[annodex-dev] sequence description list question

[Zohar Babin]

I would use the XML to link to the transition/effect/filter/overlay
(I'll just call it plugin) code (js/swf...) and hold an arbitrary data
that plugin may need.

For example:
In Kaltura, every plugin is a swf file, that swf is a Flex module that
transforms and manipulate the display.
In the SDL, we represent the plugin as such:

<Plugin type={type or url of the plugin on the kaltura server}
StartTime={the global sequence time in seconds at which plugin starts to
affect} 
                length={the duration of the plugin in seconds}>
	{specific plugin elements}
</Plugin>


Zohar.

-----Original Message-----
From: conrad.parker at gmail.com [mailto:conrad.parker at gmail.com] On Behalf
Of Conrad Parker
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:33 AM
To: Michael Dale
Cc: Annodex; playlist at lists.musicbrainz.org; Shay David; Eran Etam;
Zohar Babin
Subject: Re: [annodex-dev] sequence description list question

2008/7/22 Michael Dale <dale at ucsc.edu>:
>
> We have been looking at open sequence description formats and it seems
> xspf could be extended to fit our needs. By using the extension tag we
> can embed most the necessary xml needed for filters, transitions,
> effects etc.
>
> we are interested in hearing if people have any comments/ideas etc.

sounds interesting :-) I've wanted to add styles for transitions to
CMML, for link navigation -- ie. triggered when the user chooses to
follow a hyperlink from one video to the next. You recently suggested
handling such transitions with javascript rather than specifying in
the XML -- how would you see the XML and javascript fitting together
for these sequences?

Would this require selecting a standard set of filters, transitions
and effects, or is there a set of primitives that can be composed to
create these?

Conrad.