Subtitle and the future of the Player control

[David Bovill]

Thanks Paul - my understanding is that Livecode are working on a new
version of the player that works with HTML5 deployment. I'm not sure if in
that scenario the current player will become a legacy control.

AFAIK there is no Livecode libraries out there for working with timed
sub-title tracks?

On Tue, 7 Nov 2023 at 12:37, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> There are a lot more details to really assess a best choice here (unless
> your questions is rhetorical).
>
> Is this a planned web app, desktop app (which platforms) or a mobile
> app? I assume from the javascript player comment that you are looking to
> build this as a web app? What video file formats do you need to support
> - just mpeg4 or other formats?
>
> On 11/7/2023 6:05 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode wrote:
> > I'm doing some coding around videos and transcripts. Before diving in I
> > thought I'd see if there is any existing code out there? I'm working on
> > creating transcripts from videos we shoot for a community project -
> > naturally using ai (whisper) to do that - but Livecode to edit the
> > transcript and make the final output interactive.
> >
> > I'd like to stick to SRT standards, and be able to display the text track
> > with the video playing and to click and interact with it under Livecode
> > control.
> >
> > Given the future of the video player seems to be more focussed on an
> HTML5
> > player - I'm wondering if it worth the effort of scripting this in
> Livecode
> > - or I should build on one of the opensource javascript players?
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