[Bug 12426] Effect when @src of video element contains temporal media fragment URI and @loop

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12426

--- Comment #9 from Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> 2011-04-07 09:27:25 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > (In reply to comment #5)
> > > (In reply to comment #4)
> > > > In my mind, a loop goes over the given resource, which in this case is the
> > > > fragment. As soon as the user interacts with the resource, however, we break
> > > > out of the loop state. For example, if the user pauses at the end, then the
> > > > next 'play' will continue. Or if the user seeks anywhere, then we revert to the
> > > > full timeline.
> > > 
> > > I was talking about the case when playback pauses at the end of the fragment
> > > range because it's the end, not because the user paused at that point.
> > > 
> > > Do you mean that *any* seeking, including within the fragment, should break the
> > > state and cause it to behave as if no fragment was specified at all?
> > 
> > Yes, that would be my approach. OTOH, an explicit control of that state might
> > be a good alternative.
> 
> Having an invisible state that gets broken by any user interaction would no
> doubt confuse users, and having special UI to toggle that rather obscure state
> also doesn't seem like a nice thing to subject users to. I think either option
> is actually worse than not supporting loop at all.

Are you suggesting that when a @loop is given on a video for which a fragment
is specified, we ignore @loop and just stop playing at the end of the fragment,
no matter what? I don't think that meets the expectations of the developer.

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Received on Thursday, 7 April 2011 09:27:30 UTC