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In an ISDCF Digital Cinema Naming Convention audio-type field, what do HI, VI (and VIN) mean, and where does the audio language go?

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In the ISDCF Digital Cinema Naming Convention, the Audio Type field marks accessibility audio as HI (Assisted Listening), VI (Audio Description) and SL (Sign Language), e.g. 51-HI-VI. No language is given for those tracks because it is normally the language already stated in the Audio Language field. VIN appears only as the channel label in the CPL MainSoundConfiguration, not as a naming token. ISDCF stresses that DCNC is a convention, not a standard.

In the ISDCF Digital Cinema Naming Convention, the Audio Type field marks accessibility audio as HI (Assisted Listening), VI (Audio Description) and SL (Sign Language), e.g. 51-HI-VI. No language is given for those tracks because it is normally the language already stated in the Audio Language field. VIN appears only as the channel label in the CPL MainSoundConfiguration, not as a naming token. ISDCF stresses that DCNC is a convention, not a standard. Curator qualifications: Registry pages and code read 2026-10-22; ClairMeta not run; no DCP checked. registries-site source file (S4) and languages page example (S2) not re-read for this item. Limitations: Registry pages and code read 2026-10-22; ClairMeta not run; no DCP checked. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.isdcf.com/registry/audioconfigs/",
      "note": "ISDCF registry audioconfigs page (live 2026-10-22); ISDCF registry general page"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.isdcf.com/registry/languages/",
      "note": "ISDCF registry audioconfigs page (live 2026-10-22); ISDCF registry general page"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.isdcf.com/registry/general/",
      "note": "ISDCF registry audioconfigs page (live 2026-10-22); ISDCF registry general page"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/ISDCF/registries-site/blob/0934e1e6ba5f1b3129cb67fe5b8d6ffb99e0acd9/src/content/audioconfigs-cpl.md",
      "note": "ISDCF registry audioconfigs page (live 2026-10-22); ISDCF registry general page"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] In the ISDCF Digital Cinema Naming Convention, the Audio Type field marks accessibility audio as HI (Assisted Listening), VI (Audio Description) and SL (Sign Language), e.g. 51-HI-VI. No language is given for those tracks because it is normally the language already stated in the Audio Language field. VIN appears only as the channel label in the CPL MainSoundConfiguration, not as a naming token. ISDCF stresses that DCNC is a convention, not a standard. · locator: ISDCF registry audioconfigs page (live 2026-10-22); ISDCF registry general page source

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