spec/Overview.html 1.2079 2911 Poster frames delay the 'load' event; st

Poster frames delay the 'load' event; stalling the video altogether
doesn't. (whatwg r2911)

poster
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2079.html#attr-video-poster
poster frame
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2079.html#poster-frame
resource fetch algorithm
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.2079.html#concept-media-load-resource

http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2078&r2=1.2079&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=2910&to=2911

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@@ -16404,9 +16404,10 @@
   or when the <code title=attr-video-poster><a href=#attr-video-poster>poster</a></code> attribute
   is set, its value must be <a href=#resolve-a-url title="resolve a
   url">resolved</a> relative to the element, and if that is
-  successful, the resulting <a href=#absolute-url>absolute URL</a> must be <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetched</a>. The <dfn id=poster-frame>poster frame</dfn> is then
-  the image obtained from that resource, if any.</span></p><!-- thus
-  it is unaffected by changes to the base URL. --><p class=note>The image given by the <code title=attr-video-poster><a href=#attr-video-poster>poster</a></code> attribute, the <i><a href=#poster-frame>poster
+  successful, the resulting <a href=#absolute-url>absolute URL</a> must be <a href=#fetch title=fetch>fetched</a>; this must <a href=#delay-the-load-event>delay the load
+  event</a>. The <dfn id=poster-frame>poster frame</dfn> is then the image obtained
+  from that resource, if any.</span></p><!-- thus it is unaffected by
+  changes to the base URL. --><p class=note>The image given by the <code title=attr-video-poster><a href=#attr-video-poster>poster</a></code> attribute, the <i><a href=#poster-frame>poster
   frame</a></i>, is intended to be a representative frame of the video
   (typically one of the first non-blank frames) that gives the user an
   idea of what the video is like.<div class=impl>
@@ -17483,6 +17484,13 @@
     downloading any further content leads to a more efficient use of
     the network resources.</p>
 
+    <p>When a user agent decides to completely stall a download,
+    e.g. if it is waiting until the user starts playback before
+    downloading any further content, the element's
+    <a href=#delaying-the-load-event-flag>delaying-the-load-event flag</a> must be set to
+    false. This stops <a href=#delay-the-load-event title="delay the load event">delaying the
+    load event</a>.</p>
+
     <p>The user agent may use whatever means necessary to fetch the
     resource (within the constraints put forward by this and other
     specifications); for example, reconnecting to the server in the

Received on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 23:09:59 UTC