International. The company specializing in closed captioning, subtitling and video description, Softel, published a guide with the 10 most common subtitling challenges faced by broadcasters and network operators in complex modern workflows.
The guide includes topics such as cost-effectiveness, video synchronization, editing, file format transcoding, multi-language/multi-channel processing, live subtitling, quality control, as well as web and mobile streaming.
On these topics, the guide explains each challenge and offers advice on how to address them, reviewing progress in processing subtitles and caption.
In addition, it summarizes the information into simple tables that offer challenges, their solutions, and provides detailed diagrams that present workflow configurations optimized for subtitles and their processing.
Sam Pemberton, Managing Director of Softel, explained that "in each workflow we encounter specific challenges, but there are recurring problems that are linked to a number of key processes. The best way to approach them is to use smart subtitling tools that will integrate seamlessly into the efficient workflow to streamline processes."
The emergence of increasingly complex subtitling problems, with workflows that have had to evolve rapidly to respond to the explosive demand for delivered IP content and the need for broadcasters to reach a greater number of global viewers, makes this guide an important tool for the industry.
To download the Softel guide, click here.
