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filmingo specifications for delivery

First priority – best format

Image

  • version with front and end credits, without burnt-in subtitles
  • Frame Size: 1920x1080
  • Format | Suffix: .MP4 / .mov
  • Compressor – Codec: h264 / h265, High Profile
  • Bitrate: constant 6-8 Mbps
  • Frame rate: native
  • Field dominance: progressive
  • Color space: Rec. 709

Sound

  • Audio: AAC 128-192 kbps / 48kHz or 44.1kHz, EBU R128 standard
  • Audio Channels: Stereo CH-1 (left) CH-2 (right)

Subtitles

  • see the Subtitles section below for format, timing and layout requirements

Additional remarks

Not allowed:

  • Timecode displayed on the picture
  • Your own watermark
  • Test sound signal at the beginning or at the end
  • Squeezing or any deformation of the picture: keep the native aspect ratio and letterbox or pillarbox within a 16:9 container (i.e. Scope ratio will be letterboxed. 4:3 ratio will be pillarboxed.

Please avoid:

  • Long black sequence at the beginning or at the end
  • Poor compression that will create pixelation and don’t apply any streaming optimization
  • Distributor logo at the beginning

 

Second priority – high quality h264/h265 file

Image

  • version with front and end credits, without burnt-in subtitles
  • Frame Size: 1920x1080
  • Video HighRes Proxy (OV-Version), high quality h264/h265 file in original version (stereo), High Profile, EBU R128 standard
  • Frame rate: native
  • Field dominance: progressive
  • Color space: Rec. 709

Sound

  • Audio: AAC 128-192 kbps / 48kHz or 44.1kHz, EBU R128 standard
  • Audio Channels: Stereo CH-1 (left) CH-2 (right)

Subtitles

  • see the Subtitles section below for format, timing and layout requirements

Additional remarks

Not allowed:

  • Timecode displayed on the picture
  • Your own watermark
  • Test sound signal at the beginning or at the end
  • Squeezing or any deformation of the picture: keep the native aspect ratio and letterbox or pillarbox within a 16:9 container (i.e. Scope ratio will be letterboxed. 4:3 ratio will be pillarboxed)

Please avoid:

  • Long black sequence at the beginning or at the end
  • Poor compression that will create pixelation and don’t apply any streaming optimization

 

Third priority – ProRes

Image

  • version with front and end credits, without burnt-in subtitles
  • Frame Size: 1920x1080
  • Format | Suffix: .mov
  • Codec: ProRes 4444 / ProRes 422 HQ / ProRes 422 / ProRes LT
  • Frame rate: native
  • Field dominance: progressive
  • Color space: Rec. 709

Sound

  • WAV file (with same duration and in-point as the image) OR integrated in the .mov with 2 discrete channels, 48kHz, 24bit, Stereo (CH-1 (left) CH-2 (right), EBU R128 standard

Subtitles

  • see the Subtitles section below for format, timing and layout requirements

Additional remarks

Not allowed:

  • Timecode displayed on the picture
  • Your own watermark
  • Test sound signal at the beginning or at the end
  • Squeezing or any deformation of the picture: keep the native aspect ratio and letterbox or pillarbox within a 16:9 container (i.e. Scope ratio will be letterboxed. 4:3 ratio will be pillarboxed)

Please avoid:

  • Long black sequence at the beginning or at the end
  • Poor compression that will create pixelation and don’t apply any streaming optimization

 

Fourth priority – DCP delivery

  • unencrypted DCP version with front and end credits, without burnt-in subtitles (Overlay-subtitles are allowed) 
  • Is only an encrypted DCP available, please add a DKDM for REDSPACE AG. 

Subtitles

  • see the Subtitles section below for format, timing and layout requirements
  • if only overlay-subtitles are available, we can convert them into separate subtitle files

Additional remarks

Not allowed:

  • Timecode displayed on the picture
  • Your own watermark
  • Test sound signal at the beginning or at the end

Please avoid:

  • Long black sequence at the beginning or at the end

Subtitles

Subtitle requirements apply to all delivery priorities. Please follow these specifications regardless of the image/sound format you deliver.

File formats

  • Accepted formats: .srt, .stl, .itt, or .xml

Languages

  • Deliver each subtitle language as a separate file/track
  • Combined subtitle tracks are not allowed (e.g. no mixed German/French subtitles in one file)

Timing & sync

  • Subtitle timing must match the delivered picture exactly: same frame rate (fps) and same In/Out as the film material
  • No overlapping timecodes or subtitles
  • Minimum subtitle duration: 20 frames

Layout

  • Maximum 2 lines per subtitle
  • Maximum 56 characters per line

 

Contact

If you have questions or need clarification, don’t hesitate to contact us! We're glad to help.