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The EZTitles Plug-in for Carbon Coder is small, light-weight tool which enables you to encode burned-in (also referred to as open subtitles) subtitles, teletext or closed captions right onto your video clip. The Plug-in is available to the default's User Interface as well as the advanced Watch Folder Mode setup on single machine or in a transcoding farm controlled by a Carbon Server.

It provides enhanced functionality to control and adjust the subtitles' appearance on the screen including built-in functions to change the text's Font, its color and size; to change or apply a box, shadow or outline effects over the text; and to adjust the horizontal or vertical position of the text over the picture.

The Plug-in enables the insertion of subtitles/captions in wide variety of file formats. The full list of supported file types can be found later in the Main Plug-in Features section of this guide.

It correctly reads all their format information for fonts, effects and placement, if it is allowed and presented with the original file. The subtitles will appear exactly the same as the editor who had created them has intended.

Except the excellent functionality and compatibility with many subtitling programs, the Plug-in also provides utility for quality control of the encoded subtitles to prevent the eventual imprint of incorrect or incompatible subtitles. This includes error logging features which may stop the encoding process and output a Log file with detailed info about the incorrect subtitle or subtitles. Having the issues defined by the Plug-in it would be easier to review and edit the subtitles.