Re: [media] adding autoplay requirements to requirements doc

On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Sean Hayes wrote:

> That all makes a certain amount of sense; it would carry a little more weight if there were some language in the spec to the effect that autoplay is a request that the user agent can deny. For example,
> 
> Rather than defining autoplay as:
> " When present, the user agent (as described in the algorithm described herein) will automatically begin playback of the media resource as soon as it can do so without stopping "
> Instead define it along the lines of:
> " When present, the user agent (as described in the algorithm described herein) will; unless a user agent setting has been set indicating that immediate playback is allowed, move the media into a potentially playing but blocked state: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/video.html#blocked-media-element which is waiting for user interaction  http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/video.html#paused-for-user-interaction "
> 
  That seems reasonable.

eric

Received on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 17:34:01 UTC