Quote from: SiL on Today at 09:44:48 AM@NecronomIV
Sorry, I don't think I've made myself at all clear.
You said
QuotePretty much you identify a gap in the dialogue,
What I'm asking is if it would be useful to have an SRT file of just dialogue so you could identify those gaps automatically.
For example, I have transcripts generated in Premiere of just the dialogue in all of the movies. Would such a file help in streamlining identifying those gaps, or is there already a simple system?
No, not really. As I said, you could do the math and map all the possible gaps (if, that is, the subtitles were perfectly aligned with the dialogue) but it wouldn't be sensitive to other parts of the soundtrack such as sound effects and important music cues.
The other problem would be that you'd have more of thes gaps than you need - you don't fill up every single gap, that's fatiguing for the listener, like having an annoying person chattering in your ear the whole time ... and you seldom use all of a gap, just what you need (either at the beginning, middle or end).
So in theory yes... ish. The idea is sound. In practice, rather than automating a job, it would give you too much to sift through, and slow you down. But as I said, it's the kind of thing that might be useful input for an AI.
Finding the gaps is the easy bit, and is generally quite an intuitive and organic thing. The tricky bit is the
writing, and deciding what to include and what to leave out.