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>Subject: RE: #5428 Popular DVD movies are only French and Spanish
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A DVD has the capacity to hold 32 subtitle tracks and 8
tracks for audio for dubbed languages.

How many the developers actually place there is simply a
matter of cost.

My guess is that this capability will develop, but it will
take time.  Once the developers perceive there to be a
market there to make back their investment plus profit, then
they will make it happen.

This is not the only DVD feature that is not being fully
exploited.  Multiangle viewing is almost non-existent thus
far.  Also creating a title with multiple versions
(selectable R, PG versions on the same disc) for a film is
almost unheard of as well.

Cheers,

Mike
Michael Bush
Associate Professor of French and
Instructional Psychology and Technology
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http://moliere.byu.edu/digital/

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    A few years ago, I read somewhere that movie in the DVD
format would be
available in numerous languages in audio and subtitles. I
think the article
said something like that we would be able to purchase copies
of blockbuster
features which could be played in a choice of 21 language
and subtitle
combinations. This, I thought would be enjoyable for some
passive contact
with languages in an entertaining setting. I envisioned a
few summers of
easily attained saturation.

    But only French and Spanish are common as additional
sound and audio
tracks. I wonder if the decision to limit the number of
tracks was made
because someone thought the interest in such a feature is
limited. Would
there be enough interest? Could we communicate that there
would be to the
decision makers?

Ken Carpenter