Re: TTML Agenda for 15/05/13 - Proposed updates to charter from Silvia Pfeiffer on 2013-05-17 (public-tt@w3.org from May 2013)

From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 11:35:31 +1000
To: Pierre-Anthony Lemieux <pal@sandflow.com>
Cc: Michael Jordan <mijordan@adobe.com>, "public-tt@w3.org" <public-tt@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAHp8n2m7c5o6eNsinQ+gGZoQs8v_ft3bBsoRq8UAKrsOtPaRAg@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Pierre-Anthony Lemieux
<pal@sandflow.com> wrote:
> Hi Silvia et al.,
>
>> Think about a sw developer who has a TTML file and wants to translate
>> it to a WebVTT file to be rendered in a Web browser that only supports
>> WebVTT.
>
> If there is a mapping between TTML and the TextTrackAPI, i.e. a
> mapping between TTML and HTML 5, why would one need to translate the
> file?

Because most browsers have refused to implement TTML support in the past.

Best Regards,
Silvia.

Received on Friday, 17 May 2013 01:36:22 UTC