Dubbing delivery spec
One folder. Every file named.
A finished dub comes back as ordinary files, named after your recording and its language, ready for an editor, a player or an archive.
Recorded from Tolkr™ Studio.
- 01Named for youafter your recording and its language
- 02Standard filesfor an editor, a player or an archive
- 03Save againanother format, nothing dubbed again
The folder
Seven files to choose from.
An interview in Spanish, dubbed into
English. Choose a file to see what is in it.
The file with the dubbed sound
Your video, with the dub as its first sound track
The labels are Tolkr™ Studio's own. "interview" stands for the name of your recording.
The video
The picture stays. The sound gets a choice.
Inside the dubbed video, as a player shows it.
- PictureCopied as it was, never encoded again
- Sound 1,
EnglishThe dub, played by default
- Sound 2,
SpanishThe original, one switch away
- SubtitlesNone, the translation, the original or both, switchable, never burnt into the picture
MP4 or MOV, with the original as the second sound track.
Sentence list
Every sentence, one row each.
A file that opens in a spreadsheet, for checking a dub line by line or for the next step of your work.
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Sentence | Its number in the programme |
| Start, end | Where the original sentence starts and ends, in seconds |
| Voice start, voice end | Where the dubbed voice starts and ends |
| Original, translation | What was said, and the dub |
| Speaker, man or woman | Who speaks, as Tolkr™ told them apart |
| Said to | Who the sentence is addressed to |
| Voice | The voice that speaks it |
Sound values
Set once, kept for every dub.
- -23 LUFSLoudness
The whole mix, with peaks under -1 dBTP.
- 48 kHzOr 44.1 kHz
The rate of the sound files; Opus is always 48 kHz.
- 24 bitOr 16 bit
For WAV and FLAC.
- 320 kb/sMP3
The default for sound files.
- 256 kb/sIn the video
The dub track, in AAC by default.
Names
Named your way, replaced only if you say.
Files take the name of the recording and the language by default. Change the pattern once, and every dub follows it.
- WhereNext to the recording, or in a folder you choose
- PatternThe name of the recording, the language, the date and the time, in the order you set
- If a file existsKeep both, the new one numbered, or replace it
- Save the files againAnother format or another choice, from the finished dub, with nothing dubbed again
Asked first.
Not answered here? Ask the people who build it
Can I have only the sound?
Yes. Choose any of the files, alone or together.
Can I change the format later?
Yes. Save the files again from the finished dub, without dubbing again.
Will my editor open them?
They are standard files: MP4 or MOV, MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, Opus, SRT, WebVTT and a spreadsheet file.
Is the original kept?
Yes, as the second track of the video and as its own file under the voice.
See the folder of your own dub.
We dub a short clip of yours in a demo, so you judge the files yourself.
Request a demo