

Thankfully, there’s a new format specification in the works called WebVTT (Web Video Text Tracks). We currently have no means to provide information about what’s happening or being said in the video, which means the video isn’t very accessible and the user can’t easily navigate to a particular section of the video.

The next step is adding resources to the video to make it more accessible and provide more options to the viewer. A thumbnail version is available (Gnome Subtitles is in pages 26 and 27).We’ve been able to play video in the browser without a plugin for a couple of years now, and whilst there are still some codec annoyances, things appear to have settled down on the video front. Issue #40 (March/April 2007) of Linux Pratique features a 2-page article covering funcionality from Gnome Subtitles 0.1, as well as some basics of working with subtitle files. A thumbnail version is available (Gnome Subtitles is in page 9).

Issue #3 (August/September 2008) of Linux Pratique Essentiel features an article covering funcionality from Gnome Subtitles 0.8.

It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats, video previewing, timings synchronization and subtitle translation. Gnome Subtitles is a subtitle editor for the GNOME desktop.
