- From: Michael A. Puls II <shadow2531@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:08:31 -0400
On 4/5/07, Vladimir Vukicevic <vladimir at pobox.com> wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > > > On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Vladimir Vukicevic wrote: > >> 1. 'media-loop-count' is an awkward name, especially with "The default > >> value of 1 means the item will play through once but will not loop." > >> We went through this with APNG, and ended up renaming that member. I > >> would suggest 'media-play-count' instead -- that way there is no > >> ambiguity with what the number means. > > > > We considered 'media-repeat-count' instead of 'media-loop-count', but > > that turned out to be more confusing. We really wanted all the > > looping-related properties to have consistent naming, and I don't think > > 'play' would work in the other places mentioned. > > The problem is that 'media-loop-count' with a value of 1, as defined, > doesn't have anything to do with looping... play-count is much more > descriptive of its actual purpose, IMO, despite not containing 'loop' in > the name. The others should definitely stay "loop-", though. I agree. To me, a loop-count of 1 means that it will play once and then loop once. If a loop-count of 1 means that it only plays once, then it's not really a loop-count. It's a play-count. I myself like how the Windows Media 6.4 API does it. It has a PlayCount that specifies how many times to play, but 0 is a valid value that means to repeat forever. -- Michael
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