Subtitles are scrambled using the native video player in Safari on macOS an iOS. But when rendering the same subtitles using THEOplayer in the browser they render correctly:
This bug was filed using Apple's Feedback assistant on 30 March 2022 with ticket ID: FB9970162
- Open Safari Version 15.3 (17612.4.9.1.8) on macOS 12.2.1 (21D62)
- Visit: https://golden-marshmallow-983dc3.netlify.app/manifest.m3u8
- Enable the closed captions
- Play the video
The subtitles at the timecode 0:12 should be:
It detects and catalogs all your "twilight zone" Ray Bradbury, the series
The subtitles at the timecode 0:12 are:
It detects and catalogs all your "tlight zone" Ray Bradbury, the series
The HLS stream can be accessed at https://golden-marshmallow-983dc3.netlify.app. If however, this link goes down you can easily host the stream yourself by hosting the files that are in the stream/ directory.
You can also render subtitles of the same video using THEOplayer to check the correct/expected results. To do this:
- Go to https://demo.theoplayer.com/test-your-stream-with-statistics
- Enter the following URL in the text input field: https://golden-marshmallow-983dc3.netlify.app/manifest.m3u8
- Press the yellow button labeled: Click here to load your stream
- Press play on the video
- Enable the closed captions by clicking on the subtitles icon underneath the progress bar and toggling on the CC1 option.
