Understanding Soft Subtitles vs Hardcoded Subtitles in Digital Cinema
Soft-Subs vs Hard-Subs
Soft subtitles exist as separate text or graphical streams within the container, allowing viewers to turn them on/off, switch languages, or customize fonts. Hardcoded subtitles are permanently burned into the video frames during encoding.
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