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How is a textless or localised-graphics picture version delivered as an IMF supplemental package at Netflix, and what do SMPTE ST 2067-2/-3 provide for versions and textless markers?

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At Netflix a textless (or language) picture version is a supplemental IMF package built on the last approved texted package: its CPL reuses the same track-file IDs and adds one textless insert track, so unchanged shots are not re-delivered. SMPTE ST 2067-2 allows packages that are not complete compositions and ST 2067-3 defines textless marker labels (FFTC/LFTC etc.), but neither defines a 'textless version' as Netflix does. Curator qualifications: Pages/standards read 2026-10-22; no package built or validated. Backlot instructions (S11) and IMF glossary (S8) re-fetched but only spot-checked. Limitations: Pages/standards read 2026-10-22; no package built or validated. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260606051638id_/https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/7262346654995-Post-Production-Branded-Delivery-Specifications",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260611165114id_/https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000614752-Backlot-Delivery-Instructions-for-IMF",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st2067-2/st2067-2-2020.pdf",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st2067-3/st2067-3-2020.pdf",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260809213059id_/https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049545374-IMF-Glossary",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260310161834id_/https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049554774-CPL-Examples-for-Supplemental-Picture-Versions",
      "note": "Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] At Netflix a textless (or language) picture version is a supplemental IMF package built on the last approved texted package: its CPL reuses the same track-file IDs and adds one textless insert track, so unchanged shots are not re-delivered. SMPTE ST 2067-2 allows packages that are not complete compositions and ST 2067-3 defines textless marker labels (FFTC/LFTC etc.), but neither defines a 'textless version' as Netflix does. · locator: Netflix Post-Production Branded Delivery Specifications 5.2 (IA id_ 20260606051638; bytes equal pin), 2.4 Textless Version IMF Packaging; Netflix CPL Examples for Supplemental Picture Versions (IA id_ 20260310161834; bytes equal pin); SMPTE ST 2067-2:2020 L1400; SMPTE ST 2067-3:2020 marker labels L1367-1455 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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