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ok, so basically... it's an overlay for VLC that will connect to a wikipedia backend, thus making video dynamic and searchable.

couple major things we'll have to change in the wiki code (i'm not very familiar with it)... but maybe i should explain it a little bit first.

here's a really rough flow chart:

put in disk -> uses the title to query the database for a UID -> plays movie

movie gets paused -> uses the timestamp and UID, queries the wiki page for information relevant to that moment in the movie +/- 10 seconds (cutomizable, of course) -> display comes up overtop of the video with your information on actors, clothing, cars, locations, whatever (can also have external links for more info) -> resume movie ... read more