- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 20:16:14 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- cc: public-texttracks@w3.org, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > > (1) We (YouTube) are required to support these features in the US (per > CVAA). I'm no lawyer, but I disagree with your interpretation of the relevant requirements. > (2) As a delivery format, we have the choice of using: > (a) A new private format that may or may not someday be a public > standard. > (b) WebVTT, a public format that many browsers plan to support, at > least partially. > (c) TTML/SMPTE-TT, a public format that most browsers don't plan to > support. > (3) Our preference is to make the necessary enhancements to (b) as that > seems > to have the most promise for widespread implementation. I don't think browsers should support your use case. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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