Captions and subtitles guidance — page 2

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• Overlapping caption cues: timing versus unreadable layout

  Two caption cues can be active at the same time without the file being invalid.

• Preserve speaker identity when WebVTT annotations become plain text

  A WebVTT voice annotation associates cue text with a speaker, but it is not the same as a name written into the visible dialogue.

• Review automatic captions before relying on instructions

  Treat automatic captions as draft text that needs checking against the recording.

• SRT versus WebVTT for a permitted caption file

  Choose SRT or WebVTT according to the receiving player or publishing workflow.

• TTML caption handoffs: preserve timing and presentation context

  A TTML caption resource needs a receiving workflow that understands its document structure, timing, and required profile.

• TTML nested timing: resolve the containing timeline before export

  Check TTML parent and cue timing, distinguish frame and tick expressions, and verify a standalone caption handoff without adding an unverified universal offset.

• TTML presentation handoffs: fonts, images and inherited styling

  Preserve authorized TTML presentation resources, distinguish text-only and image profiles, and verify fonts, whitespace and inherited styles in the target receiver.

• Updated creator captions: keep the archived text version identifiable

  Compare an authorized caption update with the exact retained movie, preserve earlier wording and timing, and verify a new sidecar without silently replacing archive history.

• Vertical subtitles: verify writing mode in the receiving player

  Inspect actual cue writing direction, preserve the supplied layout and wording, and verify vertical captions without confusing them with rotated video or RTL text.

• WebVTT parsing: keep headers, cue text and metadata distinct

  Diagnose rejected WebVTT files and metadata displayed as dialogue by inspecting the header, cue identifiers and NOTE, STYLE and REGION blocks.

• WebVTT regions: preserve grouped placement or label simplification

  Inspect region references and receiver behavior, compare grouped caption placement and verify a simplified handoff without claiming that retained words preserve the original layout.

• WebVTT ruby annotations: retain reading text without changing dialogue

  Inspect ruby base text and its reading annotation, test actual receiver presentation, and review simplified caption conversions without silently inserting pronunciation into dialogue.

• Why a downloaded video may not contain its visible captions

  The source player can draw captions from a separate text resource that is not inside the video stream.