- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:02:21 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Philip J?genstedt wrote:
>
> The issue with the poster attribute is resolved, but one comment made me
> remember something I've wondered about:
>
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 09:26 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote:
>
> > It's not impossible; first black would render 300x150, then the poster
>
> The spec says: Areas of the element's playback area that do not contain
> the video represent nothing.
>
> What does this mean? Black is customary for video, but leaving the
> region transparent (thus falling back to css background color) is
> another option. Which is better?
It's transparent, but I intended to have the following rule in the style
sheet:
video { background: black; }
...so that it looks black unless the author restyles it. Does that make
sense?
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