Re: Media Fragments - Video fragment temporal loop

> To make it loop exactly between the start time and the end time you
> have to integrate with the media framework, otherwise the looping
> won't be gapless and it won't loop exactly the same number of samples
> each time.

Let's consider the case <video src="holidays.webm#t=320,960" loop>. The 
first playback might starts at second 319,56 and ends at 960,14 because 
you look for the closest I frame. When looping, you will have exactly 
the same behavior.

> An implementation that doesn't loop accurately doesn't add
> anything that you can't do by seeking in JavaScript at the appropriate
> time.

Yes, you can seek in javascript. The use case here is different: you 
might want to share a media fragment URI and just expect your client to 
play this fragment (starting at start fragment time and pausing at end 
fragment time).

> I suspect that implementors will say "just use Web Audio API" if
> asked to implement accurate looping for <audio src="sound#t=1,2"
> loop>.

What about <video>? And let's not looking at corner cases such as 
#t=1,2. People are sharing *real* fragments!
Best regards.

   Raphaël

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Raphaël Troncy
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Received on Thursday, 27 February 2014 15:53:42 UTC