Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Subtitle Question

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Posted by John Rizzo (Member # 1289) on 03-20-2014, 01:21 PM:

Hi Guys

I asked this question before but can't find the original thread so I will ask again.

If a DCP has a separate subtitle track can they be turned on or off by a setting in the server. From what I recall last time I asked this was that on a Sony Server it is not possible.How about on a Dolby,DoReiMei, Chrite etc is it possible?

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 03-20-2014, 01:31 PM:

On my Doremi/Christie 2220 combination. It's possible to allow the Christie projector to extract the subs or the Doremi to extract them.I believe the answer is yes for Doremi.

Posted by Marco Giustini (Member # 4544) on 03-20-2014, 05:08 PM:

On a Doremi you can choose the Doremi subtitle engine and the projector will receive subs already burned into the picture. Otherwise the projector will overlay the subs.
I do not think you can turn it off, unless you play with the subtitle section of the TI board. But I am not aware of an easy way of doing it.

Posted by Carsten Kurz (Member # 5396) on 03-20-2014, 06:52 PM:

The Dioremi has it in device config. You can disable subtitles in the projector device configuration. Then if you do not activate the Doremi subtitle generator, I assume the feature will play without subtitles. Haven't tried it yet. May be that the Doremi recognizes this condition and will not play a subtitled feature.

Anyway, it is not a task for the everyday operator, you need special privileges to do it. And you shouldn't forget to reenable subtitling afterwards.

You should really resort to making a separate DCP without subtitles as a general rule.

- Carsten

Posted by Marco Giustini (Member # 4544) on 03-21-2014, 04:07 AM:

I agree with Carsten, D-Cinema was designed to work with two separate CPLs, one with and one without subtitles.
A new CPL with no subs could be emailed.

That being said I heard the plan now is to have the subs managed by the server, so a single CPL with multiple subtitles could be sent - and I guess then a choice could be made on the server.

Posted by Antti Nayha (Member # 4980) on 04-02-2014, 02:35 AM:

Here's the original thread.

Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 04-02-2014, 10:33 AM:

Don't we get all that now?

Most every drive I receive has multiple versions... one each for every sound format known to mankind, and versions for every light level available on 3D. Oh... then the one I use.

Then you double that, because all of those versions have open and closed caption files.

I'm getting 54 weekly keys for Peabody.

Can't wait to see if we get triple or quadruple versions when HFR becomes commonplace.