• underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 hours ago

    For anyone who wants to know the difference between these terms:

    • subtitles - just includes the dialogue
    • captions - also includes description of other sounds
    • closed - text is stored separately from the video, and can turn on and off while watching
    • open - text is part of the video image itself
    • teft@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      You can include this one too:

      • forced - only includes subtitles for speech not in the main language (e.g. Vulcan speech is subtitled but English is not in Star Trek)
    • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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      3 hours ago

      What do you call DVD subtitles, which are in some ways closed (can be toggled) but in some ways like open (stored as bitmaps)?