Subtitles, on the other hand, are primarily intended for viewers who don’t speak the language spoken in the program. Scenarist (.scc) is a common sidecar caption file format. When it comes to delivering captioned content to a broadcaster or VOD platform, captions are delivered either encoded to the video file (as a separate stream that can be turned on or off) or separately, as what is referred to as a “sidecar file”. Captions exist as a separate stream from the audio and video so that they can be turned on or off by the viewer. For example, if the opening credits are in the lower third of the frame, captions would be positioned in the top third of the frame, so they don’t cover up the credits.
Caption blocks can be positioned on the screen to help distinguish who is speaking, or to avoid obscuring on-screen text (like credits or lower-third text).
Captions provide a transcript of the most important audio in the program, including dialogue (as well as speaker identifications, when necessary), sound effects, and music. These two forms of timed text share many similarities, but there are also differences between the two.Ĭlosed captioning is intended for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and is usually in the same language spoken in the program. Closed captions and subtitles are two ways of displaying text on-screen to provide additional information for a video or audio recording.
#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLOSED CAPTIONS AND SUBTITLES MOVIE#
If you’ve delivered content for distribution, or even watched a movie in your home, you’ve probably encountered closed captioning, subtitles, or both.
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