Comments on: Why Netflix Doesn’t Offer Subtitles or Closed Captions

By: Warren Page

Warren Page — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:01:57 +0000

Well, 2010 has come and gone. . . and still no subtitles. Sounds like corporate bs to me.

By: Kathryne

Kathryne — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:45:10 +0000

HEY NETFLIX!!! It’s the end 2010. Where’s the captioning?! jerks….

By: ron blanco

ron blanco — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:16:51 +0000

cost of rental fees go up but no closed captioning yet. Netflix should spend more time developing closed caption for those who need it.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:28:38 +0000

The space requirements, as they said, are prohibitive. QuickTime has closed captions. Forget Microsoft latest a more backward technology, eh? Now we just need to require CC on all material that has it available from the creator, from publishers who provide a minimum number of hours or choices. It's just a law, and one that has long needed to be passed. Stop listening to the corporate whining.

By: Netflix Begins Rolling Out Captions for Streaming Videos

Netflix Begins Rolling Out Captions for Streaming Videos — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:54:38 +0000

[...] captioning has long been one of the most requested features for the streaming service. Hunt first addressed the issue last June in a blog post in which he described the difficulties involved with rolling out subtitles [...]

By: captions are easy!

captions are easy! — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:22:11 +0000

500 processor months? really? thats it? and you have to do it 4 times? why 4 times? but seriously? thats all that is stopping you?

let me see if I get this straight, 1 processor can do the entire netflix library in 500 months, hence, 500 can do it in 1 month?

I would gladly lease my renderfarm to netflix for 4 months, I have nearly that and they are all extremely fast multiple cpu!

c'mon! do the captions! I am sure netflix has the equipment, they just dont want to do it!

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:45:46 +0000

I find it very frustrating to watch English mysteries, comedys, series, etc. without closed captioning. This is a foreign language especially if your hearing is not the best. If you watch a show on BBC or PBS CC is available so I don't understand why Netflix doesn'tprovide it. Does Broadcast Video?

By: The Chutry Experiment » Wednesday Links

The Chutry Experiment » Wednesday Links — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:01:25 +0000

[...] NewTeeVee, a discussion of the fact that Netflix doesn’t offer subtitles or closed captions for their [...]

By: Jonathan Campos

Jonathan Campos — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:17:45 +0000

Problem is Silverlight, he even said it. The other companies mentioned that this works for all use Flash Player.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:45:02 +0000

There are a few companies that could provide the subtitles as SAMI files (Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange) that Netflix could use (i.e:SubPLY, DotSub). SubPly provides subtitles as SAMI files to Silverlight as well. There is no reason today for any video publisher to re-encode different formats of the video. One would assume that other reasons, than technology, are keeping Netflix from providing close captions and subtitles.