- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:36:40 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
On Fri, 11 May 2012, Simon Pieters wrote: > > I'm still a bit skeptical about the utility of <media source>. Maybe it > should be dropped from the spec. > > It is not appropriate for choosing between low resolution and high > resolution, because the environment can change (e.g. the user might > fullscreen the video after it has begun loading, and want high > resolution). Also, bandwidth is not available in MQ, but even if it was, > the user agent is in a better position to determine what is appropriate > than the author. > > It would be better to have a solution where the user agent is informed > about which streams are available and what properties they have, and let > the user and user agent switch streams at will. Maybe this should happen > on the network layer, keeping the same selected <source> URL. I don't disagree. I think the right solution is to move all of this into the network layer, personally. I haven't changed the spec. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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