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Closed Captioning Bit Budget v Subtitle
What will consume the most space? A single subtitle track or a closed captioning file (.scc)? My research shows that an hour’s worth of .scc is miniscule; less than 200 KB. but I don’t know if it gets transcoded to something bigger.
Trying to clear up a comment from an outside vendor.Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
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Michael,
Captioning files are so small that you really don’t need to factor them into your bit budget. As long as you leave yourself a little wiggle room when you bit budget, that will be sufficient.
Bill Stephan
Senior Editor/DVD Author
USA Studios
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Michael,
Captioning files are so small that you really don’t need to factor them into your bit budget. As long as you leave yourself a little wiggle room when you bit budget, that will be sufficient.
Bill Stephan
Senior Editor/DVD Author
USA Studios
New York City -
Many thanks. Do you have any idea about an hour’s worth of subtitles for one language? I’ve been told that is tiny as well.
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
Depends on how many subtitles there are. An hour of program could have one hundred or ten thousand caption/subtitles.
Bill Stephan
Senior Editor/DVD Author
USA Studios
New York City
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