Re: MediaStream ended vs inactive

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Jim Barnett <Jim.Barnett@genesyslab.com>wrote:

>  I think that if a MediaStream can become active again, that  it
> shouldn’t have any (immediate) affect on a media element.  As far as I can
> figure out the HTML5 spec, once a media element goes to ended, the only way
> it can leave ended is for someone to call play() (or rewind or
> something).   So when a MediaStream goes to inactive, the media element
> should also go to ended and stay there even if the MediaStream becomes
> active again.  If someone calls play(), the media element will pick up the
> new tracks in the MediaStream, but not before.
>

That's probably a fine approach.

Rob
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