Support WebVTT subtitling
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	Oct 21 2015, 12:31 PM

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	TimedText: VttReader	mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler	master	+1 K -5

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T158181 Aim for workflow equivalence for MediaWiki on desktop and mobile web
Duplicate	None	T98491 TimedMediaHandler user experience is poor on mobile
Resolved	TheDJ	T108277 Video closed captioning is available on desktop but not on mobile
Open	None	T116154 Support WebVTT subtitling
Resolved	• brion	T111552 Create an API to serve subtitles
Resolved	• brion	T136033 Allow server side parsing of the subtitles

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TheDJ created this task.Oct 21 2015, 12:31 PM

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TheDJ added a parent task: T43694: Add support for multiple types of subtitle types such as closed captioning, audio descriptions and director comments.Oct 21 2015, 12:32 PM

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TheDJ moved this task from To sort to Format support on the TimedMediaHandler board.Oct 21 2015, 7:06 PM

TheDJ removed a parent task: T43694: Add support for multiple types of subtitle types such as closed captioning, audio descriptions and director comments.Nov 19 2015, 9:27 AM

TheDJ added a subtask: T43694: Add support for multiple types of subtitle types such as closed captioning, audio descriptions and director comments.

TheDJ added a subtask: T111651: Convert TimedText to make use of ContentHandler.

TheDJ added a parent task: T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js.

TheDJ added a subtask: T111552: Create an API to serve subtitles.Nov 19 2015, 9:29 AM

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TheDJ added a parent task: T108277: Video closed captioning is available on desktop but not on mobile.May 18 2016, 10:12 AM

Krinkle mentioned this in T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js.May 19 2017, 3:31 PM

TheDJ closed subtask T111552: Create an API to serve subtitles as Resolved.May 17 2019, 10:00 AM

WebVTT acid test: http://captionatorjs.com/git/video/acid.vtt

acid.vtt89 KBDownload

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Big_Buck_Bunny_with_VTT_acid_test.webm.en.vtt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Buck_Bunny_with_VTT_acid_test.webm

HTTP 400:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ABig_Buck_Bunny_with_VTT_acid_test.webm&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A
language not found...

new player test: https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheDJ

Need to add a VTT parser; currently there's only a SRT parser that produces VTT-compatible objects which we can output in either format. Shouldn't be hard to add, just didn't get to it yet for the MVP. :D

Change 518128 had a related patch set uploaded (by TheDJ; owner: TheDJ):
[mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler@master] TimedText: VttReader

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/518128

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 20 2019, 7:56 PM

Aklapper removed a parent task: T66031: [DO NOT USE] Video subtitle support [superseded by #TimedMediaHandler-TimedText].Jun 24 2019, 9:16 AM

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Jdforrester-WMF removed a parent task: T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js.Jul 5 2019, 6:03 PM

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