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DCP subtitling tools
Changelog (current version 1.01)
  • 2013-04-18 : custom asset-uuid and assetid fixed
  • 2013-04-08 : fixed a recently introduced bug with UUID on Interop subs
  • 2013-04-07 : correction on smpte subtitle namescpae (thank you Wolfgang)
  • 2013-03-09 : downgrade asdcp-test to 1.7.40 (from 1.9.45) to improve compatibility
  • 2013-03-09 : interface simplified, more clever error messages
  • 2013-02-19 : better handling of bold and italic lines in subtitles
  • 2013-01-04 : change in default space between two lines, can now be float
  • 2012-12-19 : the & is changed to & inside subtitles for xml compatibility
  • 2012-10-23 : asdcpKind information is added on Interop versioning
  • 2012-09-29 : contentVersionId are regenerated, interop and smpte subtitles output are conform to the spec according to Wolfgang Woehl's dcp_inspect
  • 2012-09-26 : better error handling in xml
  • 2012-06-20 : better handling of subtitle uuids consistency between xml subtitle file and pkl/assetmap
  • 2012-06-20 : 'interop packaging' + 'versioning (interop' : the font is not added anymore to the root of the DCP, it's only added to the folder containing the xml subtitle file'
  • 2012-06-07 : new tool versioning a DCP into several CPLs
  • 2012-05-10 : corrected bug with number of lines check
  • 2012-05-08 : improved srt handling : fixed bug in code that prevented lines being recognized
  • 2012-05-08 : fixed bug in code that prevented using the xml generation tool
  • 3D Support for Interop Packaging
  • choice of color
  • bug correction in interop packaging : namespace is not added anymore
  • srt subtitles are now ok
  • EntryPoint of subtitle track for interop packaging is now 0
  • asdcp-test repaired to work on the new server
  • subs are now properly bottom aligned
  • change of default values for font size, vposition, and distance between two lines
  • improvement in validation against the smpte schema and the interop DTD
  • Thank you Wolfgang Woehl : correction of font URI (Interop), no more use of CDATA elements (Interop and smpte), no more redundant dcst: qualifications (smpte)
  • interop subtitles now have a schema hosted on this server and built from smpte specifications
  • smpte subtitles are run to validate the generated xml against smpte's xsl, and the output is displayed
  • asdcp-test output is displayed
  • mxf generation for smpte standard
  • smpte standard
This tool serves to generate an XML for DCP subtitling from the generators found inside a Final Cut Pro timeline.
There are two standards : CineCanvas (by Texas Instruments) for the old standard, Interop, and Smpte for the new standard. Tell us about the use you made of it. Download an example of the result.
1. prepare your subs
  • Either export from FCP a timeline with text-generators (Text or Outline Text) : demo video
    download a sample xml.
    Subtitles will be read from text generators from the fcp timeline
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  • Either export your subs in SRT format, UTF-8 encoding
2. upload the subtitle file (FCP xml or SRT)
(remove)
3. (optional for Interop/Cinecanvas - mandatory for Smpte) upload a font file to use with the subtitles
LiberationSansRegular.ttf (remove)
4. settings
standard : interop smpte
(smpte) add an empty sub on the first image (example for FCP subtitles)
(example for SRT subtitles)
For smpte subs : the subtitle track must have a duration at least equal to the other tracks (can be more). Ignored for Interop tracks.
(smpte) add an empty sub on the last image (example for FCP subtitles)
(example for SRT subtitles)
For smpte subs : the subtitle track must have a duration at least equal to the other tracks (can be more). Ignored for Interop tracks.
Movie title (interop) or Content Title (smpte) (example)
language (interop) (example)
language (smpte) (example)
editrate (smpte) (example)
timecoderate (example)
Font size (example) recommended minimum : 37
Space between two lines (example)
as a percentage of the total height
vertical align (example)
vertical position (example)
as a percentage of the total height and anchored to the vertical align recommended minimum : 8
The rest of the parameters is optional
AssetUUID (mxf/smpte)
(leave empty to have one automatically generated)
AssetID (mxf/smpte - interop)
(leave empty to have one automatically generated)
reel number (example)
subtitles color (white)
starttime (smpte) (example)
Font id (fonturi) (interop example) (smpte example)
if empty, for smpte subs a uuid will be automatically generated, for interop subs the font file name will be used
fade in
(interop example)
(smpte example)
fade out
(interop example)
(smpte example)