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Unlike Media upload, File upload jobs support multiple files. This delivery method simply "delivers" the uploaded files into the project Filezone (setting them to File mode "Standard" by default). After upload, the user can add description and other informatio...

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 mad...

Video does not play / monitor is black Update to the latest version of your browser Try turning off extensions in your browser Ad blockers are for example known to cause problems  If this doesn't work, contact a project manager How are files aut...

The Calendar provides a customisable overview of what's going on. You can specify what to see by filtering the content. By saving Calendar filters, you can build alternative views to meet different needs in your working day. There are three types of content ...

As a project manager, you will often need to access different groups of projects. By filtering the Projects list and then storing the filter settings as named presets, you can quickly skip between lists.  Storing a filter as a named preset Reusing the filt...

Under Projects, using the advanced or simple form, a project manager creates a new project, typically specifying: Source language Target language(s) This is also the time to select a "First" language, often English This language will be used to create ...

The starting point for most subtitling projects is one or more videos. Once a joblist has been created in Plint, the next step is often to make this media available to the online editor and other tools. The goal is to eliminate the need for any manual file han...

Once the workflow is in place and media is uploaded and prepared for the online editors, a time-coded template is typically created. This can be done by an external freelancer or as an in-house job. It will facilitate translation into any number of additional ...

Subtitling video generally involves a recurring set of steps. The chapters here walk you through a complete example workflow managed by a project manager using mainly manual tools and forms, used by both in-house resource and external freelancers. Understand...

Time-coding subtitles is a complex task requiring skill and special training. By populating the editor with time-coded blocks along with reference text, translators can focus on the text itself. This is called, among other things, "Subtitling from template" or...

Often, the translation step is followed by some kind of review step, sometimes called QC, as in quality check/control. This could be done by another external resource, a project manager or a client representative. There are also built-in tools allowing the tra...

Once a subtitle/translation is completed and has gone through all review/QC steps in the workflow, it needs to go somewhere.  Here are a few possibilities. Automatically create subtitles in industry standard formats using an automatic job.  A job like th...

Often, a client will place orders with the same target languages. There are several ways of avoiding having to type in the same or similar data every time you create a new project. One way is to simply clone a previous project, but this will require you to mak...

Short summary There are two types of FFMPEG presets that can be created in Plint: "Work copy" is intended for proxies and "Deliverable" is for, well, deliverables. Depending on the type, they will become available in different Plint features When execu...

(How to set shortcuts) Numerous actions and tools can be accessed as shortcuts in Plint Subtitler. This list is continuously updated: About "Disable in text editor" Several shortcuts have the option "Disable in text editor". Checking this will prevent the s...

There are cases where you need to enable a certain guest user to do more.  Client users with additional privileges can Edit/delete files in Filezone See the job tree Change assignee and status (only for jobs already assigned to someone within the compa...

If multiple projects require access same files, especially video/media, consider setting up a Parent project. The logic is simple, but the implementations can be varied.  Create a parent project to hold the files Just a normal project, but you may want to ...