[DCP-o-matic Users] Re: Subtitle XML max length

The hard limit seems to be the 640KByte per reel limit for series1 projectors.. Mostly, that limit is not exceeded by the subtitle XML file, but the font file. Therefore, Texas Instruments developed the font compressor tool to shrink down large font files if necessary.. I think DCP-o-matic has a warning in place when subtitle assets exceed 640KBytes? At least I remember having seen it somewhere?! I see many arthouse DCPs that come in single reels nowadays. However, when Timed Text is used for subtitles, it is probably a good idea to segment in reels. - Carsten -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [DCP-o-matic Users] Subtitle XML max length Datum: 2022-09-20T00:14:00+0200 Von: "Jim Dummett via DCP-o-matic users" <users(a)lists.dcpomatic.com> An: "users(a)lists.dcpomatic.com" <users(a)lists.dcpomatic.com> Hi all. First posting on this list since Carl mentioned possibly shutting it down. Perhaps it's had a chilling effect on public discourse! A question for the font of knowledge... I believe there's meant to be a limit on the size of a subtitles XML file in a DCP of 256KB. i.e. for most features, the DCP needs to be cut into reels to avoid exceeding this limit if there are soft subs. However in practice we receive many features with subtitles as single-reel DCPs (though Deluxe etc still seem to use multiple reels). When making a DCP which is intended to screen widely, is it wise to stick to multiple reels? Or was this limitation purely for the benefit of series 1 projectors which are now mostly extinct? If anyone has any practical experience of this (especially any projectors where this limit does still apply), that info would be hugely helpful. Jim _______________________________________________ DCP-o-matic users mailing list -- users(a)lists.dcpomatic.com To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.dcpomatic.com