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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 08-14-2013, 11:54 AM:

I'm not sure about the other servers/processors but the user interface on the Dolby DSS200 provides the option to view local content as either "clips" or "packages."

I always select "packages" and ingest from that view -- but is there truly a difference?

A recent screening of a feature had trouble with subtitles. This was the first subtitle issue in a little over a year (since I replaced an unshielded cable with shielded). Hence, I think the cause of this particular issue is different from what we had been previously experiencing.

Other venues that used the same hard drive were not affected, so I don't think we can blame the content or the drive.

Is it possible that this feature was ingested as a "clip" instead of a "package"? (I didn't ingest it, and the operator wasn't paying attention to that.)

I can't seem to find anything definitive to explain why that option exists, and what the key differences are.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 08-17-2013, 11:59 AM:

Looks like I'm not the only person who doesn't know the answer. I'll report back when I find out.

BTW: Our current feature has subtitles, ingested as "package" and is playing fine.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 08-17-2013, 01:34 PM:

I believe "packages" is a throwback to the days when movies were larger than a single drive. The package allowed one to span the installation over several drives.

Clips is the proper way to ingest all content now.