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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0002506DCP-o-maticClean-uppublic2023-04-05 21:262023-12-11 23:02
Reportercarl Assigned Tocarl  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status acknowledgedResolutionopen 
Target Version2.16.x 
Summary0002506: libdcp cleanup: use of SubtitleAsset for closed captions seems wrong
Description

Mostly because the closed caption stuff does not need/use fonts.

TagsNo tags attached.
Branchsplit
Estimated weeks required
Estimated work requiredUndecided

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related to 0002505 feedbackcarl Closed-Caption (timed text) track file exceeds recommend size. 
related to 0002676 acknowledgedcarl Could cut down on the number of pointless tags written to subs/ccap 

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carl

2023-05-16 21:14

administrator   ~0005690

But font tags can be present...

carl

2023-12-04 21:59

administrator   ~0006124

...and this mostly seems to be about the inelegance that everything talks about subtitles when we really mean subtitles-or-captions, but I can't think of a nice word to use for both. "Text" sounds ok with e.g. "TextAsset" but what then is the equivalent of a single "Subtitle"?

Bug History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2023-04-05 21:26 carl New Bug
2023-04-05 21:26 carl Summary libdcp: use of SubtitleAsset for closed captions seems wrong => libdcp cleanup: use of SubtitleAsset for closed captions seems wrong
2023-04-05 21:26 carl Estimated work required => Undecided
2023-04-05 21:26 carl Relationship added related to 0002505
2023-04-05 21:26 carl Assigned To => carl
2023-04-05 21:26 carl Status new => acknowledged
2023-05-16 21:14 carl Note Added: 0005690
2023-12-04 21:59 carl Note Added: 0006124
2023-12-04 23:45 carl Branch => split
2023-12-11 23:02 carl Relationship added related to 0002676