The celebratory events for Ninja Segmenting and Subtitling Academy’s 3rd anniversary are officially complete. Thank you to everyone for coming out to participate in the events. Your enthusiasm as a participant and cheerleader blew us away! We also want to thank those who came out to the chat and RAVE viewing party. We enjoyed every moment with all of you.

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Time sure flies when you’re having fun! As we gear up for this year’s third anniversary celebration, we look back at our journey since Ninja Academy began and remember the years of watching foreign films and dramas and dreaming of a far away Shangri La where everything is subtitled, even the songs. Thanks to Viki.com and all of the volunteers, we are actually living in that heaven now!

The devotion and hard work of thousands of people all over the world has manifested a subculture of amazingly talented individuals who are working together harmoniously to bring the latest content, fully subtitled in multiple languages, to the world. Yes, I’m talking about you. You are the ones who answered our prayers and have helped to birth a legacy. 

We couldn’t have made it this far without each and every one of you, so thank you for three years of NSSA! 

In honor of you, we’re excited to announce Ninja 3rdversary! NSSA staff have come up with some fun contests and Viki has put together great prizes, including a special badge for the event! Visit the 3rd Anniversary page for contest rules and sign-up forms. 

Well, a year has passed! A big thank you to everyone who participated in our anniversary activities, came to the party gathering, and voted for the contest submissions! We had a blast celebrating our first anniversary with all of you.

Dramas are usually based on a good script. Too many noticeable gaps in the story will reduce the quality of the drama. As segmenters, although we can’t prevent any storyline gaps, we can prevent the small gaps between segments which result in a “jerky” effect. When there are small gaps between segments, the subtitles flash in and out rather than smoothly transitioning, and this reduces the enjoyment for our audience. 

Our topic of interest today is what gaps are and how we can reduce the flashing of subtitles caused by them. 

Every once in a while after reviewing a student’s video, the student will say, “I don’t understand why you told me those segments are late. My volume is all the way up, but when I pause right on the beginning line, I don’t hear anything!” This indicates a difference in segment timing between the two users. It is important to realize this difference in order to effectively learn proper timing.

What causes timing dissimilarities? We searched for a cause by testing between browsers and across computers. It was determined that the browser in use may be a top candidate for the difference.