hixie: Define that <video>'s default letterboxing is the result of CSS 'object-fit' (whatwg r5878)

hixie: Define that <video>'s default letterboxing is the result of CSS
'object-fit' (whatwg r5878)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4719&r2=1.4720&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5877&to=5878

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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diff -u -d -r1.4719 -r1.4720
--- Overview.html 11 Feb 2011 23:15:28 -0000 1.4719
+++ Overview.html 11 Feb 2011 23:26:53 -0000 1.4720
@@ -21550,14 +21550,19 @@
   </div><p>The <code><a href="#video">video</a></code> element supports <a href="#dimension-attributes">dimension
   attributes</a>.<div class="impl">
 
-  <p>Video content should be rendered inside the element's playback
-  area such that the video content is shown centered in the playback
-  area at the largest possible size that fits completely within it,
-  with the video content's aspect ratio being preserved. Thus, if the
-  aspect ratio of the playback area does not match the aspect ratio of
-  the video, the video will be shown letterboxed or pillarboxed. Areas
-  of the element's playback area that do not contain the video
-  represent nothing.</p>
+  <p>In the absence of style rules to the contrary, video content
+  should be rendered inside the element's playback area such that the
+  video content is shown centered in the playback area at the largest
+  possible size that fits completely within it, with the video
+  content's aspect ratio being preserved. Thus, if the aspect ratio of
+  the playback area does not match the aspect ratio of the video, the
+  video will be shown letterboxed or pillarboxed. Areas of the
+  element's playback area that do not contain the video represent
+  nothing.</p>
+
+  <p class="note">In user agents that implement CSS, the above
+  requirement can be implemented by using the <a href="#video-object-fit">style rule suggested in the rendering
+  section</a>.</p>
 
   <p>The intrinsic width of a <code><a href="#video">video</a></code> element's playback
   area is the <a href="#concept-video-intrinsic-width" title="concept-video-intrinsic-width">intrinsic
@@ -64292,7 +64297,8 @@
 
   <pre class="css">@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
 
-iframe:not([seamless]) { border: 2px inset; }</pre>
+iframe:not([seamless]) { border: 2px inset; }
+<span id="video-object-fit">video { object-fit: contain; }</span></pre>
 
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Received on Friday, 11 February 2011 23:28:09 UTC