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Add full support for WebVTT #13
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In Commit e14f76e I added filters to the WebVTT parser so it ignores specialized markup for now. Actually handling the additional tags will be no small chore.
In Commit dd55d99 I added both cue settings and cue payload span tags to the sample caption file so folks can play with it (feel free to add more).
Cue settings and payload span tags are supported by the new parser; code has not been added for any special rendering based on them though.
We might be able to learn from, or use, C Giffard's Captionator parser: https://github.com/cgiffard/Captionator
Just dropping in a note that any effort to more fully support the WebVTT spec should include support for nested cues:
https://w3c.github.io/webvtt/#file-using-only-nested-cuesThis would involve significant updates to the WebVTT parser (in webvtt.js, maybe also some work in track.js) but it's needed particularly in chapter tracks, in order to build a chapter structure or outline that has depth.
Hi Jesse, it's great that you're interested in increasing WebVTT support. I'm working on a website that uses Able Player and makes use of existing WebVTT support (http://livinghistory.sanford.duke.edu/). We are eager to have better support for paragraphs and subheads in transcripts. There's a programmer from Code Alliance who has also expressed interest in helping with this. I'll encourage him to connect with you here.
@KimPatch That sounds great. I'll be sending you an e-mail with my info, I'm interested in communicating with the programmer from Code Alliance.
Hi Jesse, I am the programmer from Code Alliance. My name is Ismail. I am definitely up for collaboration. Perhaps we can set up a chat for this purpose?
@MIsmailKhan Sounds good. Please send me an e-mail to jessehall3@gmail.com and we can set one up, thanks.
Add support for the following markup within VTT files:
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