Subtitles -Type of text track definitions

Submitted by jeff.dewar@agim... on Thu, 03/13/2025 - 01:36
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Hi all, in Interactive Video, what's the difference between the three types of text tracks:  Subtitles, Captions, and Descriptions?  I can find nothing in the documentation.    Thanks, Jeff

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otacke

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 13:10

Hi Jeff!

This distinction is not specific to videos in H5P, the "kind" of track is a general attribute used in (HTML5) videos - in other words, videos that are played in your browser directly. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/track#kind. H5P just passes those to the browser.

I think the values can make a difference in how the subtitles/captions/descriptions are displayed to the user, but they probably do not play a crucial role. I may be wrong here though.

Best,
Oliver