Even the w3 media spec does not appear to define this.[1] +1 to doing what Anis's stereo system does.
[1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#dom-media-play @purplecabbage risingj.com On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Anis KADRI <[email protected]> wrote: > Whatever the behavior, I also think it should be documented. > > The behavior should be in my opinion similar to what a stereo system > would do if you pressed any of the buttons. That is > - play(): if playing then ignore otherwise start playing if paused/stopped. > - pause(): if paused/stopped then ignore otherwise pause. > - stop(): if paused/stopped then ignore otherwise stop. > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:15 AM, James Jong <[email protected]> wrote: > > For iOS, a play during play state would restart the audio at the > beginning. I agree we should have a consistent behavior that is documented. > > > > -James Jong > > > > On Aug 2, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Lorin Beer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I ran into this sometime ago on the android media API. The relevant > >> conversation is likely deeply buried, and we should consider documenting > >> the appropriate behavior somewhere permanent. > >> > >> My opinion is that appropriate behavior is dependent on the function > being > >> called and the current state. A FSM could capture this. > >> In terms of <play> during <play> state, I would recommend that the > plugin > >> executes the latest command normally, playing media from a new source or > >> restarting the currently executing media as if the play command had been > >> received in the <stopped> state. > >> > >> - Lorin > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Benn Mapes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Working on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3783, it appears > that > >>> there is no documentation on how the media plugin should handle > subsequent > >>> calls of the same function. > >>> > >>> An example would be calling my_media.play() multiple times when the > >>> my_media is already playing. Should this be swallowed by the plugin and > >>> ignored? Should we respond with a > >>> MediaError< > >>> > http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/cordova_media_media.md.html#MediaError > >>>> .MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED > >>> and a message saying the media is already playing? What about > subsequent > >>> calls to my_media.pause() when the media is already paused? > >>> > >>> Was just wondering what other platforms have implemented for this and > what > >>> the proper way of handling subsequent calls is. > >>> > >>> ~Benn > >>> > > >
