Re: "WebVTT file using only nested cues"

On Apr 10, 2012, at 1:21 , Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:26:14 +0100, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It might be kinda odd.  One would have to say in the VTT spec. "When the
>>>> VTT file is externally identified as a Chapter Track, then …", and in the
>>>> HTML spec. say that the kind attribute being in the chapters state (what
>>>> odd language!) identifies it as a chapter track.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> It currently says: "A WebVTT file whose cues all have a cue payload that
>>> is
>>> WebVTT chapter title text is said to be a WebVTT file using chapter title
>>> text."
>>> 
>>> It could say: "... all have a cue payload that is WebVTT chapter title
>>> text
>>> and which uses only nested cues ..."
>>> 
>>> This would mean that "WebVTT files containing only cue text" would not
>>> always be "WebVTT fiels containing chapter title text", though.
>> 
>> 
>> Since the nested cues thing is only used for chapters, we could merge the
>> two requirements and call it "Chapters WebVTT file" or some such.
> 
> 
> We could call it "Nested Chapters WebVTT file" in comparison to
> "Unnested Chapters WebVTT files" that have only a flat structure.
> 
> Also, I agree with Glenn that this should be defined in the WebVTT
> spec. The HTML spec should just talk about "nested chapter files, such
> as the nested chapters webvtt file", seeing as other file format may
> also produce such formats.

yes!



David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:17:42 UTC