Editing video simply by editing text, in the browser: a meta story
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Claim: editing video by editing text in the browser works — ASR gives timecode per word, the app creates hundreds of HTML video elements and stitches playback via Media Fragments URI, drawing pixels into a canvas for a seamless preview. The team tries then rejects multiple buffers and client‑side HLS hacks, exports XML that opens correctly in Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut, and ships Simon Says Assemble (beta) with real‑time collaborative reordering and working NLE roundtrip.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:37Transcription
- 2:21Video Editing
- 4:50The Challenge
- 5:10Multiple Buffers
- 6:22Adaptive Streaming
- 7:10Media Fragments
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