Add support for Dash.js rendered subtitles

[ryanmccartney]

📺 What

Extends subtitle functionality by adding the ability to use Dash.js rendered subtitles if declared in an MPD rather than using the existing side-chain.

Allows the rendering of subtitles delivered in fragmented chunks, as used for low-latency playback.

It does not implement the current customisation options that are available in the existing side-chain as Dash.js provides no interface to access the customisation options present in the BBC fork of imscJS.

A currently open PR imscJS #257 would enable customisation on upstream imscJS and work on Dash.js (imscJS Styling would allow this functionality to be added retrospectively.

🛠 How
By setting a new override - dashSubtitles, the side-chain is replaced by a new dashsubtitles object which enables text tracks in the MSE player

✅ Testing [Semi-optional]

Tests have been added to cover changes to the subtitle selector. In addition, coverage of the new dashsubtitles.js object is provided.

Test Guidelines

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♿ Accessibility [optional]

Provides optional subtitles when using low-latency playback through Bigscreen player without modifications to the existing side-chain rendering.

[eirikbjornr]

LGTM overall! Got one question on setSubtitles and disableTextTracks

[matt-stephenson]

Just a thought on naming. I wonder if embeddedSubtitles might be a little clearer. Although it does work, as subtitles are in the dash manifest, the current side-loading of subs still happens during DASH playback.

[ryanmccartney]

Just a thought on naming. I wonder if embeddedSubtitles might be a little clearer. Although it does work, as subtitles are in the dash manifest, the current side-loading of subs still happens during DASH playback.

That makes sense, I'll adjust the naming to reflect this

[ryanmccartney]

References to Dash.js subtitles have now been updated to Embedded subtitles