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How are timed text tracks carried and validated in IMF packages according to public sources (ST 2067-2 versions, Netflix profile, Photon)?

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Netflix Photon validates IMF timed-text track files by mapping kind (0x13), UTF-8 UCSEncoding and an IMSC1 profile NamespaceURI; Netflix's own IMSC 1.1 text profile is currently valid only for Japanese timed text. ST 2067-2 text itself was not read (ZIP-only). Curator qualifications: Code read at pinned commits 2026-10-22; validators not run; SMPTE standards text not read. Photon Apache-2.0 per producer (not re-read). Netflix page is a living document. Limitations: Code read at pinned commits 2026-10-22; validators not run; SMPTE standards text not read. Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st428-7/",
      "note": "Netflix Photon IMFConstraints.java at d5fe1494 (bytes equal producer-cited hash), L296-L333; Netflix IMSC 1.1 Text Profile (Partner Help Center; live page)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053755033-Netflix-IMSC-1-1-Text-Profile",
      "note": "Netflix Photon IMFConstraints.java at d5fe1494 (bytes equal producer-cited hash), L296-L333; Netflix IMSC 1.1 Text Profile (Partner Help Center; live page)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Netflix/photon/tree/d5fe1494adc83000ef744d5c01bd714a778fac00",
      "note": "Netflix Photon IMFConstraints.java at d5fe1494 (bytes equal producer-cited hash), L296-L333; Netflix IMSC 1.1 Text Profile (Partner Help Center; live page)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[inference] Netflix Photon validates IMF timed-text track files by mapping kind (0x13), UTF-8 UCSEncoding and an IMSC1 profile NamespaceURI; Netflix's own IMSC 1.1 text profile is currently valid only for Japanese timed text. ST 2067-2 text itself was not read (ZIP-only). · locator: Netflix Photon IMFConstraints.java at d5fe1494 (bytes equal producer-cited hash), L296-L333; Netflix IMSC 1.1 Text Profile (Partner Help Center; live page) source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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