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Dr.Khron
19th April 2007, 21:56
Is there a naming convention for subtitle tracks?

For example, I have a DVD with English, Spanish and French Audio tracks.
There are three subtitle tracks for the English audio, one each in English, Spanish and the other French.

There is also a subtitle track for the Spanish audio, which contains Spanish translations of printed English that appears on screens.
What do you call those tracks?

I want to include all of the subs in my MKVs, I just don't know what to label them.

Mtz
20th April 2007, 04:29
Forced Subtitles?

enjoy,
Mtz

Dr.Khron
20th April 2007, 12:47
Hmmmmmm, no. Forced subtitles refers to subtitles used for foriegn language content within a movie, or non-exsistant languages.
The best I've come up with so far is this thing I found on Wikipedia:

Categories
Subtitles in the same language on the same production can be in different categories:

-Narrative
This is the most common type of subtitle. Narrative subtitles are those in which all the foreign language dialog and on-screen text is translated to the local tongue.

-Forced
These are common on DVDs. Forced subtitles only provide subtitles when the characters speak a foreign or alien language.

-Titles only
Dubbed programs use this sort of subtitle. Titles only provide only the text for any untranslated on-screen text.

I guess what I'm looking for is "Titles Only". Seems a little awkward, tho. I just want to make it clear which sub track holds what before people open them.

KoD
21st April 2007, 12:15
Just mux all your subtitles and give them descriptive names like:
Signs for Spanish Audio Track
Dub Subtitles of the Spanish Audio Track
etc...