- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:51:26 -0800
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:37 PM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com> wrote: > 1) <video> and <audio> tags need volume attribute. > > I know that it's possible to manipulate the volume attribute with > javascript. > But many internet forums allow some HTML tags but prohibit javascripts. > > If I was able to set the initial volume with volume attribute of <video> > and <audio> tags, I would be able to set the initial volume without > javascript. You can currently mute the video or play it at the user's default volume. Why do you need to control it beyond that in the markup? > 2) <video> tag needs subtitle attribute. > > Without a subtitle attribute, people need to reencode videos with subtitles > to present the videos with subtitles on the web. > I think charset attribute for manually specifying subtitle's character set > would come in handy also. Look at the <track> element, which does precisely this. ~TJ
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