Blu-ray BDN XML

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Blu-ray BDN XML

The BDN format started as the accepted format for delivering subtitles for use by Sonic Scenarist BD but quickly turned into the standard subtitles delivery method in Blu-ray authoring tools and applications. The BDN export creates high-quality, fully anti-aliased images with alpha.

Image format

PNG 8 bit, PNG 32 bit

File name

The name of the special text script file, which contains the In- and Out-cues, image placement, subtitled material title and other information.

Image file prefix

The text value in this field together with the subsequent subtitle numbers forms individual image names.

In the above figure the image names will be: Sample_0001.PNG, Sample_0002.PNG and so on.

Language / Code

Indicates the language of the subtitles. The Code field is filled automatically after selecting a language but it can be edited by typing in different language code if needed.

Export second subtitles track as forced narratives

Subtitles from the secondary subtitles track will be considered Forced Narratives and will be exported.

Crop subtitle image to actual size

This option specifies that output images will be reduced to the size defined by the area occupied by the subtitle text. Tick off to export full-sized images instead.

Export Zero Subtitle

Switch it on if you want to export the zero subtitle.

Export uncompressed images

By default the script and image files will be exported in a .zip archive which is more convenient for a number of reason. If you need to export and use the images from a local folder, make sure to tick off this option instead.

Folder

Selects the output folder for the exported script and image files.

Additional options

Provides a few more options:

Preview Text Script - Displays a preview window with the exported script's body.

Preview images - Opens a preview window and shows how the image will look like.