Re: WebVTT spec

So how does the browser get informed about the format if the cues? Which
rules it has to use to interpret then?

Silvia.
 On 19 Mar 2013 06:34, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote:
> >
> > I'm going through your changes right now.
> >
> > I've just stumbled across this paragraph in addTextTrack():
> >
> >     <p>Initially, the <span>text track list of cues</span> is not
> >     associated with any <span>rules
> >     for updating the text track rendering</span>. When a <span>text track
> >     cue</span> is added to it,
> >     the <span>text track list of cues</span> has its rules permanently
> set
> >     accordingly.</p>
> >
> > I suggest setting the default "rules for updating the text track
> rendering"
> > to the WebVTT rules.
>
> Why? Then you couldn't add a text track and add TTML cues to it (or
> whatever). That seems like a poor future design.
>
>
> > This avoids uncertainty when creating a new TextTrack
>
> What uncertainty?
>
>
> > and it is backwards compatible. We may then need an extra optional
> > parameter on addTextTRack() to change the assoicated rules, e.g.
> > textTrack = media .
> > addTextTrack<
> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-media-addtexttrack>
> > ( kind [, label [, language [, format ] ] )
>
> Seems bad to require an argument that isn't necessary. It also introduces
> a new error condition (set the format to AML, then ad BML cues, and you'll
> get an exception; whereas in the current model it just works).
>
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