[Bug 27025] Video and audio elements should specify video/audio formats, not implementations (codecs)

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27025

Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> ---
I believe *no* action is required for this bug, i.e., WORKSFORME is a good
resolution. I say this because:

"codecs" as used as a MIME type parameter is already well established in the
MPEG and DASH communities, in which context it is to be interpreted as
"using/requiring a software component capable of decoding/presenting the named
format".

I agree with the author of this bug report that this interpretation is a bit of
a mismatch with a perhaps more formal use of the term codec, semantically
speaking; however, this isn't the first such mismatch, and won't be the last.

In any case, the definition of MIME type parameters and their usage is outside
the scope of the HTML5 specification. HTML5 is just a consumer of these
parameters.

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