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French broadcasters (RT-040)

French broadcasters VOST (RT-040)

French TV broadcasters' shared EBU-STL subtitle baseline (CST-RT-040-TV v1.2), French subtitles

Validate a file with this profile fr-broadcast-vost-fr@2016.1.2
Format
ebustl
Destination
French broadcasters (RT-040)
Language
fr-FR
Specification
reviewed
Interoperability
unverified
Last checked
2026-09-23

Validation rules

RuleSeverityParametersApplies when
MAX_TELETEXT_CELLS_PER_ROW warning max=40 always
MAX_TTI_BLOCKS_PER_SUBTITLE info max=1 always
MAX_CHARACTERS_PER_LINE warning max=37 always
MAX_LINES error max=2 always
REQUIRED_METADATA error fields=originalProgrammeTitle always
STL_HEADER_VALUES error fields=codePage displayStandardCode characterCodeTable languageCode maxRows always
FORBIDDEN_STYLE error style=color always

Always checked

Whatever the profile's rules: how the file is read (file reading, FILE_FORMAT_MISMATCH, NO_SUBTITLES_READ), the timing of a delivery (NON_POSITIVE_DURATION, SUBTITLES_OUT_OF_ORDER, SUBTITLE_OVERLAP) and the language of the subtitles (SOURCE_LANGUAGE_MISMATCH).

Sources

  1. CST / FICAM / HD Forum

    official

    Recommandation Technique PAD fichiers Editeurs (CST-RT-040-TV), 1.2 (2016-12-13)

    Retrieved 2026-09-23 Open source document

  2. EBU

    official

    EBU Tech 3264 (N19-2002)

This is a CueNorm profile based on published specifications. It is not endorsed by French broadcasters (RT-040).

Resolved profile hash, recorded in every report and deliverable:

8beaedc3964ed581f25a04ff46f5e3fd36dd42500daabc537db02029710d4969