diff --git a/src/608.c b/src/608.c
index ec064e1e..ef3ad154 100644
--- a/src/608.c
+++ b/src/608.c
@@ -360,79 +360,81 @@ void write_cc_line_as_transcript(struct eia608_screen *data, struct s_context_cc
     }
     if (length>0)
     {
-		if (timestamps_on_transcript)
+		if (context->ts_start_of_current_line == -1)
 		{
-			const char *mode="???";
-			switch (context->mode)
-			{
-				case MODE_POPON:
-					mode="POP";
-					break;
-				case MODE_FAKE_ROLLUP_1:
-					mode="RU1";
-					break;
-				case MODE_ROLLUP_2:
-					mode="RU2";
-					break;
-				case MODE_ROLLUP_3:
-					mode="RU3";
-					break;
-				case MODE_ROLLUP_4:
-					mode="RU4";
-					break;
-				case MODE_TEXT:
-					mode="TXT";
-					break;
-				case MODE_PAINTON:
-					mode="PAI";
-					break;
-			}
+			// CFS: Means that the line has characters but we don't have a timestamp for the first one. Since the timestamp
+			// is set for example by the write_char function, it possible that we don't have one in empty lines (unclear)
+			// For now, let's not consider this a bug as before and just return.
+			// fatal (EXIT_BUG_BUG, "Bug in timedtranscript (ts_start_of_current_line==-1). Please report.");
+			return;
+		}
 
-			if (context->ts_start_of_current_line == -1)
-			{
-				// CFS: Means that the line has characters but we don't have a timestamp for the first one. Since the timestamp
-				// is set for example by the write_char function, it possible that we don't have one in empty lines (unclear)
-				// For now, let's not consider this a bug as before and just return.
-				// fatal (EXIT_BUG_BUG, "Bug in timedtranscript (ts_start_of_current_line==-1). Please report.");
-				return;
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showStartTime){
+			char buf1[80];
+			if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.relativeTimestamp){
+				millis_to_date(context->ts_start_of_current_line + subs_delay, buf1);
+				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s|", buf1);
 			}
-			if (ccx_options.ucla_settings)
-			{
+			else {
 				mstotime(context->ts_start_of_current_line + subs_delay, &h1, &m1, &s1, &ms1);
-				mstotime (get_fts()+subs_delay,&h2,&m2,&s2,&ms2);				
-
-                // SSC-1182 BEGIN
-                // Changed output format to be more like ZVBI
-
-				char buffer[80];
 				time_t start_time_int = (context->ts_start_of_current_line + subs_delay) / 1000;
 				int start_time_dec = (context->ts_start_of_current_line + subs_delay) % 1000;
-                struct tm *start_time_struct = gmtime(&start_time_int);
-                strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", start_time_struct);
-				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s.%03d|", buffer, start_time_dec);
-
-                time_t end_time_int = (get_fts()+subs_delay)/1000;
-                int end_time_dec = (get_fts()+subs_delay)%1000;
-                struct tm *end_time_struct = gmtime(&end_time_int);
-                strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", end_time_struct);
-				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s.%03d|", buffer, end_time_dec);
-
-				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "CC%d|%s|", context->my_field == 1 ? context->channel : context->channel + 2, // Data from field 2 is CC3 or 4
-					mode);
-                // SSC-1182 END
+				struct tm *start_time_struct = gmtime(&start_time_int);
+				strftime(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", start_time_struct);
+				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s%c%03d|", buf1,ccx_options.millis_separator,start_time_dec);
 			}
-			else
-			{
-				char buf1[80], buf2[80];
-				char timeline[256];   
-				millis_to_date(context->ts_start_of_current_line + subs_delay, buf1);
-				millis_to_date (get_fts()+subs_delay, buf2);
-				sprintf (timeline, "%s|%s|%s|",
-					buf1, buf2,mode);
-				enc_buffer_used=encode_line (enc_buffer,(unsigned char *) timeline);
-				write(context->out->fh, enc_buffer, enc_buffer_used);
-			}			
 		}
+
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showEndTime){
+			char buf2[80];
+			if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.relativeTimestamp){
+				millis_to_date(get_fts() + subs_delay, buf2);
+				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s|", buf2);
+			}
+			else {
+				mstotime(get_fts() + subs_delay, &h2, &m2, &s2, &ms2);
+				time_t end_time_int = (get_fts() + subs_delay) / 1000;
+				int end_time_dec = (get_fts() + subs_delay) % 1000;
+				struct tm *end_time_struct = gmtime(&end_time_int);
+				strftime(buf2, sizeof(buf2), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", end_time_struct);
+				fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s%c%03d|", buf2,ccx_options.millis_separator,end_time_dec);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showCC){
+			fdprintf(context->out->fh, "CC%d|", context->my_field == 1 ? context->channel : context->channel + 2); // Data from field 2 is CC3 or 4
+		}
+
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showMode){
+			const char *mode = "???";
+			switch (context->mode)
+			{
+			case MODE_POPON:
+				mode = "POP";
+				break;
+			case MODE_FAKE_ROLLUP_1:
+				mode = "RU1";
+				break;
+			case MODE_ROLLUP_2:
+				mode = "RU2";
+				break;
+			case MODE_ROLLUP_3:
+				mode = "RU3";
+				break;
+			case MODE_ROLLUP_4:
+				mode = "RU4";
+				break;
+			case MODE_TEXT:
+				mode = "TXT";
+				break;
+			case MODE_PAINTON:
+				mode = "PAI";
+				break;
+			}
+
+			fdprintf(context->out->fh, "%s|", mode);
+		}
+
 		write(context->out->fh, subline, length);
 		write(context->out->fh, encoded_crlf, encoded_crlf_length);
     }
diff --git a/src/ccextractor.c b/src/ccextractor.c
index bd64bce5..3148f044 100644
--- a/src/ccextractor.c
+++ b/src/ccextractor.c
@@ -11,11 +11,16 @@ void xds_cea608_test();
 
 struct ccx_s_options ccx_options;
 
-#define TRANSCRIPT_PREDEFINED_SETTINGS_COUNT 10
-
-ccx_transcript_format ccx_transcript_predefined_settings[TRANSCRIPT_PREDEFINED_SETTINGS_COUNT] = {
-	{ .name = "General", .showTimes = 1, .showStartTime = 1, .showEndTime = 1, .relativeTimestamp = 1, .xds = 0, .useColors = 1 }, // This one will be used as default.
-	{ .name = "UCLA", .showTimes = 1, .showStartTime = 1, .showEndTime = 1, .relativeTimestamp = 0, .xds = 1, .useColors = 1 } // Predefined one for the UCLA project.
+// These are the default settings for plain transcripts. No times, no CC or caption mode, and no XDS.
+ccx_transcript_format ccx_default_transcript_settings = 
+{ 
+	.showStartTime = 0, 
+	.showEndTime = 0, 
+	.showCC = 0, 
+	.showMode = 0, 
+	.relativeTimestamp = 1, 
+	.xds = 0, 
+	.useColors = 1 
 };
 
 extern unsigned char *filebuffer;
@@ -83,7 +88,6 @@ LLONG fts_at_gop_start=0;
 
 /* Time info for timed-transcript */
 LLONG ts_start_of_xds=-1; // Time at which we switched to XDS mode, =-1 hasn't happened yet
-int timestamps_on_transcript=0; /* Write time info on transcripts? */
 uint64_t utc_refvalue=UINT64_MAX;  /* _UI64_MAX means don't use UNIX, 0 = use current system time as reference, +1 use a specific reference */
 
 int max_gop_length=0; // (Maximum) length of a group of pictures
@@ -137,7 +141,6 @@ void init_options (struct ccx_s_options *options)
 	/* Levenshtein's parameters, for string comparison */
 	options->levdistmincnt=2; // Means 2 fails or less is "the same"...
 	options->levdistmaxpct=10; // ...10% or less is also "the same"	
-	options->export_xds=0; // Export XDS to transcript?
 	options->investigate_packets = 0; // Look for captions in all packets when everything else fails
 	options->fullbin=0; // Disable pruning of padding cc blocks
 	options->nosync=0; // Disable syncing
@@ -153,7 +156,8 @@ void init_options (struct ccx_s_options *options)
 	options->teletext_mode=CCX_TXT_AUTO_NOT_YET_FOUND; // 0=Disabled, 1 = Not found, 2=Found
 
 	options->ucla_settings=0; // Enables convenient settings for UCLA's project.	
-	options->transcript_settings = ccx_transcript_predefined_settings[0];
+
+	options->transcript_settings = ccx_default_transcript_settings;
 	options->millis_separator=',';
 	options->screens_to_process=-1; // How many screenfuls we want?
 	options->encoding = CCX_ENC_UTF_8;
@@ -527,7 +531,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ccx_options.export_xds)
+	if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.xds)
 	{
 		if (ccx_options.write_format==CCX_OF_TRANSCRIPT)
 		{
diff --git a/src/ccextractor.h b/src/ccextractor.h
index d837da8f..9dc0e011 100644
--- a/src/ccextractor.h
+++ b/src/ccextractor.h
@@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ struct ccx_boundary_time
 
 typedef struct {
 	// TODO: add more options, and (perhaps) reduce other ccextractor options?
-	char name[20]; // Unique identifier for easy access to a predefined setting
-	int showTimes; // Show times or not
-	int showStartTime, showEndTime; // Show start and/or end time. showTimes must be 1 for this.
+	int showStartTime, showEndTime; // Show start and/or end time.
+	int showCC; // Show which CC channel has been captured.
+	int showMode; // Show which mode if available (E.G.: POP, RU1, ...)	
 	int relativeTimestamp; // Timestamps relative to start of sample or in UTC?
 	int xds; // Show XDS or not
 	int useColors; // Add colors or no colors
 
 } ccx_transcript_format;
 
+extern ccx_transcript_format ccx_default_transcript_settings;
+
 struct ccx_s_options // Options from user parameters
 {
 	int extract; // Extract 1st, 2nd or both fields
@@ -80,7 +82,6 @@ struct ccx_s_options // Options from user parameters
 	int messages_target; // 0 = nowhere (quiet), 1=stdout, 2=stderr
 	/* Levenshtein's parameters, for string comparison */
 	int levdistmincnt, levdistmaxpct; // Means 2 fails or less is "the same", 10% or less is also "the same"	
-	int export_xds; // Export XDS to transcript?
 	int investigate_packets; // Look for captions in all packets when everything else fails
 	int fullbin; // Disable pruning of padding cc blocks
 	int nosync; // Disable syncing
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ extern int PIDs_seen[65536];
 extern struct PMT_entry *PIDs_programs[65536];
 
 extern LLONG ts_start_of_xds; 
-extern int timestamps_on_transcript;
+//extern int timestamps_on_transcript;
 
 extern unsigned teletext_mode;
 
diff --git a/src/params.c b/src/params.c
index 962f6308..0c927e31 100644
--- a/src/params.c
+++ b/src/params.c
@@ -263,14 +263,17 @@ void set_output_format (const char *format)
     else if (strcmp (format,"transcript")==0 || strcmp (format,"txt")==0)
 	{
         ccx_options.write_format=CCX_OF_TRANSCRIPT;
-		timestamps_on_transcript=0;
 	}
     else if (strcmp (format,"timedtranscript")==0 || strcmp (format,"ttxt")==0)
 	{
         ccx_options.write_format=CCX_OF_TRANSCRIPT;
 		if (ccx_options.date_format==ODF_NONE)		
 			ccx_options.date_format=ODF_HHMMSSMS;
-		timestamps_on_transcript=1;	
+		// Sets the right things so that timestamps and the mode are printed.
+		ccx_options.transcript_settings.showStartTime = 1;
+		ccx_options.transcript_settings.showEndTime = 1;
+		ccx_options.transcript_settings.showCC = 0;
+		ccx_options.transcript_settings.showMode = 1;
 	}
     else if (strcmp (format,"report")==0) 
     {
@@ -1227,7 +1230,7 @@ void parse_parameters (int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
         if (strcmp (argv[i],"-xds")==0)
 		{
-			ccx_options.export_xds=1;
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.xds = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
         if (strcmp (argv[i],"-xdsdebug")==0)
@@ -1388,8 +1391,12 @@ void parse_parameters (int argc, char *argv[])
 		}		
         if (strcmp (argv[i],"-UCLA")==0 || strcmp (argv[i],"-ucla")==0)
 		{
-            ccx_options.ucla_settings = 1;
 			ccx_options.millis_separator='.';
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.showStartTime = 1;
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.showEndTime = 1;
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.showCC = 1;
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.showMode = 1;
+			ccx_options.transcript_settings.relativeTimestamp = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
         if (strcmp (argv[i],"-lf")==0 || strcmp (argv[i],"-LF")==0)
diff --git a/src/xds.c b/src/xds.c
index eb581722..9cdf21da 100644
--- a/src/xds.c
+++ b/src/xds.c
@@ -151,57 +151,66 @@ void xds_write_transcript_line_prefix (struct ccx_s_write *wb)
 	if (!wb || wb->fh==-1)
 		return;
 
-	if (timestamps_on_transcript)
+	if (ts_start_of_xds == -1) 
 	{
-		const char *mode="XDS";
-		if (ts_start_of_xds == -1) 
-		{
-			// Means we entered XDS mode without making a note of the XDS start time. This is a bug.
-			fatal (EXIT_BUG_BUG, "Bug in timedtranscript (XDS). Please report.");
-			;
-		}
-		if (ccx_options.ucla_settings)
-		{
-			mstotime (ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay,&h1,&m1,&s1,&ms1);
-			mstotime (get_fts()+subs_delay,&h2,&m2,&s2,&ms2);				
+		// Means we entered XDS mode without making a note of the XDS start time. This is a bug.
+		fatal (EXIT_BUG_BUG, "Bug in timedtranscript (XDS). Please report.");
+		;
+	}
 
-            // SSC-1182 BEGIN
-            // Changed output format to be more like ZVBI
-
-			char buffer[80];
-            time_t start_time_int = (ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay)/1000;
-            int start_time_dec = (ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay)%1000;
-            struct tm *start_time_struct = gmtime(&start_time_int);
-            strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", start_time_struct);
-            fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s.%03d|", buffer, start_time_dec);
-
-            time_t end_time_int = (get_fts()+subs_delay)/1000;
-            int end_time_dec = (get_fts()+subs_delay)%1000;
-            struct tm *end_time_struct = gmtime(&end_time_int);
-            strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", end_time_struct);
-            fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s.%03d|", buffer, end_time_dec);
-            fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s|%s|", mode,XDSclasses_short[cur_xds_packet_class]);
-            // SSC-1182 END
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if (utc_refvalue==UINT64_MAX)
+	if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showStartTime){
+		char buffer[80];
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.relativeTimestamp){
+			if (utc_refvalue == UINT64_MAX)
 			{
-				mstotime (ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay,&h1,&m1,&s1,&ms1);
-				mstotime (get_fts()+subs_delay,&h2,&m2,&s2,&ms2);				
-				char timeline[256];   
-				sprintf (timeline, "%02u:%02u:%02u,%03u | %02u:%02u:%02u,%03u | %s | ",
-					h1,m1,s1,ms1,h2,m2,s2,ms2,mode);
-				enc_buffer_used=encode_line (enc_buffer,(unsigned char *) timeline);
-				write (wb->fh, enc_buffer,enc_buffer_used);
+				mstotime(ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay, &h1, &m1, &s1, &ms1);
+				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%02u:%02u:%02u%c%03u|", h1, m1, s1, ccx_options.millis_separator, ms1);
+			}
+			else {
+				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%lld%c%03d|", (ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay) / 1000, ccx_options.millis_separator, (ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay) % 1000);
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			mstotime(ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay, &h1, &m1, &s1, &ms1);
+			time_t start_time_int = (ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay) / 1000;
+			int start_time_dec = (ts_start_of_xds + subs_delay) % 1000;
+			struct tm *start_time_struct = gmtime(&start_time_int);
+			strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", start_time_struct);
+			fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s%c%03d|", buffer,ccx_options.millis_separator,start_time_dec);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showEndTime){
+		char buffer[80];
+		if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.relativeTimestamp){
+			if (utc_refvalue == UINT64_MAX)
+			{
+				mstotime(get_fts() + subs_delay, &h2, &m2, &s2, &ms2);
+				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%02u:%02u:%02u%c%03u|", h2, m2, s2, ccx_options.millis_separator, ms2);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%lld.%03d|", (ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay)/1000,(ts_start_of_xds+subs_delay)%1000 );
-				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%lld.%03d|", (get_fts()+subs_delay)/1000,(get_fts()+subs_delay)%1000 );
+				fdprintf(wb->fh, "%lld%s%03d|", (get_fts() + subs_delay) / 1000, ccx_options.millis_separator, (get_fts() + subs_delay) % 1000);
 			}
-		}		
+		}
+		else {
+			mstotime(get_fts() + subs_delay, &h2, &m2, &s2, &ms2);
+			time_t end_time_int = (get_fts() + subs_delay) / 1000;
+			int end_time_dec = (get_fts() + subs_delay) % 1000;
+			struct tm *end_time_struct = gmtime(&end_time_int);
+			strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", end_time_struct);
+			fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s%c%03d|", buffer, ccx_options.millis_separator, end_time_dec);
+		}
 	}
+
+	if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showMode){
+		const char *mode = "XDS";
+		fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s|", mode);
+	}
+
+	if (ccx_options.transcript_settings.showCC){
+		fdprintf(wb->fh, "%s|", XDSclasses_short[cur_xds_packet_class]);
+	}	
 }
 
 void xdsprint (const char *fmt,...)
@@ -637,7 +646,8 @@ int xds_do_current_and_future ()
 				}
 			}
 			if (!(ccx_options.debug_mask & CCX_DMT_XDS) && current_program_type_reported && 
-				ccx_options.export_xds==0)
+				ccx_options.transcript_settings.xds == 0)
+				//ccx_options.export_xds==0)
 				break;
 			memcpy (current_xds_program_type,cur_xds_payload,cur_xds_payload_length);
 			current_xds_program_type[cur_xds_payload_length]=0;