Closed Captions and Subtitles

Closed Captions

Closed captioning can be included in various types of video encodes, regardless of the resolution, including HD (High Definition) video. Swank encodes closed captioning to EIA-608 and EIA-708 for the majority of the available encodes. Further information can be found by clicking more info for the desired encode here: (Encode Specifications) The Closed Captioning we are providing currently are distributed over line 21 in the broadcast and would be enabled/disabled at the TV.

This would only be available when being distributed via COAX, SDI, Etc. HDMI and IP broadcast do not support closed captions over line 21. The only way to use these transmission types with closed captions would be to have the source overlay the CC information on the picture prior to transmitting to the display over the interconnect's video output. When CC information is encoded in a digital data stream, only the device that decodes the data has access to the closed caption information; there is no standard for transmitting the CC information to a display monitor separately. 

The closed captions will always be English. The ADA calls for English and that is what Swank supplies when available.

Subtitles

If an srt/subtitle file is available, it will be in a separate file in the Content folder as shown below. 

• Content
  • (Order #)
    • (Shipment #)
      • (Line #)
        • (productNumber).mp4
        • (productNumber).MediaFileInfo.xml
        • (If available .srt files will be included in this directory)

We cannot currently guarantee that all titles have a specific language at this time for srt/subtitle files.