What is Captions Quality and how to ensure it?
Closed Captions are a must-have for deaf and hard to hear people comprehend and enjoy the audio-visual content. According to DCMP (Described and Captioned Media Program), there are more than 30 million Americans with some type of hearing loss. If extended to the...
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Ref-Q™: Reference based Automated QC
A novel approach for automating the detection of differences between versions of media content. Did you know that a major studio may end up creating 300-400 versions of a premium title for distribution? Well, that certainly happens, and often! This happens because...
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Quasar Leap – We went where no Cloud-QC service had gone before!
We have achieved something that has been near and dear to my heart for a couple of years, as it relates to our Cloud-based QC capabilities. And that is how we extended the capability of our Quasar native-cloud QC service to the level that I don’t believe anyone else...
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CapMate – Key Features of Our Closed Caption and Subtitle Verification and Correction Platform
In my last blog, which coincided with the official launch of CapMate, our Caption and Subtitle Verification and Correction platform, I gave the background on how the concept of CapMate came about and, at a high level, what the capabilities are that it brings to the...
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Introducing CapMate – Taking Caption QC & Management to the Next Level
By: Fereidoon Khosravi During my face-to-face meetings and discussions with customers (during the pre-COVID times, remember those days?!) an interesting theme started to emerge. At first, it was subtle but quickly it became clear to me what they were...
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HDR Insights Series Article 4 : Dolby Vision
In the previous article, we discussed the HDR tone mapping and how it is used to produce an optimum viewer experience on a range of display devices. This article discusses the basics of Dolby Vision meta-data and the parameters that the user needs to...
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QC for Presence of Emergency Alert System (EAS) Message
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national public warning system in the United States, commonly used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as weather and AMBER alerts, to affected communities. EAS participants include...
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Remote File QC: During & Post COVID-19
The entire world is going through unprecedented times. The COVID-19 outbreak has taken everyone by surprise with the businesses and livelihood of so many people affected worldwide. There are a lot of challenges occurring in all aspects of our lives, but these times...
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Delivering to NETFLIX? QC Requirements in A Nutshell and How to Comply with Them
It is a well-known fact that Netflix is very conscious of the quality of content that is delivered via their service. Whether it is the overall Audio/Video quality or the structural compliance of the content delivery packages, all of it needs to be in...
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HDR Insights Article 3: Understanding HDR Tone Mapping
In the previous article – HDR Transfer Functions, we discussed the transfer functions and how digital images are converted to light levels for display. This article discusses how the same HDR image can be displayed differently by different HDR devices. What is HDR...
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