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Bug 16683 - WebVTT: Parser should drop cues having startTime > endTime
Summary: WebVTT: Parser should drop cues having startTime > endTime
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: TextTracks CG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebVTT (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
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Reported: 2012-04-10 13:31 UTC by vcarbune
Modified: 2012-04-25 22:51 UTC (History)
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Description vcarbune 2012-04-10 13:31:14 UTC
The parsing rules currently allow cues with negative duration.

Since these cues do not represent proper cues and handling them the same as positive duration cues might generate an unexpected behavior, it would be better to drop them from the beginning, when the file is parsed.

Zero cues duration, however, should not be dropped, as they might represent instantaneous events for metadata tracks.