessibility and compliance
Archiving broadcast television content with its original captions
Analyzing caption data for research or quality control

Alternatives:

ffmpeg – FFmpeg is a general-purpose multimedia framework that can extract subtitles, but CCExtractor is specialized for broadcast caption formats and offers more detailed control.
Subtitle Edit – Subtitle Edit is a GUI-based tool for manual editing, whereas CCExtractor is a command-line utility focused on automated extraction.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 5, 2026 10:57am		1	REVISION_ONLY	1159a579
Dec 29, 2025 10:06pm		0	META	37df7acd