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Screen
Subtitling Systems started life back in 1976 as Screen
Electronics. Under its founder, Laurie Atkins, Screen
pioneered and launched the first ever electronic
subtitling system, providing the first digital character
generator to the BBC.Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Screen
continued to lead the market, developing a number of new
subtitling technologies including fully automated
transmission (time code), the very first PC based subtitle
preparation system and the first multi-channel,
multi-language subtitling systems.The late 1980s and early
90s were a time of organizational change for the company
as the name changed to Screen Subtitling Systems and the
company was acquired by Subtitling International, Sweden.
The 1990s also saw Screen go from strength to strength
with a range of cutting edge technologies and products. In
1997 two new groundbreaking systems were launched to the
market; the Imitext encoder and Vidcache (hard disc video
and audio caching). In 1998 Screen worked with Thomson,
NDS (Tandberg), DiviCom and Philips, becoming 1st choice provider for UK DTT providing 130 channels of DVB
subtitling during just 2 years. In 2001 Screen took
subtitling technologies into the 21st Century
with their Polistream transmission and Poliscript
preparation products. In 2004, Screen was acquired by
Warburg Pinkus and now forms part of the SDI Media group
of companies. Screen Subtitling Systems is now the number
1 provider of subtitling services in the world. Our
commitment to high quality products and dedication to our
customers has firmly fixed Screen as the number one
provider of subtitling systems in the world.
Dedicated subtitle preparation software
Poliscript
3000 is the basis for the entire range of subtitle
preparation products which together offer everything from
a simple subtitle authoring and checking workstation to an
integrated multi-user all digital subtitle preparation
environment with tapeless video handling.
Operating in the Windows environment and using the latest
software video and audio facilities Poliscript offers all
subtitlers and broadcasters a powerful tool to prepare and
check multi-language subtitles in the minimum time.
Poliscript supports all styles of subtitling including
DVD, DVB, Open, Imitext, Teletext and Closed Caption and
all media genre including drama, film, news and sport.
Utilising a WYSIWYG display with subtitles displayed and
edited in their true position over the video image there
is never any doubt about what the finished output will
look like.
Key
Features and Benefits |
- Edit text WYSIWYG in video window
- Subtitle list box with video
thumbnails (requires SV3)
- Audio wave form bar for simple cueing
(requires SV3)
- Subtitle time line bar with simple
editing of cue points
- Reading speed indicators
- Spell check for Latin/Cyrillic/Arabic
(requires MS Word)
- Networked operation for use with
Screen Subtitling transmission systems
- Email delivery of subtitle files from
within Poliscript
- Comprehensive help system
- Status bar including: Subtitle total,
typing mode, time code, edit mode
A range of
tools can be added to Poliscript 3000 to further enhance
productivity including software video caching, dedicated
subtitle keyboards and tapeless preview copy generation.
For tape mastering SD and HD graphics inserters and
Teletext inserters are available to work with Poliscript
3000.
Language Support
Poliscript supports a wide range of languages including
Chinese, Korean, Japanese , Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic,
Greek and Thai. See the Language List for more details.
Video Support
Poliscript 3000 does not include video caching. Live video
from tape can be displayed via a video input card (not
included). The SV3 option supports full video caching.
Subtitle Files Supported
Poliscript supports a wide range of subtitle file formats
for both input and output in many character codings
including ASCII, JIS, Big 5 and Unicode. See Data Sheet for a
full list.
Tape Mastering
Poliscript 3000 supports direct output to the Poliscript
G3 SD graphic inserter, Poliscript G5 HD & SD graphics
inserter or Polistream T3000 VBI inserter to generate SDI
master tapes with either burnt in or Teletext subtitles.
Closed Caption (Line 21) can also be supported with a
separate encoder.
DVD
Poliscript 3000 includes DVD output to most common DVD
authoring formats including Sonic, Spruce, Scenarist and
Panasonic.
Live to air
Poliscript 3000 can be used with a Polistream subtitle
transmission system to manually cue subtitles direct to
air. In this mode the Poliscript 3000 is connected via an
Ethernet network to the transmission system and subtitle
files are cued to air one subtitle at a time. This is
typically used in a News environment where there has not
been time to prepare and time the subtitles.
Productivity Enhancements
- Edit text WYSIWIG in video window
- Subtitle list box with video thumbnails
(requires SV3)
- Audio waveform bar for simple cueing (requires
SV3)
- Subtitle time line bar with simple editing of
cue points.
- Reading speed indicators
- Spell check (for Latin/Cyrillic/Arabic (requires
MS Word to be installed)
- Networked operation for use with subtitle
transmission systems
- Email delivery of subtitle files from within
Poliscript
- Comprehensive help system
- Status Bar including: Subtitle total, Typing
mode, Timecode type & Edit mode.
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Productivity Enhancing Software
Based on our ground breaking
vidcache technology, Poliscript SV3 is a software package
which copies and stores the video, audio and timecode from
the VCR onto the hard disk. This gives the operator
instant access to any frame of video, including
frame by frame stepping (forwards or
backwards) with audio scrub to enable frame accurate
cueing in an instant.
A key feature of the SV3 software is that the system will
instantaneously record and playback, allowing work to
begin immediately on start-up (rather than the user having
to wait to load up the disk).
Key Features and
Benefits
- All
software solution
- Runs
under Windows 2000 and XP
- File
delivery via CD, DVD-R/RW, LAN, WAN, email or download
- Video capture using off the shelf video capture hardware
- Support for most video compression formats
- Display format MJPEG for high quality and frame by frame
control
- Single step forwards or backwards with audio scrubbing
- Simultaneous capture/import and play for extra
productivity
- Direct access to FTP sites for simple video file
transfer
Approximately 2.1
Gigabytes will store 1 hour of high quality video and
audio, so a 60 Gigabyte drive can store
28 hours of video and audio. The display format is MJPEG
which allows frame by frame control backwards or forwards
and at any speed from single step to normal speed.
Productivity Enhancements
- Ultra fast and standard speed forward and reverse
playout of recorded video
- Plays forwards and backwards at up to 100 times normal
speed with audio
- Jump
key function to any time code
- Go
to subtitle number
- Frame accurate freeze frame
- Frame step/jump back
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