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Auto create subtitles

This automatic action converts a file from the internal system format into a deliverable (e.g. TTML, SRT). The created file will be stored in the project Filezone for easy access by project managers and other users. With additional settings, it can also be made visible to Resources (from a job) and Clients (in Client Filezone). 

If unsure, you might also want to read up on how parenting works with automated jobs

Key concepts

  • The source file is the current version of the online editing file for the job's node. 
    • Example: the Auto create subtitles job is linked to part one of a project, and to the German language node. 
    • The system will look for an online editing file in the same node
  • Any available delivery formats can be selected, including the original JSON file
    • Additional formats are continuously added.
  • By combining information about the project as well as language and part information a custom filename can be instructed. 
    • E.g. project ID + "_" + language code + "part" + part number

Example use case

  • Prepare a subtitling workflow consisting of
    • Translation
    • QC
    • Auto subtitle creation
  • When the QC step is done, the subtitles will then be created automatically
  • When all subtitles are completed, a project manager
    • enters the project Filezone
    • filters out all deliverables (based on file extension, for instance)
    • batch downloads all files
    • and delivers

Automating delivery

By making a file "Visible to client in filezone" you could allow the client users to fetch completed files themselves. However, that may not be convenient in all cases. By placing an automatic delivery job after the subtitle creation job, subtitles can be automatically sent to an external server (AWS S3, FTP ...) virtually seconds after approval, in the selected format. 

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