Tweetadder 3.0 code#

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xml - returns Timed Text Authoring Format (used in BBC iPlayer) (filetype.smilD - returns SMIL 3.0 smilText (filetype.smilB - returns smilText browser page (filetype.This tool can also be accessed via an API using POST or GET method. If you are unhappy about your tweets being used as part of this tool please contact me and your tweets will not be used. Source data used to generate twitter subtitles conforms to twitter's auto delete policy. In this case in the obscure-broadcast-folder you will need to edit the file with the same name as the folder to include something like:Īll tweets used in this tool are attributed to the original author. (Not all iPlayer programmes have a subtitle files. When you replay the broadcast turn subtitles on to see the tweets. The broadcast you download from iPlayer will be stored in a folder (something like My Documents] > ), locate this folder and replace the file which ends '_prepared.xml' with the one created by this tool keeping the obscure file name ie b00qx4t0_prepared.xml. Do some tinkering to find the twitter search pages that cove the broadcast, then generate a new subtitle file '_prepared.xml'. The basic concept is to enter the date of the live transmission and any search terms to narrow down related tweets. Findings for the latest iteration of this tool can be found in the twitter powered subtitle posts.

Tweetadder 3.0 code#

This tool is designed to be a working prototype the code for which is freely availble here for further development. I've also incorporated the smilText JavaScript engine, which allows tweets to be replayed in browser. This tool has now been extended to create twitter subtile files in multiple formats SMIL. Since then Tony has developed some of the ideas further with Twitter Powered Subtitles for BBC iPlayer Content c/o the MASHe Blog and Scheduling Content Round the Edges - Supporting OU/BBC Co-Productions). This work began with twitter powered subtitles for BBC iPlayer, which build on Tony Hirst's Easier Twitter Powered Subtitles for Youtube Movies concept.