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Thanks, Dailymotion!

Posted on September 27, 2010 By amarasubs 1 Comment on Thanks, Dailymotion!

Thanks to Sebastien Agnot and the Dailymotion team for a quick response in updating their API to give us more fine-grained timing information!

We got Dailymotion videos working pretty well, but things felt a bit sluggish and unsynchronized. Their API did not give us the same fine-grained timing information that, for example, the YouTube API was giving us.

The change on their end was really simple though, so we asked about it and within a few weeks the change was live on the Dailymotion site.

Vimeo support is currently on hold due to an even more extreme version of the same problem: their video player API only gives us playhead time to the nearest second, which is *way* too infrequent for our purposes.

We’re working with Vimeo to fix the problem, but if you’re a Vimeo user (especially if you publish your videos there and/or use a “plus” account), you can help by expressing your interest in full compatibility with Universal Subtitles!  (Vimeo Support Page)

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Comment (1) on “Thanks, Dailymotion!”

  1. Booger Bender says:
    October 14, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Holy Flying Flamingos!
    This is absolutely fantastic! ASL Interpreters at an open source meeting like this. I applaud the Interpreters for their tedious work with translation. This is the place for it. Booger Bender’s seal of approval Great job for the team!
    -B.B.

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