0300B - Extraneous Description
Summary
EBU QC Id
0300B
Name
Extraneous Description
Status
published
Category
human-only review
Lead editor
Stephen Webb
Aliases
extraneous content extraneous description extra description redundant description extra narration extraneous narration
Tags
extraneous content bad edit extra content extra description narration spoken word descriptive audio audio description extraneous description dialogue
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Details
Description
Extraneous Description refers to any audio descriptive dialogue that is redundant or does not apply to the action taking place in the programme. This can result in incorrect descriptive dialogue, or descriptive dialogue that competes with character dialogue in the programme.
Definition
Used in Checks, the system shall verify if there is out of place or out of context descriptive audio dialogue in the programme. Optionally, the system may report the timecodes and description of the extraneous descriptive audio dialogue.

Used in Reports, the system shall report the timecodes and description of the extraneous descriptive audio dialogue.
References
Examples
  • Output: "Check Result" = false
    Output: "Extraneous Description Segment" = from 00:30:03;00 to 00:32:03;00
    --> Description: "Not applicable"

    Remark: Used as a Check.


  • Output: "Extraneous Description Segment" = from 00:30:03;00 to 00:32:03;00
    --> Description: "Not applicable"

    Remark: Used as a Report.

Input parameters
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Output parameters
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Test material
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Remarks
Remarks
Note this Test is abou the *Descriptive dialogue*, there is also a Test for 'extraneous dialogue', see: #0297B (Latest version)
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