[whatwg] Scripted <video> query proposal

On Aug 21, 2008, at 7:46 PM, Robert O'Callahan wrote:

> Any browser that supports integration with an extensible framework  
> like GStreamer, Quicktime or Direct Show is going to have a hard  
> time ever reporting "false". Apparently there was a conversation  
> today in #theora that you might have seen whcih explains why this is  
> so, at least for GStreamer.
>
> With a three-value return, at least Firefox with both Ogg Theora and  
> Quicktime support could return "yes" for Ogg and "maybe" for other  
> types. But I think Safari is going to have to return "maybe" all the  
> time --- except perhaps for codecs built into Quicktime. That  
> doesn't help you.
>
   It is possible to build a list of all types supported by QuickTime  
dynamically. WebKit does this, so Safari knows about both the built in  
types and those added by third party importers.

eric

Received on Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:57:19 UTC