Re: data:text/plain

Hi,
Just to note:
http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/LimSee2_DemoContent/big_yellow_taxi/big_yellow_taxi_TextHTML_NoSpaces_NoParams.smil
and
http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/LimSee2_DemoContent/big_yellow_taxi/big_yellow_taxi_TextPlain_Spaces_NoParams.smil
error in the real player. I'll try to find the bug. Excellent examples to work from, thanks.
John

John Taylor-Johnston wrote:

> Daniel,
> Finally I have a few answers. Thank you very much for such a detailed answer! Beaucoup apprécié !
> I'm a teacher and have only recently discovered SMIL. I hope it is a technology that will grow.
> I have only found this one pedagogical application for it, but I'm sure I will come up with other ideas - something more interactive. I have been playing with the Real Player only inthe last 24 hours. I may indeed choose that as my choice.
> I have been writing a presentation paper, which you are welcome to read. I will have to update it considerably with what I have learned in the last few days. I'm not saying I'll get hundreds of teachers to do this, but who knows :)
> http://compcanlit.usherbrooke.ca/eslcafe/quicktime/
> One quesiton, buggy in Real, how do you espace spaces? You are talking about "%20"?
> Thank you. I will get back to the mailing list if I have more questions. It only publishes once a day at mid-night eastern time, if I'm not mistaken? Sorry for the double post last night.
> Thanks!
> John
>
> Daniel Weck wrote:
>
> > Dear John,
> >
> > Text playback using SMIL is a real issue at this point in time, because
> > of the lack of text standard supported uniformly across existing SMIL
> > players.
> > You virtually have to create one custom presentation per target
> > playback application if you want to obtain good results.
> >
> > The major SMIL1.0 / 2.0 players are RealOne, QuickTime, Ambulant.
> > You'll find them for Windows, Linux and MacOSX.
> >
> > Unfortunately, plain HTML files ([.htm], [.html], [.xhtml]) are not
> > supported.
> > As a results: RealText ([.rt]) is recommended for when using RealOne,
> > QuickTime text ([.qt]) when using QuickTime, as for Ambulant, I am not
> > really sure of the level of support for text data.
> > I see you're trying to use inline text using the [data,:] URL scheme.
> > There are several issues with this method, which I'll expose in the
> > following.
> >
> > Please note that we'll assume that the text data is in the US-ASCII
> > charset, as using non-western encodings introduces further issues.
> > (e.g. Japanese in RealText *only* works with:
> > <window version="1.4">
> > <font charset="euc-jp" face="Osaka">
> > あいうえお
> > </font>
> > </window>
> > )
> >
> > As you can see, creating text-rich SMIL presentations is quite a
> > hassle, so I made a few tests and demos to help you through.
> >
> > If you're really interested in text with SMIL technology, you should
> > look at TimedText (not implemented yet, but very promising):
> > http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/TT/
> >
> > ---------
> >
> > I opened the samples you provided at the given URLs using LimSee2 (
> > http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/ ).
> > (The latest CVS 1.5 version, will be online soon)
> >
> > http://compcanlit.usherbrooke.ca/eslcafe/project1/big_yellow_taxi.smil
> > http://compcanlit.usherbrooke.ca/eslcafe/project1/big_yellow_taxi2.smil
> >
> > I then stored them locally in order to perform appropriate
> > modifications and tests using RealOne, QuickTime, and Ambulant.
> > (all at their latest versions, on MacOSX)
> >
> > A few remarks:
> >
> > - LimSee2 automatically adds the Doctype header at the beginning at the
> > SMIL document when saving (here in SMIL1.0):
> > <!DOCTYPE smil PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SMIL 1.0//EN"
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-smil/SMIL10.dtd">
> >
> > - It also adds the detected Encoding in the XML header:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
> >
> > - Strangely, JavaMediaFramework managed to open the MP3 file, but could
> > not play it...I used the QuickTime framework instead, and it worked.
> >
> > - Using LimSee2, I explicitly set the duration on the Audio element, in
> > order to visualize your presentation in the timeline view
> > (dur="00:03:49.093").
> >
> > -  Please note that for all implementations I know of,
> > [data:text/plain,] is equivalent of [data:,].
> > [data:text/html,] doesn't seems to be supported by existing
> > implementations.
> >
> > - I added a gray background color to region [r2], as this is more
> > likely to handle both black and white text rendering (the text will be
> > rendered with a different color depending on the player used):
> > [background-color="gray"]
> >
> > - RealOne player has problems dealing with spaces in file names. So I
> > renamed the MP3 file to [Big_Yellow_Taxi.mp3] (and changed the SMIL
> > sources accordingly).
> >
> > - I replaced the spaces by [%20] in [src="data:text/plain,...."].
> > QuickTime works fine without this modifications, but RealOne requires
> > that spaces are escaped in the URL format.
> >
> > - In your demo, a added a couple of Params elements to apply some basic
> > style on the inline text (Please note that this is not supported
> > uniformly by players, in fact, QuickTime will ignore that, RealOne will
> > correctly render).
> >         <param name="backgroundColor" value="white"/>
> >            <param name="fontColor" value="blue"/>
> >            <param name="fontFace" value="tahoma"/>
> >            <param name="fontWeight" value="bold"/>
> >            <param name="fontStyle" value="italic"/>
> >            <param name="fontSize" value="3"/>
> >            <param name="hAlign" value="center"/>
> >            <param name="vAlign" value="middle"/>
> >
> > - Ambulant issues warning messages for timing syntax in each text
> > elements. Maybe [begin="id(song)(0:22)"]...I'm not sure.
> >
> > You'll find the corresponding SMIL samples here:
> > http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/LimSee2_DemoContent/
> > big_yellow_taxi/
> >
> > ## To conclude (your original requirement was to have text fitting the
> > entire window space):
> > Because of the lack of text standard that renders uniformly across SMIL
> > players, I suggest you focus on one given player.
> > I would recommend targeting RealOne player at this point in time.
> > Using RealText instead of inline text, you can have formatted text
> > (color, font, size, style, etc) that fits the entire region nicely.
> >
> > You may consult the links on this webpage for more information on SMIL:
> > http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/index.php?goto=Links
> >
> > Kind regards, Daniel WECK.
> > LimSee2 development team
> > http://wam.inrialpes.fr/software/limsee2/
> >
> > On 25 Feb 2005, at 23:47, John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > a simple question, I hope. My "r2" text region should display in a 320
> > > x 50 window. It looks more like 140 x 50 shoved to the left of the
> > > screen. It does not go across the entire screen, unless I use
> > > fitt=fill. I don't want that. It stretches my fonts unequally.
> > >
> > > I've been looking high and low for a solution. Only today have I found
> > > this mailing list. Has anyone a solution? Surely this is an old bug?
> > > Is it merely a quicktime problem?
> > >
> > > Please see:
> > > http://compcanlit.usherbrooke.ca/eslcafe/project1/big_yellow_taxi.smil
> > > or
> > > http://compcanlit.usherbrooke.ca/eslcafe/project1/big_yellow_taxi2.smil
> > >
> > > I have tested both:
> > > <region id="r2" width="100%" height="100%" fit="hidden"/>
> > > and
> > > <region id="r2" width="320" height="50" fit="hidden"/>
> > >
> > > But here is the code in a nutshell.
> > >
> > > <smil
> > > xmlns:qt="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/smilextensions"
> > > qt:time-slider="true">
> > > <?quicktime type="application/x-quicktime-media-link"?>
> > >
> > > <head>
> > > <layout>
> > > <root-layout id="main" width="320" height="50"
> > > background-color="#000000"/>
> > > <region id="r2" width="100%" height="100%" fit="hidden"/>
> > > </layout>
> > > </head>
> > > <body>
> > > <par>
> > > <audio src="Big Yellow Taxi.mp3" id="song" />
> > > <text region="r2" src="data:text/plain, ____ paved paradise ____ put
> > > ____ ____ parking lot." begin="id(song)(0:10)"/>
> > > <text region="r2" src="data:text/plain, With ____ pink hotel, ____
> > > boutique, ____ ____ swinging hot spot." begin="id(song)(0:15)"/>
> > > .....snip...
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> John Taylor-Johnston
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  -     819-569-2064

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