hi Mark, Welcome to the world of movie business inconsistency. There is no guarantee that a movie with audio description in the theater that is released on DVD or in iTunes will also have the audio description. If the DVD is the "theater" cut, it is more likely to have it. If the DVD is the "Director's" cut, it is more likely to have a track with the director going on and on and on talking over the movie explaining in real time why they did what they did; which is often most suitable as a sedative. I do know that The Martian version in iTunes has audio description whether you rent it or buy it, but there is no indication before you get it that audio description is available. The bottom line is that audio description is not seen as essential the way closed captioning is. I think nothing will change until someone can win a major law suit against the video industry. But, that is unlikely to happen since there are so many different sources for movies.
Richard (Sent from my iPhone 5S) > On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:17 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am posting this question to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing > list. > > My primary question: > Is the audio description track included when renting a movie from iTunes? or > must one purchase the movie in order to receive the audio description track. > > My secondary question: > If a movie debuted with an audio description track in the theater, does it > follow that the movie will include that track in the iTunes store version of > the movie? > > Here's my situation: > Last summer I saw the movie entitled "Edge of Tomorrow", in the theater, > complete with audio description. To me, it was a fabulous movie. Just so > you know, the film is now marketed and sold under the title, "Live die > Repeat". > > A couple of days ago, a sighted friend of mine rented Live die Repeat, from > the iTunes Store. She watched it on her iPad. Even though many titles, in > the iTunes Store, are not listed as having audio description, I was hoping > that, like so many others, given that the film was released with audio > description in the theater, the track would be included on the download. > > According to her, she could not hear any audio description despite having > the settings on her iPad configured correctly. > > I should probably add that, to my dismay, I discovered that the DVD copy of > this title, I purchased when it was first made available, did not include > the audio description track, either. > > I would so much like to enjoy this movie again but I fear, that, unless I > can locate a version that includes the audio description track, I will not > be able to relive the experience of "Edge of Tomorrow". > > All replies most welcomed. > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
