Re: <video> attributes and children

On Mar 6, 2010, at 15:38 , Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

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> On Mar 5, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Joe D Williams wrote:
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>> questions for <video>
>> 
>> 1. Why does <video> not include @type and @media?
>> If <source> uses/needs them, then why not <video> if only @src?
>> If no <source> then @type and @media would not be present.
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> @type and @media are used to select from among multiple sources. It's not allowed to combine @src and <source>. So <video src> has only one possible source, and therefore there's no need for information that would be used to choose a source in that case.

(devil's advocate here)...they could still be used to warn me whether I can/should play the media (e.g. the media attribute might warn me it's unsuitable for people susceptible to flashing...)


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Sunday, 7 March 2010 03:56:41 UTC