Re: 608 and 708 styling

Got it.  Thanks.

D

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer
<silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:31 PM, David Ronca <dronca@netflix.com> wrote:
>> The spec 'Conversion of 608/708 captions to WebVTT' makes reference to
>> cea608.css and cea708.css, and gives the implementation of both css
>> files.  Are these style sheets part of a WebVTT client implementation?
>
> These style sheets are suggestions for devices/applications that want
> to implement the conversion. They are not part of browser
> implementations.
>
>>  That is, can a given WebVTT assets reference the styles defined in
>> these css files without providing them (the css files) to the
>> implementation.
>
> If you're talking about browsers, then no, you need to provide these
> css files through a Web page.
>
> Other devices/applications could, however, include these css files as
> default styling helpers if they so choose.
>
> HTH,
> Silvia.

Received on Tuesday, 25 June 2013 15:32:51 UTC