Standardized Timed-text Format
Why a Standardized Timed-text Format?
On the Web, there is no standard method for displaying text which is synchronized with other elements, such as video and audio. The three most popular multimedia players-- Apple's QuickTime Player, Microsoft's Windows Media Player and RealNetworks' RealPlayer-- support only their own proprietary text formats (QText, SAMI and RealText, respectively). As a result, multimedia authors must write synchronized text files in multiple formats if they wish to support more than one player. A standardized timed-text format
