I don't think it needs the word "required". But it shouldn't be "forbidden". :-)
Regards, Silvia. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:34 AM, WeBMartians <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that scrubbing requires non-1X audio. However, to require it is going > to cause CoDec/PlugIn developers not just headaches > but maybe aneurisms as well. > > Interestingly enough, audio at varied play rates has the potential to retain > tonality. Since the audio is encoded with something > like a Fourier transform, the data is "spectral" rather than "wave." The > samples may be presented tonally-accurate even if their > duration is not 1:1. > > Nonetheless, you're going to be very unpopular if the word "required" starts > showing up. > > Best! > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Iliya > Krempeaux > Sent: Tuesday, 2008 October 14 15:24 > To: Ian Hickson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [whatwg] Video : Slow motion, fast forward effects > > Hello Ian, > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Ian Hickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote: > > > > > This feature would be used to implement "scrubing". Like what you > see > > in Non-Linear Editors... for making movies, etc. (I.e., grabbing the > > "position handle" of the player, and moving it forwards and backwards > > through the video, and varying speeds, to find what you are looking > > for.) > > > > In those types of applications, the audio is on. And it is important > > for usability, for the video editor to hear the sound. > > > I agree that on the long term we would want to provide this, but I > think > that is something we should offer as a separate feature (e.g. a flag > that > decides whether reverse-playback audio is muted or not, defaulting to > true > for compatibility with today). > > If there's some way of turning this feature "on" (when it is available)... > that would be sufficient for scrubbing AFAICT. > -- > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > http://ChangeLog.ca/ > >
