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Post #571713

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CatBus
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Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)
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Date created
23-Mar-2012, 5:19 PM

All comments are welcome, but I won't necessarily change anything ;)

That said, sentence grouping (which sentences should be in which cluster) are definitely off my radar unless you can manage to convince me it's the end of the world.  Odd sentence clusters are almost definitely from trying to keep the SDH subs and regular subs timed roughly the same, so you may see them in scenes where R2 beeps or other sound effects happen. 

Also, audio sync will vary a little bit, particularly in scenes with lots of talking, because I prioritized having lines display onscreen long enough to read over having them start at exactly the right time.  "Long enough to read" is subjective but I tried to follow some consistent guidelines on the matter, and I don't think I ever pushed audio sync off to unacceptable levels, except when working with burnt-in alien subs in the cantina and Jabba's palace, when I didn't really have a choice.

Lots of dialog is barely audible right at the beginning (not sure why, maybe a side-effect of ADR?), and you really have to crank the volume or listen to an alternate clearer mix the get the whole sentence.  In most of these cases I opted to subtitle the barely audible beginnings if it made the sentence more complete.  In contrast, if the entire line was inaudible, I dropped the whole thing.

Yes, I think "importances" is a flub, so I subtitled it as a flub ;)

As for the others, I'll read through them and give them a listen.  I just released an update though, so I'll probably sit on any changes I make for a while until enough changes are accumulated.  My case of burnout on this project will hopefully subside if I just ease up on it for a while, which may take the form of me not being terribly responsive, and I apologize in advance.