Video Player Studios Entry

[James W. Yoon]

Hi Tona,

At one point, I had written down some high-level objectives and requirements. Feel free to repurpose these as appropriate.

--start--

Goal: Design of a 'video' player that gives users access to video-based content with particular sensitivity to: a) their preferred sensory input mode, and b) their device and browser of choice. That is, the video delivery would be both sensory and platform agnostic. This player would eventually be accompanied by an alternatives authoring tool.

Some features might include:
- Layered content: audio + video, audio + audio descriptions, video + closed captioning, transcripts, etc.
- Playability of videos across HTML5-ready browsers, with Flash regression for older browsers
- Desktop and mobile-readiness
- Language localization for interface elements, captions, and transcripts
- Enabling users to make content requests (e.g., localized captions/transcripts), and fulfill requests made by other users
- Integration with PCF's Universal Subtitles authoring tools and content database
- High level of user configurability (key bindings, captioning and transcript type size and contrast, etc.), and integration with UI Options
- Portability of video preferences across sessions and devices

--end--

James

On 2011-12-06, at 6:20 AM, Tonamonjo wrote:

> Hi Michelle, 
> 
> I think that the objectives and requirements are not still formally written, but can be done. I'll start preparing a draft for this.
> 
> Tona
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/12/2011, at 19:01, Michelle D'Souza <michelled33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tona,
>> 
>> This sounds like a good plan. 
>> 
>> I'm not sure that we can easily show the working, in development video player in a way that would allow other authors to follow suit. Do you think we can link to a demo of the working player instead? 
>> 
>> Do you know if the objectives and requirements for the video player are written down somewhere? 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Michelle
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2011-12-05, at 8:37 AM, James William Yoon wrote:
>> 
>>> Tona,
>>> 
>>> That sounds like a great outline for the post. +1
>>> 
>>> James
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:18 AM, tona monjo <tonamonjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Michelle, 
>>> 
>>> Good question, and sorry for not answering before.
>>> 
>>> Although there is still no one project page in Fluid Studios, maybe someone has already got ideas about what kind of contents should be included in these kind of pages. 
>>> 
>>> From my point of view, and having in mind the goals of the Fluid Studios, it would be interesting to explain all the process of design and development, so each project page can work as a case study. 
>>> 
>>> If so, we can have the developed video player at the beginning of the page (to show how works the current version of the video player), and then an explanation of:
>>> Project's background: objectives and requirements,
>>> Process: brief explanation of the process of design and development, supported mainly on downloadable documents and links to the wiki.
>>> Roadmap (phases of development, to let the user know the functionalities of the current version and how the project is expected to evolve). 
>>> I would also emphasize the commenting functionality, to encourage the users to share their opinions or suggestions about the project. 
>>> 
>>> I'm not very sure if this goes in the direction of your question, Michelle. What are your thoughts? 
>>> 
>>> Tona
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Michelle D'Souza <michelled33 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi Tona and Joanna,
>>> >
>>> > I'm hoping you can help me create a Studios entry for the video player. I want to ensure that the Studios site works well with real content and it seems like a good opportunity to showcase our work on the video player. 
>>> >
>>> > Any thoughts on what you would expect on the video player studios page?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Michelle
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > Michelle D'Souza
>>> > Senior Inclusive Developer
>>> > Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
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