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Open Source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information.
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Confusing Example in file format metadata docs #1684

Open reinecke opened 6 months ago

reinecke commented 6 months ago

In the metadata section of the readthedocs file format specification, the example timeline is a bit odd because it starts with a transition that has an in_offset of 10/24 but there is no item before that transition to transition from. Similarly, the last item is a transition with an out_offset of 10/24 but there is no item after to transition to.

These are probably semantically invalid and should either:

Additional Questions

If you do have a transition with a zero in offset at the head of a timeline - what is the source media for the A side of the transition? Is it presumed to be transparent for video and silence for audio?