Support subtitles for audio files
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	Dec 14 2015, 12:27 PM

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http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/track/basics/
http://www.iandevlin.com/blog/2015/12/html5/webvtt-and-audio

It seems that captions/subtitles for HTML5 audio is actually notoriously badly implemented in most browsers right now.. Truly a shame that we will once again have to fallback to non-native behaviors if we will want to support this. :(

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	TimedText: Add a audio captioning plugin for video.js	mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler	master	+193 -1

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TheDJ created this task.Dec 14 2015, 12:27 PM

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TheDJ added projects: TimedMediaHandler, Kaltura player, TimedMediaHandler-TimedText.

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This is one of the reasons why i'm considering just always using the <video> element instead, as discussed in P2461#10676

TheDJ moved this task from Backlog to Video.js on the Kaltura player board.Apr 11 2016, 10:02 PM

TheDJ removed a parent task: T119049: Prototype a Video.JS audio skin.May 13 2016, 8:06 AM

Wrote something that will support this. Still need to turn it into a plugin:
http://plnkr.co/edit/31ivECeI1jAuhay4XrS4?p=preview

Change 511106 had a related patch set uploaded (by TheDJ; owner: TheDJ):
[mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler@master] TimedText: Add a audio captioning plugin for video.js

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/511106

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 18 2019, 8:59 PM

TheDJ added a parent task: T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js.May 18 2019, 9:01 PM