Re: WebVTT endTime = infinity and ability to rewrite cue times

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Brendan Long <self@brendanlong.com> wrote:

>  Technically, we can do the first now by setting endTime = maximum double
> value (or maximum WebVTT time value, whichever is smaller), but it would be
> cleaner if we could just set it to infinity. To do this, we'd like to
> change TextTrackCue.endTime to an unrestricted double, and add an
> "infinity" end time value to WebVTT.
>

If a keyword of this sort is to be introduced, I'd suggest it be
"indefinite", which is the SMIL defined keyword used for this purpose.