[Bug 8731] Consider expanding buffering control for media elements

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8731





--- Comment #3 from Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>  2010-01-14 03:58:22 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> As an added comment, I think the spec should encourage browsers to use
> heuristics here if no attribute is specified.
> 
> (In reply to comment #0)
> >   * preload=all (or preload=full?) - request to buffer as much as possible -
> > same as current autobuffer attribute
> 
> The current autobuffer attribute doesn't actually say this is what should
> happen, it's just Firefox happens to implement it this way.

That's not strictly what Firefox does: it does progressive buffering. For that
reason, "progressive" was also suggested as an alternative to "all" or "full"
since it more accurately describes the means of buffering.


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