[Bug 18515] Provide more details on behavior of the media element when the key for an encrypted block is not available

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18515

--- Comment #4 from Joe Steele <steele@adobe.com> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> The lack of a frame for rendering because it can't be decrypted is closer to
> not having a frame from the decoder, though it could persist for longer
> periods.

Is the decoder making the determination that the frame is encrypted? I.e. are
you expecting to try and decode and then get a failure? That could be
problematic on platforms with hardware decoder that might not respond well to
trying to decode an encrypted or partially encrypted frame. 

I think it would be better for the decoder to not receive the frame until it
can assume that it is plaintext. In this scenario, the "waiting for key" is the
same as "network stall" as far as the decoder is concerned.

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Received on Monday, 11 March 2013 15:23:22 UTC