RE: Recap of TPAC discussion

> > 1. Mapping of container metadata (e.g. descriptors, ...) onto HTML Tracks
> > interfaces
> > 2. Mapping of media tracks onto HTML Tracks interfaces
> 
> I don't understand the difference between point 1 and 2 or what point
> 3 actually means, can you elaborate a little bit?

Not all metadata is in a normal track (in the original file). For example, "chapters" are frequently stored in a special way. Two examples are Matroska / WebM chapters[1] and MPEG-TS PMTs[2].

[1] http://matroska.org/technical/specs/chapters/index.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_transport_stream#PMT

Received on Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:51:53 UTC