Subtitling Solutions by PlayBox Technology
Subtitling Solutions by PlayBox Technology
Subtitling Solutions by PlayBox Technology
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SUBTITLING SOLUTIONS
<strong>Subtitling</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong><br />
<strong>Subtitling</strong> is one of the many capabilities available in the <strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> product family. <strong>PlayBox</strong> subtitling<br />
offers innovative and scalable solutions for modern tapeless subtitle list preparation and transmission.<br />
MAIN SUBTITLING SOLUTIONS<br />
Subtitle / Caption Preparation<br />
SubtitlePlus is the universal subtitling preparation system<br />
that allows managing and controlling the appearance of<br />
titles and captions. It allows entering text, translations,<br />
editing, scheduling, etc. You can create subtitles for<br />
viewers around the world, in the right language for each<br />
country.<br />
Offline Subtitle Generation<br />
SubtitlePlus provides offline subtitle generation for:<br />
• DVD authoring - SubtitlePlus creates a graphic image for<br />
each subtitle and a cue list. Most of the available DVD<br />
authoring systems formats are supported. Other formats<br />
can be defined <strong>by</strong> the user<br />
• Video editing software (Adobe Premier, AVID, Sony<br />
Vegas, others) – SubtitlePlus can prepare a video track<br />
containing pre-rendered subtitles, complete with alpha<br />
channel,for direct insertion into the video editing software<br />
timeline.<br />
On-air <strong>Subtitling</strong> (burning & broadcasting)<br />
Subtitle Conversion<br />
If you need to change the format of a subtitle file to one that<br />
your system supports, SubtitlePlus has the solution with<br />
Subtitle Conversion. This can convert subtitle files from a<br />
third-party format to <strong>PlayBox</strong>'s customized format, and<br />
vice versa.<br />
Subtitles/captions can either be generated and keyed over live video (burnt in) at transmission time, or<br />
delivered as closed captions, separate to the video – allowing viewers to add them to the video at home, if they<br />
want.<br />
On-air subtitle burning (keying) is a real-time process. There may be either specific hardware (for video-in/<br />
video-out setups) or, it can be available in top-grade playout software.
ON-AIR SUBTITLING<br />
• Burning<br />
Subtitle burning and broadcasting with SubtitleBox<br />
<strong>Subtitling</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong><br />
SubtitleBox, a module of the <strong>PlayBox</strong> AirBox playout server, can burn-in single language subtitles in real time. A<br />
number of AirBox plugins can access SubtitleBox's output and burn-in the subtitles over video. SubtitleBox<br />
supports Decklink, Streaming, Stradis and multi-format playout. Other AirBox plugins can also support<br />
subtitling and captioning through AirBox. In addition, an API provided <strong>by</strong> SubtitleBox allows new third-party<br />
plugins to be created.<br />
Subtitle burning with SubtitlePlus<br />
SubtitlePlus is the solution for subtitle burning only. In this case you may need additional hardware or add-ons.<br />
To provide multi-language versions of one channel SubtitlePlus for each language is required.<br />
• Closed captioning (CC) / subtitling<br />
Closed Captioning<br />
In the USA, Canada and some other North American countries the standard used, EIA 608, can transmit up to<br />
four different languages or streams. The newer EIA 708 standard can transmit a lot more but other top level<br />
broadcast standards limit this to 20. In the analogue television only EIA 608 can be used. In digital domain (SDI,<br />
DVB, ATSC, SD and HD) both are possible. CC is text-based subtitles which allow changing a limited set of text<br />
formatting attributes such as color, italic and the subtitle background.<br />
Teletext<br />
Teletext is service used to transmit data like information pages, clocks, private data, and also subtitle pages.<br />
It is supported <strong>by</strong> all TV signals - analogue, digital (SDI), DVB, ATSC. Teletext is mainly used in Europe.<br />
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)<br />
DVB Subtitles are generated as a graphical bitmap. There is no restriction on the languages that can be<br />
supported. It is also possible to create special characters and logos. DVB Subtitles can only be used in DVB.
<strong>Subtitling</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong><br />
• Single or Multi-channel subtitling/captioning with Single or Multi-language<br />
support via <strong>PlayBox</strong> solutions<br />
This can be achieved with the appropriate subtitling solutions<br />
• SubtitlePlus with additional output plugins (available on request)<br />
• SubtitleBox (available on request)<br />
• DVB Subtitle Server providing:<br />
- Graphic DVB subtitles - for DVB only<br />
- Text DVB subtitles - possible conversion into another type of closed subtitles such as teletext, subtitles<br />
or closed captions (EIA 608, EIA 708 or others).<br />
Areas of use<br />
•<br />
• Subtitles for live or near live events such as news, sport and special events<br />
• Teletext services for wide range of customers, from large national broadcaster sites to Small TV Channels<br />
•<br />
Single or multi-channel subtitling with single or multiple language support for TV programs, TV<br />
commercials, videos, DVDs, CD-ROM and Internet productions<br />
Closed captioning for providing a link to news, entertainment, and information for individuals who are deaf<br />
or hard-of-hearing.<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Worldwide General Sales Contact : sales@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> UK<br />
Tel. + 44 1707 66 44 44<br />
e-mail: sales.uk@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Bulgaria<br />
Tel. + 359 2 9703050<br />
e-mail: sales.bg@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Romania<br />
Tel. +4 031 106 5115<br />
e-mail: sales.ro@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Turkey<br />
Tel. +90 216 3379402<br />
e-mail: sales.tr@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Germany<br />
Tel. +49 2241 169 1717<br />
e-mail: sales.germany@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Adria<br />
Tel. + 381 11 3117286<br />
e-mail: sales.adria@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> USA<br />
Tel. +1 404 424 9283<br />
e-mail: sales.usa@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Albania<br />
Tel. +355 44 80 45 52<br />
e-mail: sales.albania@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Asia Pacific<br />
Tel. +6012 288 0760<br />
e-mail: sales.asia@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> India<br />
Tel. +91 11 43743333<br />
e-mail: sales.india@playbox.tv<br />
Mumbai Branch<br />
Tel. +91 22 40166465/66<br />
e-mail: sales.india@playbox.tv<br />
<strong>PlayBox</strong> Latin America Sales<br />
Tel. +598 99 192929<br />
e-mail: sales.la@playbox.tv<br />
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