RE: Real Text hot linking problem

FYI, passing along this information from Real:

[snip]
This is a known bug with the RealText. However, there is no fix nor a
workaround for it yet. Unfortunately, we do not have a scheduled date for
such a fix either.
Sorry.
[snip]

-----Original Message-----
From: www-smil-request@w3.org [mailto:www-smil-request@w3.org]On Behalf
Of John Anderies
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:02 PM
To: 'Steve'; www-smil@w3.org
Subject: RE: Real Text hot linking problem



Steve,

Yes, you are correct that looking at it in RealPlayer it works fine.  But
when viewing the presentation through IE or Netscape, the hot spots don't
line up correctly (for instance, there are hotspots in the blank lines under
the words "Vorspiel I", "Vorspiel II", and "Intermezzo" and the other
hotspots that go with text are off by one line).

John

-----Original Message-----
From: www-smil-request@w3.org [mailto:www-smil-request@w3.org]On Behalf
Of Steve
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:53 AM
To: 'John Anderies'; www-smil@w3.org
Subject: RE: Real Text hot linking problem



John

I just had a look at it and it seems fine to me.  Your code says:

<br/><a href=command:seek(00:12:29.493) target="_player">Wagner: 'Euerer
Magnifizenz Verzeihung'</a>

when my mouse goes over that link, in the top left hand corner of real
player, the seek command appears with the correct time position, and when
you click on it, it does say that time position in the top right hand of the
player (where the current time is located).  However it seems to be silent
at that point.  Nothing looks untoward - however I don't know enough about
that type of music to comment any further.

Steve Bennett



-----Original Message-----
From: www-smil-request@w3.org [mailto:www-smil-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of
John Anderies
Sent: 18 August 2004 16:23
To: www-smil@w3.org
Subject: Real Text hot linking problem


Friends,

I am having a strange problem with RealText in a SMIL presentation.  I
wonder if anyone could help.  Here is the presentation online:

http://www.haverford.edu/library/stream/Doktor/frame_a.htm

The problem is that the hot spot of the links are not always lining up
properly with the text that corresponds with the link.  For instance,
clicking on the words "Ostervesper und Fruhlingskeimen" does indeed initiate
the command to seek and play at the correct spot.  But clicking on the words
"Wagner: 'Euerer Magnifizenz Verzeihung'" actually initiates the command to
seek and play the following track: "Faust: 'Also lasst die Studenten ein'".
It seems to have something to do with my inserting non-linking text for the
section titles of the opera.

Here is the markup of the RealText file that goes with the first audio file:

<window
	type="generic"
	bgcolor="white"
	width="600"
	height="800"
	extraspaces="ignore"
	underline_hyperlinks="false"
	link="blue"
>

<pos y="0"/>
<font size="+0" color="black">

<b>DISC 1</b> | <b><a href="layout2.smi" target="_player">DISC 2</a></b> |
<b><a href="layout3.smi" target="_player">DISC 3</a></b><br/>

<br/><b>Symphonia</b><br/>

<br/><a href=command:seek(00:00:00.000) target="_player">Ostervesper und
Fruhlingskeimen</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:06:51.000) target="_player">Der Dichter an die
Zuschauer</a>

<br/><br/><b>Vorspiel I</b><br/>

<br/><a href=command:seek(00:12:29.493) target="_player">Wagner: 'Euerer
Magnifizenz Verzeihung'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:15:39.893) target="_player">Faust: 'Also lasst
die Studenten ein'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:18:11.266) target="_player">Faust: 'Wer seid
ihr?'</a>

<br/><br/><b>Vorspiel II</b><br/>

<br/><a href=command:seek(00:23:10.800) target="_player">Faust: 'Die Sanduhr
zeigt die Mitternacht</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:31:22.466) target="_player">Faust: 'So spricht,
du Erster, du Tiefster</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:37:39.826) target="_player">Faust: 'Ein
einzelner blieb'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:43:36.800) target="_player">Faust: 'Willst du
mir dienen?'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(00:54:05.133) target="_player">Chor: 'Credo in
unum Deum' </a>

<br/><br/><b>Intermezzo</b><br/>

<br/><a href=command:seek(01:02:00.826) target="_player">Der Soldat: 'Du,
der du nicht allein'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(01:08:03.160) target="_player">Mephistopheles:
'Der Mann sinnt auf deinen Tod'</a>
<br/><a href=command:seek(01:11:10.266) target="_player">Leutant: 'Dort!
Seht ihn!

<br/>
<font size="-2" color="black">

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</window>



Any ideas?

Thanks,
John Anderies

John F. Anderies
Music Librarian
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Ave.
Haverford, PA 19041-1392

610-896-2948 (office)
610-896-1005 (music library)
janderie@haverford.edu

Received on Monday, 23 August 2004 15:46:02 UTC