SMPTE Meetings and Conferences ( July 2015)
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Subtitles on OTT Platforms - Ensuring Consistency across Broadcast and IP Platforms
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Conference Paper
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Volume
- 2015, No. 07, pp. 1–10
- Abstract
- Ever more content is being delivered over IP connections and viewed on non-broadcast devices such as tablets, mobile phones and computers. Yet the position of standards to enable the effective delivery of subtitling on such platforms is confusing to say the least. Proprietary implementations are commonplace leading to inconsistencies that can mar the viewing experience, in the worst cases this can lead to a complete absence of text. — This paper assesses the challenges involved in presenting broadcast quality subtitles on web video players, compares some of the methods currently used to deliver timed text on to the screen, proposes a workable solution for current implementation and looks to the evolution of standardisation in the near-future with WebVTT and the ISMC and EBU-TT variants of TTML.
- Publication Date
- 2015-07-14
- DOI
10.5594/M001616- ISBN
- Print:
978-1-61482-955-3 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/M001616
- Author(s)
- John BoultonSubtitle Preparation and Digital Workflows, Screen Subtitling Systems Ltd, Ipswich, UK
- Keyword(s)
- Subtitles, Captions, Timed Text, TTML, IMSC, WebVTT, OTT
- Copyright
- © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
Bibliographic Reference(s)
- Action On Hearing Loss: RNID www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk EXTERNAL
- Australian Network on Disability www.and.org.au EXTERNAL
- http://cphpost.dk/news14/culture-news/netflix-success-marred-by-poor-subtitles-high-cost-and-limited-stock.html EXTERNAL
- https://gigaom.com/2011/06/17/netflix-captions-lawsuit/http://cphpost.dk/news14/culture-news/netflix-success-marred-by-poor-subtitles-high-cost-and-limited-stock.htmlhttp://torrentfreak.com/netflix-caught-using-pirated-subtitles-in-finland-121019/ EXTERNAL
- SMPTE ST 2052-1:2010 [Superseded]
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John Boulton; Subtitles on OTT Platforms - Ensuring Consistency across Broadcast and IP Platforms, SMPTE Meetings and Conferences ( July 2015); SMPTE, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-61482-955-3. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/M001616
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