[Xerte-dev] Re: Video and subtitles from external file in Xenith project

[Kemp Johnathan]

 it’s annoying.

Yes it is.

I think Opera and Firefox are restricting themselves to formats that are
free from any software patents. I am pretty sure I will be able to convert
from avi to flv somehow, I just need to look back at my notes to see what I
used to do this before I retired.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 31 May 2012 09:07, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Johnathan
>
>
>
> Yes, sorry I forgot to say the it only allows flvs and mp3 to be used at
> the moment – I should be able to change this to include mp4s too but for
> the moment is it possible for you to convert to flv to get your transcript
> file?
>
>
>
> Also, I listed the video file types you will be able to use in the HTML5
> version but different browsers support different video types.  For example,
> mp3/4 aren’t supported in Firefox but will play in IE/Safari/Chrome/iOS
> while webm files will run on Firefox but not in Safari... it’s annoying.
>
>
>
> Fay
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 30 May 2012 22:40
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Video and subtitles from external file in
> Xenith project
>
>
>
> Hello Fay,
>
>
>
> The HTML5 version will support mp4, ogg and webm file types
>
>
>
> I am finally getting somewhere (I think), having created some test files
> using camstudio with the Xvid MPEG -  codec. This still outputs in an avi
> wrapper.
>
>
>
> However I have found some free software that will convert it to both mp4
> and webM. Both the files play when I open them in VLC media player.
>
>
>
> However when I installed Adobe Air and then installed the Transcript Tool
> (thank you for making that available) I was surprised to find that I could
> not load either the MP4 or webm files as neither format was recognised as
> being a media file.
>
>
>
> Yet when I open the VLC media player it appears to be filtering on media
> files and lists both mp4 and webm.
>
>
>
> Is this a windows issue or specific to the Transcript Tool?
>
>
>
> What, if anything, do I need to do to open mp4 and webm files in the
> transcript tool?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 30 May 2012 10:37, Fay Cross <Fay.Cross at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi Johnathan
>
>
>
> The HTML5 version will support mp4, ogg and webm file types.  It will also
> support the flvs that we currently use but these will obviously need flash
> so won’t work on iPads etc.
>
>
>
> I have made a simple tool that will make a timed transcript files to go
> with audio / video files – I’ll send you it in a sec.
>
>
>
> Not sure about the best way to convert files at the moment though.
>
>
>
> Fay
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Kemp Johnathan
> *Sent:* 30 May 2012 10:25
> *To:* Xerte Developers Discussion List
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Video and subtitles from external file in Xenith
> project
>
>
>
> I have recently produced some documentation to support the new pages in
> the next release of Xerte / XOT.
>
>
>
> I used Open Office so that
>
> a) I could supply anyone who wanted to translate it with an editable copy
>
> b) so that I could output in pdf format
>
>
>
> But it occurred to me this morning that it might be useful to use
> something like camstudio to create some demo videos.
>
> If I left off any sound and used subtitles driven from an external file
> (are they subtitles or closed caption?) then it would enable translators to
> create alternative subtitles.
>
>
>
> So I was wondering if any decisions have been made regarding the Xenith
> project as to what video format would be best to use and if anyone had
> considered what format of subtitle / close caption file they would want to
> go with it?
>
>
>
> If I am going to have a go at this it makes sense (to me at least) that
> any end result should work with whatever results from the Xenith project.
>
>
>
> As a real long shot has anyone identified any free software products e.g.
> for generating the subtitle files, converting the video format, playing the
> video / subtitles?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
>
>
>
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