Re: Evidence of 'Wide Review' needed for VTT

Hi, Dave, I was just writing to you. :-)

Yes, we support WebVTT in JW Player and believe very strongly in the
technology. +Jeroen has been more involved in that activity than I have.

video.js supports is as well, I've added Steve to the thread.

Do you think this lack of feedback is a serious risk to the spec advancing?
This is surprising to me as every major desktop browser now has basic
support (http://caniuse.com/#feat=webvtt), surely that counts as
significant review & adoption?

JL



On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:23 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:

> yes,
>
> the thanksgiving and xmas holidays probably didn’t help.
>
> if you are aware of people who have reviewed or implemented the spec., it
> would be helpful if they could say to us that they have done so, even if
> they have no issues. That’s what I am asking:  if you know of review
> activity that has happened but is not evident to us, get us the evidence!
>
> (e.g. does anyone know anyone at JWPlayer? I believe they support VTT)
>
>
> > On Jan 13, 2015, at 11:03 , Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1/ was published on 3 November 2014 and
> > since then not a single bug has been filed and the only activity on
> > the list was the "Vtt subtitles and karaoke style - by nino" thread.
> > So unfortunately, I know of no evidence of any review, certainly not
> > wide review.
> >
> > Philip
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 2:22 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
> >> Guys
> >>
> >> we made a last-call version of the VTT spec. back in November, with a
> view to moving to Candidate Rec, in the Timed Text WG.  To move to CR, I
> need to show that ‘wide review’ has happened. Though we’ve sent out notes
> to a number of other standards bodies, I don’t think we have had much
> (euphemism) actual feedback.  Even if the spec. it totally perfect it would
> help if someone (preferably external to the W3C) said so.
> >>
> >> If you know people who are implementing VTT or care about it, and could
> comment, that would be great.
> >>
> >> (Just a reminder, we’re moving down the Rec. Track while not branching,
> because a number of places won’t refer to or otherwise use VTT unless it
> has a stable spec. with some status.)
> >>
> >> Happy new year!
> >>
> >>
> >> David Singer
> >> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
> >>
> >>
>
> David Singer
> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
>
>
>


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