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Which closed-caption (CCAP) properties do libdcp verify and ClairMeta check, which ST 428-10 rules do they miss, and where do their limits come from?

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libdcp (891facc8) cites Bv2.1 (RDD 52) 7.2.6 for both its 3-line and 32-character closed-caption checks; ST 428-10:2008 7.3 caps Text elements per Subtitle at three and mentions 32 characters only in an informative device note; ST 428-10 7.1 forbids overlapping Subtitle time windows. Curator qualifications: Correct F0: the three-line cap is an RDD 52 7.2.6 'shall' (as libdcp cites), not an ST 428-10 rule; ST 428-10's rule is three Text elements. Keep the two rules apart (C2-B85-AUDIT4 hint). Overlap non-enforcement (F2) and ClairMeta open-subtitle limits applied to captions (F1) are based on selected file regions; verify.cc overlap search not re-run line by line by curator. Static reading only; no DCP built or validated, no audio measured. Limitations: Static reading only; no DCP built or validated, no audio measured. 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://pub.smpte.org/latest/st428-10/st0428-10-2008.pdf",
      "note": "ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/cth103/libdcp/blob/891facc8ce17cd767948ac5c2eb629bca5288f64/src/verify.cc",
      "note": "ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/cth103/libdcp/blob/891facc8ce17cd767948ac5c2eb629bca5288f64/src/verify.h",
      "note": "ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Ymagis/ClairMeta/blob/b3b66a024174976ffbde4b6dfff2b599e84e4757/clairmeta/dcp_check_isdcf_dcnc.py",
      "note": "ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Ymagis/ClairMeta/blob/b3b66a024174976ffbde4b6dfff2b599e84e4757/clairmeta/dcp_check_subtitle.py",
      "note": "ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] libdcp (891facc8) cites Bv2.1 (RDD 52) 7.2.6 for both its 3-line and 32-character closed-caption checks; ST 428-10:2008 7.3 caps Text elements per Subtitle at three and mentions 32 characters only in an informative device note; ST 428-10 7.1 forbids overlapping Subtitle time windows. · locator: ST 428-10:2008 sections 7.1, 7.3 (pdftotext); RDD 52:2020 section 7.2.6; verify.h lines 284-287 source

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