Re: "WebVTT file using only nested cues"

Note, I've registered a bug for this part of the discussion:
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16849

Cheers,
Silvia.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer
<silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:26:14 +0100, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It might be kinda odd.  One would have to say in the VTT spec. "When the
>>>> VTT file is externally identified as a Chapter Track, then …", and in the
>>>> HTML spec. say that the kind attribute being in the chapters state (what
>>>> odd language!) identifies it as a chapter track.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It currently says: "A WebVTT file whose cues all have a cue payload that
>>> is
>>> WebVTT chapter title text is said to be a WebVTT file using chapter title
>>> text."
>>>
>>> It could say: "... all have a cue payload that is WebVTT chapter title
>>> text
>>> and which uses only nested cues ..."
>>>
>>> This would mean that "WebVTT files containing only cue text" would not
>>> always be "WebVTT fiels containing chapter title text", though.
>>
>>
>> Since the nested cues thing is only used for chapters, we could merge the
>> two requirements and call it "Chapters WebVTT file" or some such.
>
>
> We could call it "Nested Chapters WebVTT file" in comparison to
> "Unnested Chapters WebVTT files" that have only a flat structure.
>
> Also, I agree with Glenn that this should be defined in the WebVTT
> spec. The HTML spec should just talk about "nested chapter files, such
> as the nested chapters webvtt file", seeing as other file format may
> also produce such formats.
>
> Cheers,
> Silvia.

Received on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:28:28 UTC