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CueNorm Public Validator

Timing

MAXIMUM_DURATION

Limits how long a single subtitle may stay on screen.

What it checks

A subtitle displayed for longer than the profile's maximum duration produces one issue.

How it is measured

  • Duration = end time โˆ’ start time, computed exactly.
  • The maximum can be declared in milliseconds, seconds or frames. Frames use the frame rate of the profile's writer configuration.
  • When CueNorm validates a file it has just written, the maximum is first projected onto the output's time grid, rounded up, so a subtitle of exactly the maximum length never fails because of quantization.

Parameters

Parameter Type Meaning
duration duration (ms, s or f) Maximum display duration

Example

With duration: 7s, a subtitle displayed from 00:10:00.000 to 00:10:08.200 is reported as 8.200 s (maximum 7.000 s).

How to fix

  • End the subtitle earlier, when the dialogue has finished.
  • Split long text into two consecutive subtitles.
  • Check for a timing error: an out time that was never set, or a subtitle extended over a silence.

Profiles using this rule

ProfileSeverityParameters
ARTE SME German arte-sme-de error duration=10.000 s
ARTE SME French arte-sme-fr error duration=10.000 s
ARTE VOST German arte-vost-de error duration=10.000 s
ARTE VOST French arte-vost-fr error duration=10.000 s
Disney+ SDH English (US) disney-plus-sdh-en-us error duration=7.000 s
Disney+ Subtitles English (US) disney-plus-subtitle-en-us error duration=7.000 s
Disney+ Subtitles French (France) disney-plus-subtitle-fr-fr error duration=5.000 s
Netflix SDH English netflix-sdh-en error duration=7.000 s
Netflix SDH French (France) netflix-sdh-fr-fr error duration=7.000 s
Netflix Subtitles English โ€” Children netflix-subtitle-children-en error duration=7.000 s
Netflix Subtitles French (France) โ€” Children netflix-subtitle-children-fr-fr error duration=7.000 s
Netflix Subtitles English netflix-subtitle-en error duration=7.000 s
Netflix Subtitles French (Canada) netflix-subtitle-fr-ca error duration=7.000 s
Netflix Subtitles French (France) netflix-subtitle-fr-fr error duration=7.000 s
Prime Video SDH French (France) prime-video-sdh-fr-fr error duration=7.000 s
Prime Video Subtitles English prime-video-subtitle-en error duration=7.000 s
Prime Video Subtitles French (France) prime-video-subtitle-fr-fr error duration=7.000 s