[Bug 13383] Feature request: pause media when hidden

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13383

--- Comment #3 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> 2011-07-28 02:09:39 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)

> I think you're right about background music -- and also for radio, podcasts,
etc.  
> However, I think there is still a need for pausing video on hidden pages.
> 
> I can imagine a video player with a Pause If Hidden control, on by default --
> though I also have doubts that many users would understand or use this.
> 
> User agent mute/unmute/pause/unpause functionality sounds useful, but it
> doesn't solve the problem of opening multiple video links (in hidden
> tabs/windows) or when navigating between tabs/windows, each with playing media.

Just to add an additional data-point here re: Audio.

While looking at accessibility of <audio> there will be instances where the
content author has included captioning associated to the audio-stream (think
speeches, podcasts, etc.): in those instances adding accessible audio would
actually require using the <video> element as that would be the only way to
also include a region for visible (supporting) content, such as those caption
files (or perhaps sign-language interpretation).  Yet there is a strong
likelihood that not all content consumers will require those supporting visual
aids (and may want to have the audio portion in a background tab), so for your
use-cases making a distinction between audio and video will introduce
potentially unintended negative behaviors.

I suspect that what is really required is that auto-start be disabled if a page
is not visible, but once a stream is started, the end user can choose to send
it to a non-visible tab/window without silencing the audio stream

FWIW

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Received on Thursday, 28 July 2011 02:09:45 UTC