Re: HTMLMediaElement defaultPlaybackRate and playbackRate

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> > 
> > The UA needs to know that the user wanted to play at 1.2x speed, not 
> > ffwd speed. With defaultPlaybackRate, how can the JS controller tell 
> > the UA controller what speed to use?
> 
> Is playing (rather than seeking) with a speed != 1 really common enough 
> that we need to solve this use case?

If we support playback rates at all, this will be supported; the question 
is whether we allow it to be supported cleanly or not. Given the low cost 
of implementing this, it seems worth it.


> I don't know that I've done that a single time in my life.

How many tech talks have you watched online?

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Received on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 02:05:06 UTC