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0071B - Timing of Audio Description
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0071B v1.0
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TIMING OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION
AD Timing to Main Audio
Broadcaster Guidelines
AD Clear of Main Dialogue
Reports Clear or Overlap
https://qc.ebu.io/items/0071B/versions/1-0-0/
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Summary
EBU QC Id
0071B
Name
Timing of Audio Description
Status
published
Category
subjective
Lead editor
Luk Overmeire
Aliases
AD AD location spoken description
Tags
audio access service
Versions
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Details
Definition
System shall check for the presence and location of AD, namely whether the audio description overlaps with dialogue of the main audio.
References

  • SMPTE ST 377-4

Examples

  • The audio description overlaps with the dialogue on channel 1 from 00:01:00:00 to 00:01:29:00.

  • The audio description overlaps with the user-defined dialogue derived from the main audio from 00:01:10:00 to 00:01:14:00.

  • The audio description overlaps with the user-defined dialogue derived from channel 2 from 00:01:12:00 to 00:01:15:00.

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Remarks
Remarks
This is currently a manual Test Item, but overlaps could be machine detected and confirmed/overruled by an operator
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