Subtitle support
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 88
- Forks
- 8
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Load subtitles from MKV container and render them on top of the video element. Ideally, we should support the following common formats:
- Subrip (.srt)
- WebVTT (.vtt)
- Substation Alpha (.ass)
For Substation Alpha support, we can use JavascriptSubtitlesOctopus or ASS.js
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the repository's existing browser playback, MediaSource, and web-worker entry points; the issue does not name specific files or tests. Trace how MKV data reaches the video element, then define completion as loading SRT, VTT, and ASS subtitles and rendering them over playback, evaluating JavascriptSubtitlesOctopus or ASS.js for ASS support.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100