Re: Several considerations on implementing WebVTT for media players

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>
>> OK, thanks, I probably need a visual example to help me understand.
>
>
> (Oddly, I couldn't find many examples of this on YouTube, even though it's
> commonplace in fansubs.  Links contain cheesy music.)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbUxbsiUOmU
>
> A huge number of fansubs do that.  Personally I can't stand it--subtitles
> should be discreet, not intentionally draw attention away from the
> video!--but it can also be used for actual karaoke.
>
> People also like to apply really obnox^W^Wheavily animated effects;
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2BTuxX9IVs is commonplace with SSA.
>
>> Apologies if the answer was off-track (but we really do need to reach
>> resolution on roll-up, by the way).
>
>
> I think at this point it's just a matter of waiting for Hixie to get to that
> thread.


While we're on examples: here's one that uses both rollup and paint-on
to provide Karaoke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVQbwQHPjg !

Silvia.

Received on Friday, 10 August 2012 12:31:20 UTC