[Bug 8731] Consider expanding buffering control for media elements

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





--- Comment #10 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com>  2010-01-27 15:43:29 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> I also agree that preload="all" should be dropped, for the same reason we
> dropped the 'loaded' event: "loaded" is not a useful concept for media files
> that may be too large to fit on a client device, or may not be possible to load
> fully (eg. a live stream).

Separate issue . . . "loaded" just won't do anything in many cases.  but
preload="all" would mean to preload as much as is reasonable, which might be a
lot more than preload="playthrough" in realistic scenarios.  E.g., a
low-bitrate two-minute video might be loaded fully with no problem if
preload="all" is set, but preload="playthrough" might only load the first five
seconds.

> This is not necessarily true - some engines allow seeking to portions of a
> media resource that have not been loaded.

But if that part of the resource is not yet buffered, there will be lag when
you seek that far.  I don't know if this is worth having the extra mode, but it
was brought up.


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