- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:45:44 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, David Singer wrote: > > If the resource is 'seekable' then time is relevant, and I agree that > time should be a normal play time and run from 0 to duration. That wouldn't address the use case of files that were split with non-zero start times, though, where the author wants the original range to be the one visible in the UI. > If it's not seekable (live), then the UA is free, of course, to buffer > and allow seeking in that buffer, but that's a UA thing. Duration is > indefinite, and the origin value of current time is also so. The concern is with resources that are seekable yet indefinite -- and in fact, the spec encourages browsers to make streaming resources seekable (much like how a DVR makes streaming live TV seekable). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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