Detection of inconsistencies between a reference and a multi format soundtrack

A method for automatically detecting errors among different formatted sound tracks of the same language on a motion picture film, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring analog audio values within each of a plurality of successive segments of each of a plurality of different formatted sound tracks on the motion picture film;
• integrating the audio values within each successive audio segment of each different formatted track to yield a single corresponding numeric value for that segment;
• formatting the numeric values associated with the successive audio segments into a corresponding numeric file with each single numeric value corresponding to an entry in the numeric file;
• comparing the numeric file against an evaluation file representing audio obtained from a different multi-formatted sound track and against a reference file representing audio obtained from particular source;
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• comparing each entry in the numeric file against a corresponding entry in an evaluation file representing audio obtained from a different multi-formatted sound track and against a corresponding entry in an reference file representing audio obtained from particular source;
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• indicating an error condition when the difference between the entry in the formatted numerical file and the entry in either of the evaluation file or the reference file exceeds a threshold value.

Apparatus for automatically detecting errors among different formatted sound tracks of the same language on a motion picture film, comprising:

• means for acquiring analog audio values within each of a plurality of successive segments of each of a plurality of different formatted sound tracks of the motion picture film;
• means for integrating the audio values within each successive audio segment of each different formatted track to yield a single corresponding numeric value for that segment;
• means for formatting the numeric values associated with the successive audio segments into a corresponding numeric file with each single numeric value corresponding to an entry in the numeric file;
• means for comparing each entry in the numeric file against a corresponding entry in an evaluation file representing audio obtained from a particular source;
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• means for indicating an error condition when the difference between entries of the formatted numerical file and the evaluation file exceeds a threshold value.

A method for automatically detecting errors among different formatted sound tracks of the same language on a motion picture film, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring analog audio values within each of a plurality of successive segments of each of a plurality of different formatted sound tracks of the motion picture film;
• integrating the audio values within each successive audio segment of each different formatted track to yield a single corresponding numeric value for that segment;
• formatting the numeric values associated with the successive audio segments into a corresponding numeric file with each single numeric value corresponding to an entry in the numeric file;
• comparing each entry in the numeric file against a corresponding entry in an evaluation file representing audio obtained from a particular source;
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• indicating an error condition when the difference between entries of the formatted numerical file and the evaluation file exceeds a threshold value;
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• identifying the location on the film where the error occurred in accordance with error condition associated with the entry of the numeric file.