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  1. I've been experimenting with downloading pbs videos and closed captions as described here:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/363819-Some-basic-questions-about-using-ffmpeg-to-d...oad-pbs-videos
    Just by looking at the srt text files corresponding to some of the TV programs, they look OK ( didn't verify by playing the video together with the subtitles).
    However, all downloads of Newshour seems to have subtitles doubled up. See example at end of this post.
    My question is: What is the purpose of this, and how could it be fixed? Certainly, I would think, if you watch the live stream of Newshour with captions, there would not be this problem. The live software player it seems must somehow fix the problem when watching the live stream. Any ideas?
    I have attached the srt subtitle file and also the corresponding 2 minute video file at the end of this post.


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    >> Ifill: BOSTON REMEMBERS THE
    LIVES LOST, AND THOSE STILL
    HEALING, ONE YEAR AFTER TWIN

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    LIVES LOST, AND THOSE STILL
    HEALING, ONE YEAR AFTER TWIN
    BOMBS STRUCK AT THE MARATHON'S

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    HEALING, ONE YEAR AFTER TWIN
    BOMBS STRUCK AT THE MARATHON'S
    FINISH LINE.

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    BOMBS STRUCK AT THE MARATHON'S
    FINISH LINE.
    GOOD EVENING, I'M GWEN IFILL.

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    FINISH LINE.
    GOOD EVENING, I'M GWEN IFILL.
    >> Woodruff: AND I'M JUDY

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    GOOD EVENING, I'M GWEN IFILL.
    >> Woodruff: AND I'M JUDY
    WOODRUFF.

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    >> Woodruff: AND I'M JUDY
    WOODRUFF.
    ALSO AHEAD TONIGHT, THE FIRST

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    WOODRUFF.
    ALSO AHEAD TONIGHT, THE FIRST
    SIGN OF A MILITARES

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    ALSO AHEAD TONIGHT, THE FIRST
    SIGN OF A MILITARES
    KIEV, AGAINST MOUNTING UNREST IN

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    SIGN OF A MILITARES
    KIEV, AGAINST MOUNTING UNREST IN
    UKRAINE'S EASTERN REGIONS.

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    KIEV, AGAINST MOUNTING UNREST IN
    UKRAINE'S EASTERN REGIONS.
    IT SAYS IT'S RECAPTURED AN

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    UKRAINE'S EASTERN REGIONS.
    IT SAYS IT'S RECAPTURED AN
    AIRPORT FROM PRO-RUSSIAN

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    IT SAYS IT'S RECAPTURED AN
    AIRPORT FROM PRO-RUSSIAN
    SEPARATISTS.

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    AIRPORT FROM PRO-RUSSIAN
    SEPARATISTS.
    >> Ifill: PLUS, THE SECOND OF

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    SEPARATISTS.
    >> Ifill: PLUS, THE SECOND OF
    JEFFREY BROWN'S REPORTS FROM THE

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    >> Ifill: PLUS, THE SECOND OF
    JEFFREY BROWN'S REPORTS FROM THE
    ASIAN NATION OF MYANMAR.

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    JEFFREY BROWN'S REPORTS FROM THE
    ASIAN NATION OF MYANMAR.
    TONIGHT, THE STRUGGLE TO

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    ASIAN NATION OF MYANMAR.
    TONIGHT, THE STRUGGLE TO
    PRESERVE IT'S GRAND ARCHITECTURE

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    TONIGHT, THE STRUGGLE TO
    PRESERVE IT'S GRAND ARCHITECTURE
    AND CULTURAL HISTORY, IN THE

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    PRESERVE IT'S GRAND ARCHITECTURE
    AND CULTURAL HISTORY, IN THE
    FACE OF RAPID CHANGE.

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    AND CULTURAL HISTORY, IN THE
    FACE OF RAPID CHANGE.
    >> THE CITY ONCE CALLED RANGOON

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    FACE OF RAPID CHANGE.
    >> THE CITY ONCE CALLED RANGOON
    IS OFTEN SAID TO BE FROZEN IN

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    >> THE CITY ONCE CALLED RANGOON
    IS OFTEN SAID TO BE FROZEN IN
    TIME.

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    IS OFTEN SAID TO BE FROZEN IN
    TIME.
    THAT'S CHANGING AND QUICKLY.

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    TIME.
    THAT'S CHANGING AND QUICKLY.
    THE KEY QUESTION IS HOW TO

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    THAT'S CHANGING AND QUICKLY.
    THE KEY QUESTION IS HOW TO
    PRESERVE SOMETHING OF THE PAST

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    THE KEY QUESTION IS HOW TO
    PRESERVE SOMETHING OF THE PAST
    WHILE MOVING INTO A 21s

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    PRESERVE SOMETHING OF THE PAST
    WHILE MOVING INTO A 21s
    21st CENTURY FUTURE.

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    WHILE MOVING INTO A 21s
    21st CENTURY FUTURE.
    >> Ifill: THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF

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    21st CENTURY FUTURE.
    >> Ifill: THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF
    THE STORIES WE'RE COVERING ON

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    >> Ifill: THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF
    THE STORIES WE'RE COVERING ON
    TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR.

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    >> Woodruff: THE CITY OF BOSTON
    PAUSED ON THIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
    OF THE BOMBINGS THAT ERUPTED AT

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    PAUSED ON THIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
    OF THE BOMBINGS THAT ERUPTED AT
    THE FINISH LINE OF THE BOSTON

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    OF THE BOMBINGS THAT ERUPTED AT
    THE FINISH LINE OF THE BOSTON
    MARATHON.

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    THE FINISH LINE OF THE BOSTON
    MARATHON.
    SURVIVORS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND

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    MARATHON.
    SURVIVORS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND
    THE GENERAL PUBLIC HONORED THE

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    SURVIVORS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND
    THE GENERAL PUBLIC HONORED THE
    DEAD AND OFFERED HOPE FOR THE

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    THE GENERAL PUBLIC HONORED THE
    DEAD AND OFFERED HOPE FOR THE
    FUTURE.

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    DEAD AND OFFERED HOPE FOR THE
    FUTURE.
    >> Woodruff: THE DAY BEGAN WITH

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    FUTURE.
    >> Woodruff: THE DAY BEGAN WITH
    A QUIET WREATH-LAYING AT THE

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    >> Woodruff: THE DAY BEGAN WITH
    A QUIET WREATH-LAYING AT THE
    SITE OF THE TWO BLASTS ON

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    A QUIET WREATH-LAYING AT THE
    SITE OF THE TWO BLASTS ON
    BOYLSTON STREET.

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    SITE OF THE TWO BLASTS ON
    BOYLSTON STREET.
    THE BROTHER AND SISTER OF THE

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    BOYLSTON STREET.
    THE BROTHER AND SISTER OF THE
    YOUNGEST VICTIM, 8-YEAR-OLD

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    THE BROTHER AND SISTER OF THE
    YOUNGEST VICTIM, 8-YEAR-OLD
    MARTIN RICHARD, LAID ONE OF THE

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    YOUNGEST VICTIM, 8-YEAR-OLD
    MARTIN RICHARD, LAID ONE OF THE
    WREATHS.

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    MARTIN RICHARD, LAID ONE OF THE
    WREATHS.
    A YEAR AGO, THE SCENE WAS VERY

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    WREATHS.
    A YEAR AGO, THE SCENE WAS VERY
    DIFFERENT, AS RUNNERS MADE THEIR

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    A YEAR AGO, THE SCENE WAS VERY
    DIFFERENT, AS RUNNERS MADE THEIR
    WAY TO THE FINISH LINE, THE TWO

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    DIFFERENT, AS RUNNERS MADE THEIR
    WAY TO THE FINISH LINE, THE TWO
    PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS EXPLODED

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    WAY TO THE FINISH LINE, THE TWO
    PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS EXPLODED
    WITHIN MOMENTS OF EACH OTHER.
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    It may be more useful to post the originally downloaded sub-title file.

    The converted file is so out-of-sync as to make it useless.

    I can not access original video from this source but my experience of cc-titles is that they are usually displayed one line at a time to give the user a fair chance to read them.
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  3. Here is the original dfxp file. Input into Subtitle Edit to get srt. Converting to srt does not change doubling up.
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    this kind of subtilte is probably of live event or sports.
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  5. Thank you very much for your answer. I was looking for some reason, ie some difference between "Newshour" and "This Old House" and I think you got it. I guess there is some ability for the live stream player to correct this kind of problem. I will look around at other pbs shows captions and see if there are any other captions that are doubled up. If it is only "Newshour" then it is no big deal.
    Still curious how the livestream player can correct doubled up captions. My internet connection is so poor that I have no way to watch the streamed version of any pbs show and look at the captions.
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    Yes, there appears to be doubling up but the timings of the two files are different.

    The doubling is not the critical issue here since that is probably how it looks in real time with the duplicated lines performing a 'blending' whereas normal subtitles for a dvd etc. are always different.

    The conversion is not precise enough. The original is http-based (I think that is the correct term) so I, again, guess, that the web-player can correctly read the timings
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  7. Ok, I got the Nature program about Honey Badgers.

    Link to subtitle file:
    HTML Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/captions/nature/fde0b61f-e674-427a-a9b5-c5b8eb8c520c/captions/148970_Encoded.dfxp
    Link to video:
    Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/nature/fde0b61f-e674-427a-a9b5-c5b8eb8c520c/117230/hd-mezzanine-16x9/naat3106_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-baseline.mp4
    The subtitles look fine (no doubling). And they play fine with the video. I checked from beginning to end of the show and no problem. I converted the dfxp file to srt with Subtitle Edit. (Same as with converting "Newshour" subtitles.) Anybody have some more ideas about the messed up subtitles in "Newshour"?
    Link to srt file and video clip at end of this post.

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    NARRATOR:
    Out on the African plains,


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    even the king of beasts
    makes way


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    for one relentless
    little warrior.


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    Meet the savannah's
    true tough guy,


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    the honey badger.


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    Known to be absolutely fearless,


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    honey badgers never give up,
    never give in.


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    MAN: The honey badger to me


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    is so brave and so courageous
    and so determined


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    that you can't help
    but love him.


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    NARRATOR: But he's simply
    impossible to live with.


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    MAN: The first honey badger
    I took in was Stoffel.


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    He caused chaos in the house.


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    I mean, he'd come
    and break through the window,


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    go to the kitchen,
    kick the fridge open.


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    And you don't dare stop him.


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    NARRATOR: And trying to follow
    honey badgers out in the bush


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    isn't any easier.


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    MAN: It's actually
    quite frustrating.


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    I see these animals literally
    every single night.


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    They come in,
    cause chaos inside camp.


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    As soon as morning hits,
    they just disappear.


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    NARRATOR: But instead of
    courage or ferocity,


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    their sharpest weapon
    might just be


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    one of the best brains
    in all the wild.


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    MAN: Stoffel!
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    ???

    They aren't "Doubling up" - They are meant to be SCROLLING! If you watch it while they play, that's what should be going on.

    Example:

    The phrase:

    "Now is the time for
    all good men to come
    to the aid of their country."

    Which is split up into 3 lines to keep it centered/clustered, would look like:

    Code:
    Time 1 to Time 2
    "Now is the time for
    
    Time 2 to Time 3
    "Now is the time for
    all good men to come
    
    Time 3 to Time 4
    all good men to come
    to the aid of their country."
    
    Time 4 to Time 5
    to the aid of their country."
    
    Time 5 and onward
    <BLANK>
    Works just like scrolling credits or closed-captions.

    Nothing wrong with the file except your expectations about it.

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  9. I agree, this is one of the multiple ways that closed captions can be displayed.

    However, I would say that the SRT conversion process did not work correctly.

    IIRC, Subtitle Workshop could remove the duplicates very easily, it was a built-in function.

    There used to be a guy named McPoodle who had a website dedicated to CC tools, don't know if it's still there. Lot's of good stuff there.
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