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  • Adam Urteaga
    Adam Urteaga
    19,503 Points

    No CC option on controls, no subtitles

    Posted February 15, 2017 3:00pm by Adam Urteaga
    Adam Urteaga
    19,503 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    1 Answer

  • nagamani palamuthi
    nagamani palamuthi
    6,160 Points

    My captions are not showing up in the video. Cant figure out what the mistake is..

    Posted January 23, 2017 4:37pm by nagamani palamuthi
    nagamani palamuthi
    6,160 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    1 Answer

  • rk15
    rk15
    1,963 Points

    It seems to be a lot of work if somebody is adding subtitles for movies. Do they follow the same procedure?

    Posted December 20, 2016 10:38am by rk15
    rk15
    1,963 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    0 Answers

  • fisnik poroshtica
    fisnik poroshtica
    14,154 Points

    Why this Subtitle is not working?

    Posted November 19, 2016 8:23pm by fisnik poroshtica
    fisnik poroshtica
    14,154 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    1 Answer

  • Tracy Excell
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    Tracy Excell
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,333 Points

    Why would my 'captions not be showing when I am playing the video in my browser?'

    Posted November 16, 2016 10:30pm by Tracy Excell
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    Tracy Excell
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,333 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    0 Answers

  • Jose M Aboytes
    Jose M Aboytes
    2,775 Points

    Why aren't the cc appearing in my controls?

    Posted July 4, 2016 9:30pm by Jose M Aboytes
    Jose M Aboytes
    2,775 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    2 Answers

  • Christopher Mlalazi
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    Christopher Mlalazi
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,305 Points

    Text track from origin 'file://' has been blocked from loading

    Posted June 25, 2016 11:25pm by Christopher Mlalazi
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    Christopher Mlalazi
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,305 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    1 Answer

  • Rob Bartlett
    Rob Bartlett
    6,741 Points

    Adding Track element breaks video

    Posted October 18, 2015 10:48pm by Rob Bartlett
    Rob Bartlett
    6,741 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    5 Answers

  • Rick Gates
    Rick Gates
    11,061 Points

    How do I add multiple tracks for subtitles in different languages?

    Posted September 7, 2015 6:24pm by Rick Gates
    Rick Gates
    11,061 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    2 Answers

  • Elena Paraschiv
    Elena Paraschiv
    9,938 Points

    The subtitles(captions) do not appear

    Posted July 13, 2015 1:31pm by Elena Paraschiv
    Elena Paraschiv
    9,938 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    4 Answers

  • Dusan Andrejevic
    Dusan Andrejevic
    8,070 Points

    when upload my video mp4, sound button is disabled, can't hear anything?

    Posted June 25, 2015 7:37pm by Dusan Andrejevic
    Dusan Andrejevic
    8,070 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    0 Answers

  • Emma Schwartz
    Emma Schwartz
    4,019 Points

    How do you make a track element? ~~~HTML <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="bridge-captions.vtt">

    Posted February 18, 2015 7:15pm by Emma Schwartz
    Emma Schwartz
    4,019 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    1 Answer

  • Emma Schwartz
    Emma Schwartz
    4,019 Points

    How do you get captions on my website?~~~HTML <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="bridge-captions

    Posted February 18, 2015 6:39pm by Emma Schwartz
    Emma Schwartz
    4,019 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    8 Answers

  • George Akinian
    George Akinian
    17,615 Points

    Hi, How can I make the video start&stop by clicking anywhere on the video icon instead of targeting the play button?

    Posted December 5, 2014 2:34am by George Akinian
    George Akinian
    17,615 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    4 Answers

  • Steven Walters
    Steven Walters
    10,573 Points

    Who hears birds chirping?

    Posted November 27, 2014 8:46pm by Steven Walters
    Steven Walters
    10,573 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    4 Answers

  • Cheng-Hao Chang
    Cheng-Hao Chang
    12,976 Points

    after adding the track in my html file, I got a "crossorigin attribute" error when running the web page.

    Posted November 25, 2014 7:00am by Cheng-Hao Chang
    Cheng-Hao Chang
    12,976 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    2 Answers

  • Michael Lockrey
    Michael Lockrey
    2,762 Points

    Can you explain the "compatibility issues" you alluded to when choosing "subtitles" as the srclang attribute?

    Posted November 19, 2014 10:01pm by Michael Lockrey
    Michael Lockrey
    2,762 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    0 Answers

  • Javi Cueto
    Javi Cueto
    1,029 Points

    Captions doesn't work in chrome and safari.

    Posted November 12, 2014 2:40pm by Javi Cueto
    Javi Cueto
    1,029 Points
    • HTML
    • HTML Video and Audio (Retired)
    • Captioning Video
    • The Track Element

    7 Answers

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