- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:44:35 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv23187
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Clarify that <video> and <audio> can both be used for both audio and video. (whatwg r6020)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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@@ -21105,7 +21105,7 @@
};</pre>
</dd>
</dl><p>A <code><a href="#video">video</a></code> element is used for playing videos or
- movies.<p>Content may be provided inside the <code><a href="#video">video</a></code>
+ movies, and audio files with captions.<p>Content may be provided inside the <code><a href="#video">video</a></code>
element<span class="impl">. User agents should not show this content
to the user</span>; it is intended for older Web browsers which do
not support <code><a href="#video">video</a></code>, so that legacy video plugins can be
@@ -21757,7 +21757,11 @@
section applies equally to <a href="#media-element" title="media element">media
elements</a> for audio or for video. The term <dfn id="media-resource">media
resource</dfn> is used to refer to the complete set of media data,
- e.g. the complete video file, or complete audio file.<div class="impl">
+ e.g. the complete video file, or complete audio file.<p class="note">Both <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> and <code><a href="#video">video</a></code>
+ elements can be used for both audio and video. The main difference
+ between the two is simply that the <code><a href="#audio">audio</a></code> element has no
+ playback area for visual content (such as video or captions),
+ whereas the <code><a href="#video">video</a></code> element does.<div class="impl">
<p>Except where otherwise specified, the <a href="#task-source">task source</a>
for all the tasks <a href="#queue-a-task" title="queue a task">queued</a> in this
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