Caption encoder system and method

A method for using a caption encoder system, comprising:

• providing a caption encoder system including:
• a computer system and
• a caption encoder card including an input component configured to receive an input SDI stream, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in communication with the input component and configured to compile an output SDI stream with embedded closed captions, a microcontroller unit (MCU) in communication with the field programmable gate array, a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bridge in communication with the MCU and a plurality of universal serial bus to serial devices, wherein the PCIe bridge includes an internal USB to serial port configured to transfer encoder settings and decoder settings, and a plurality of output components in communication with the FPGA wherein each of the plurality of output components is configured to output a modified SDI stream based on user settings, the caption encoder card operatively installed in a rack of the computer system;
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• using the caption encoder system to transform the input SDI stream including audio data into the output SDI stream with embedded closed captions.

A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) caption encoder card, comprising:

• an input component configured to receive an input (serial digital interface) SDI stream;
• a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in communication with the input component and configured to compile an output SDI stream with embedded closed captions;
• a microcontroller unit (MCU) in communication with the FPGA;
• a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bridge in communication with the MCU and a plurality of universal serial bus to serial devices, wherein the PCIe bridge is configured to receive caption data in a first language at one port and to receive caption data in a second language at another port;
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• a plurality of output components in communication with the FPGA, wherein each of the plurality of output components is configured to output a modified SDI stream based on user settings.

A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) caption encoder card, comprising:

• an input component configured to receive an input (serial digital interface) SDI stream;
• a field programmable gate array (FPGA) in communication with the input component and configured to compile an output SDI stream with embedded closed captions;
• a microcontroller unit (MCU) in communication with the FPGA;
• a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bridge in communication with the MCU and a plurality of universal serial bus to serial devices, wherein the PCIe bridge is configured to receive caption data in a first language at one port and to receive caption data in a second language at another port;
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• a plurality of output components in communication with the FPGA, wherein each of the plurality of output components is configured to output a modified SDI stream based on user settings, wherein the input SDI stream includes audio data, and the input component is configured to accept 3 Gigabit/High Definition/Standard Definition-SDI transport SDI streams.