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  • Closed Captioning Bit Budget v Subtitle

    Posted by Michael Brown on February 10, 2006 at 12:46 pm

    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
    American Heart Association

    Bill Stephan replied 20 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Bill Stephan

    February 10, 2006 at 4:59 pm

    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

  • Bill Stephan

    February 10, 2006 at 5:00 pm

    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

  • Michael Brown

    February 10, 2006 at 8:24 pm

    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

  • Bill Stephan

    February 14, 2006 at 5:09 pm

    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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