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From: Greg Kraus
Date: Nov 27, 2006 7:00PM

> My question is: how about when it's being watched on a video iPod or
> similar device? Provide Open Captions in that case? How to
> differentiate the files - watched on the Web w/SMIL vs. watched on
> iPod w/Open Captions? I don't have a video iPod or I'd try this
> myself: does the SMIL layer appear with the vodcast on the video
> iPod? I can't imagine that it does. How would the user turn it on/off?
>

Joseph,

The video iPod has to have everything stored in one file, so the
captions must be open captions that are burned into the main video. It
will play either MPEG-4 or H.264 video files.

If you want to have two versions for the video iPod - one with, and one
without captions - you would have to create two separate video files.

Hope this helps.

Greg


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