- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:47:14 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Jer Noble <jer.noble@apple.com>
- Cc: "whatwg@whatwg.org" <whatwg@whatwg.org>, Mark Callow <callow.mark@artspark.co.jp>
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Jer Noble wrote: > On Dec 17, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > Should we add a preciseSeek() method with two arguments that does a > > seek using the given rational time? > > This method would be more useful if there were a way to retrieve the > media's time scale. Otherwise, the script would have to pick an > arbitrary scale value, or provide the correct media scale through other > means (such as querying the server hosting the media). Additionally, > authors like Rob are going to want to retrieve this precise > representation of the currentTime. If rational time values were > encapsulated into their own interface, a "preciseCurrentTime" (or > similar) read-write attribute could be used instead. Ok. I assume this is something you (Apple) are interested in implementing; is this something any other browser vendors want to support? If so, I'll be happy to add something along these lines. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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