Systems and methods to implement preferred subtitle constructs

A system for applying attributes to subtitles, the system comprising:

• a communication port;
• at least one memory storing instructions;
• and
• control circuitry communicably coupled to the memory and the communication port and configured to execute the instructions to:
• access, via the communication port, a subtitle file, wherein the subtitle file comprises one or more subtitles and an animation attribute to apply to a subset of the subtitles;
• identify, at a first computing device, a user preference to disable a category of subtitle animations wherein the user preference comprises disabling subtitle animations for dialogue and enabling subtitle animations for sound effects;
• determine, at the first computing device, that the animation attribute belongs to the category of subtitle animations to be disabled;
• amend, at the first computing device, the subtitle file to remove the animation attribute from the subset of the subtitles to create an amended subtitle file wherein the amending of the subtitle file further comprises:
• setting, based on the identified user preference, an attribute in the subtitle file that disables the subtitle animations for dialogue;
• and
• setting, based on the identified user preference, an attribute in the subtitle file that enables the subtitle animations for sound effects;
• transmitting, from the first computing device, the amended subtitle file to a second computing device;
• accessing the amended subtitle file at the second computing device;
• generating, at the second computing device, the subtitles of the amended subtitle file for display;
• and
• displaying the subtitles of the amended subtitle file while displaying corresponding media wherein the displayed subtitles include sound effect subtitles describing sound effects in the media and dialogue subtitles describing spoken dialogue in the media and wherein, based on the amending of the subtitle file, animations for the sound effect subtitles are disabled and animations for the dialogue subtitles in the media are enabled.