video-dev
Captions are not exposed
What do you want to do with Hls.js?
I'd like to find out how hls.js expects to handle 608 captions included in the stream. I can see that WebVTT are added to the subtitlesTrack but I can't select the 608 captions that are also included in the fragments. Hls.js still processes them and I can see the track in the textTrack. Why does not Hls.js exposes 608 captions as an additional subtitle? Many users may not even be aware that hls.js has processed any captions since the API does not facilitate its usage.
I'd like to understand why this approach was taken for captions but not for subtitles. Why are not both exposed either together or separately.
Sample stream https://d2zihajmogu5jn.cloudfront.net/advanced-fmp4/master.m3u8
Thanks
What have you tried so far?
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Hls.js still processes them and I can see the track in the textTrack.
Isn't this considered exposed?