- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:51:30 -0800
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Silvia, friends Eric and I have been discussing this, and we've added an 8th option to the Wiki, for your consideration. at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_Multitrack_Media_API> On Feb 9, 2011, at 15:56 , Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > Everyone, > > Your input on this is requested. > > Issue-152 is asking for change proposals for a solution for media > resources that have more than just one audio and one video track > associated with them. The spec addresses this need for text tracks > such as captions and subtitles only [1]. But we haven't solved this > problem for additional audio and video tracks such as audio > descriptions, sign language video, and dubbed audio tracks. > > In the accessibility task force we have discussed different options > over the last months. However, the number of people that provide > technical input on issues related to media in the TF is fairly > limited, so we have decided to use the available time until a change > proposal for issue-152 is due (21st February [2]) to open the > discussion to the larger HTML working group with the hope of hearing > more opinions. > > Past accessibility task force discussions [3][4] have exposed a number > of possible markup/API solutions. > > The different approaches are listed at > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_Multitrack_Media_API . This > may be an incomplete list, but it's a start. If you have any better > ideas, do speak up. > > Which approach do people favor and why? > > Cheers, > Silvia. > > [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#the-track-element > [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Jan/0198.html > [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Oct/0520.html > [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011Feb/0057.html > David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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