Re: 608 and 708 styling

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:31 PM, David Ronca <dronca@netflix.com> wrote:
> The spec 'Conversion of 608/708 captions to WebVTT' makes reference to
> cea608.css and cea708.css, and gives the implementation of both css
> files.  Are these style sheets part of a WebVTT client implementation?

These style sheets are suggestions for devices/applications that want
to implement the conversion. They are not part of browser
implementations.

>  That is, can a given WebVTT assets reference the styles defined in
> these css files without providing them (the css files) to the
> implementation.

If you're talking about browsers, then no, you need to provide these
css files through a Web page.

Other devices/applications could, however, include these css files as
default styling helpers if they so choose.

HTH,
Silvia.

Received on Tuesday, 25 June 2013 12:45:45 UTC