Re: Using WebVTT metadata tracks and missing API

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Cyril Concolato
<cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently added to MP4Box (GPAC's MP4 manipulation tool), the ability to
> export any MP4 track as WEBVTT metadata tracks. I thought this might be of
> interest to some of you (and to the new Media Resource In-Band track CG).
> The post is here [1]. Comments are welcome.
>
> What I've found so far doing this is that the WebVTT interfaces are missing:
> - an API to get non-WebVTT settings that could be added in WebVTT files.

What do you mean by "non-WebVTT settings"?


> - an API to get the header from the WebVTT file.

Do you mean to get that in a Web browser? WebVTT has no APIs to get
things out of WebVTT files...

Cheers,
Silvia.


> Do you agree? Is this being worked on already?
>
> Regards,
> Cyril
>
> [1]
> http://concolato.wp.mines-telecom.fr/2013/10/24/using-webvtt-to-carry-media-streams/
>
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> Groupe Multimedia/Multimedia Group
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Received on Monday, 28 October 2013 21:50:44 UTC