[HacktionLab] mutli-language subtitles for online video

[Mick Fuzz]

On 28/03/13 09:06, Andy S wrote:
> On 27/03/2013 16:18, Charlie Harvey wrote:
> > Grab a copy of your video, get jwplayer installed and pointed to the
> > video. Then you can specify multiple caption files which are typically
> > text files stored on your webserver (srt files or the new html5 format
> > which I can't remember the name of).
>
here's an example of multi subs with JW player
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/29361/multiple-subtitle-tracks/

> That would mean we'd have to host the video ourselves, no? We were
> going to put it on vimeo and youtube, as to not have to think about
> bandwidth and also for the serendipity factor.

and no you don't have to host the video yourselves, I have got it
working before when you host file on archive.org to not worry about the
bandwidth.

nice one
Mick