Comments for ginger's thoughts http://blog.gingertech.net Silvia's blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Jumping to time offsets in HTML5 video by silvia http://blog.gingertech.net/2009/08/19/jumping-to-time-offsets-in-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-23756 silvia Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:04:19 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=496#comment-23756 @maurizio I don't know anyone working on it. But I know that it's possible to integrate metavid features into wordpress. @maurizio I don’t know anyone working on it. But I know that it’s possible to integrate metavid features into wordpress.

]]> Comment on Jumping to time offsets in HTML5 video by maurizio http://blog.gingertech.net/2009/08/19/jumping-to-time-offsets-in-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-23745 maurizio Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:08:17 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=496#comment-23745 Hi Silvia, i'm not a developer ... do you think it's possible to create a wordpress plugin with some of the features found on Metavid (annotation or trascription of video segment) or know someone working on this idea?. Hi Silvia,
i’m not a developer …
do you think it’s possible to create a wordpress plugin with some of the features found on Metavid (annotation or trascription of video segment) or know someone working on this idea?.

]]> Comment on WebVTT explained by hyperaudio notation — Lucas Gonze's blog http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/03/29/webvtt-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-23626 hyperaudio notation — Lucas Gonze's blog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:11:09 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1205#comment-23626 [...] video captioning with WebVTT, and there's a closely related vision of [...] [...] video captioning with WebVTT, and there's a closely related vision of [...]

]]> Comment on Open Media Developers Track at OVC 2011 by Gary http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/10/10/open-media-developers-track-at-ovc-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-23072 Gary Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:17:42 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1376#comment-23072 Silvia - good point. Silvia – good point.

]]> Comment on Open Media Developers Track at OVC 2011 by silvia http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/10/10/open-media-developers-track-at-ovc-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-23055 silvia Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:11:36 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1376#comment-23055 @Gary I agree that that statement is important. If taken all the way, you don't even need to provide a byte range, but can use Media Fragment URIs, which point to a video and a time range - the browser can resolve that time range to a byte range by itself or with the help of the server. @Gary I agree that that statement is important. If taken all the way, you don’t even need to provide a byte range, but can use Media Fragment URIs, which point to a video and a time range – the browser can resolve that time range to a byte range by itself or with the help of the server.

]]> Comment on 3rd W3C Web and TV Workshop, Hollywood by Gary http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/09/26/3rd-w3c-web-and-tv-workshop-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-23053 Gary Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:01:55 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1360#comment-23053 "If we blindly apply solutions that were not developed for HTML5 into HTML we will end up with suboptimal solutions that will hurt us further down the track." I completely agree. To look at this in a more general approach, I have worked in the field of VR - Virtual Reality for years now exploring the new opportunities that will exist in TV, games, and online applications. In the beginning stages of VR development people took a lot of previous developed solutions not intended for VR and tried to apply it towards VR. They did exactly what you're warning against, which is taking existing solutions from other spaces thinking that its best not to "reinvent the wheel". This ended up in a sloppy user experience and difficulty in processing and took development back several years. Since then they are back on track, but it is key to remember that sometime we need to look at development from multiple angles. Yes, learn from what we have, but keep in mind that it may not be the best approach. “If we blindly apply solutions that were not developed for HTML5 into HTML we will end up with suboptimal solutions that will hurt us further down the track.”
I completely agree. To look at this in a more general approach, I have worked in the field of VR – Virtual Reality for years now exploring the new opportunities that will exist in TV, games, and online applications. In the beginning stages of VR development people took a lot of previous developed solutions not intended for VR and tried to apply it towards VR. They did exactly what you’re warning against, which is taking existing solutions from other spaces thinking that its best not to “reinvent the wheel”. This ended up in a sloppy user experience and difficulty in processing and took development back several years. Since then they are back on track, but it is key to remember that sometime we need to look at development from multiple angles. Yes, learn from what we have, but keep in mind that it may not be the best approach.

]]> Comment on Open Media Developers Track at OVC 2011 by Gary http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/10/10/open-media-developers-track-at-ovc-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-23052 Gary Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:05 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1376#comment-23052 Hi Silvia, Great article! I was also at the Open Video Conference in September, but its nice to get a recap especially of some of the discussions I missed.. It was definitely an action packed experience. I wasn't able to go to all the sessions I wanted to either.. I just wanted to mention one important point about webKitSourceAppend made by Mark Watson. He stated the following - "Just one point to be careful about. The existing (though experimental) webKitSourceAppend method allows actual video data, supplied in a Javascript ByteArray to be appended to the video element. This is intended to enable full adaptive bitrate support to be implemented in Javascript (Model 3). (This API has a slight variant on our wiki where what is provided is not a ByteArray but a URL and byte range, but the data provided and the principle is the same)." Hi Silvia,
Great article! I was also at the Open Video Conference in September, but its nice to get a recap especially of some of the discussions I missed.. It was definitely an action packed experience. I wasn’t able to go to all the sessions I wanted to either..
I just wanted to mention one important point about webKitSourceAppend made by Mark Watson. He stated the following -

“Just one point to be careful about. The existing (though experimental) webKitSourceAppend method allows actual video data, supplied in a Javascript ByteArray to be appended to the video element. This is intended to enable full adaptive bitrate support to be implemented in Javascript (Model 3). (This API has a slight variant on our wiki where what is provided is not a ByteArray but a URL and byte range, but the data provided and the principle is the same).”

]]> Comment on HTML5 multi-track audio or video by Voice Recorder http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/05/01/html5-multi-track-audio-or-video/comment-page-1/#comment-23009 Voice Recorder Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:32:03 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1265#comment-23009 Great Article, excellent writing and reasoning Great Article, excellent writing and reasoning

]]> Comment on WebVTT explained by HTML5 Video Captioning and Accessibility http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/03/29/webvtt-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-22774 HTML5 Video Captioning and Accessibility Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:12:58 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1205#comment-22774 [...] for a comprehensive look at the WebVTT caption format, watch the presentation by Silvia Pfeiffer and see her presentation [...] [...] for a comprehensive look at the WebVTT caption format, watch the presentation by Silvia Pfeiffer and see her presentation [...]

]]> Comment on Open Media Developers Track at OVC 2011 by Jon http://blog.gingertech.net/2011/10/10/open-media-developers-track-at-ovc-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-22565 Jon Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:20:18 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=1376#comment-22565 It really is pretty amazing the innovation and progress of html5. The biggest thing in my mind is standardizing it as best as possible. but it sounds like that is quickly happening. Thanks for the cool update on what you have seen and learned so far. It really is pretty amazing the innovation and progress of html5. The biggest thing in my mind is standardizing it as best as possible. but it sounds like that is quickly happening. Thanks for the cool update on what you have seen and learned so far.

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