On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:11:27 +0200, Michael A. Puls II
<[email protected]> wrote:
What behavior do you expect when using <source>s instead of src?
Well, you can insert, replace and remove a <source> element. You can
change @src and @type on each <source> that's present.
Also keep in mind that the parser inserts <source> elements.
One easy way (thought-wise) to handle that is that whenever any of that
happens, the UA should stop, unload, reset states and figure out what
<source> to play.
The resource selection algorithm tries each <source> in turn. It seems bad
to start over several times during parsing.
On the other hand, you might want to change @src for multiple <source>s
without triggering a reevalutation until you explicitly call for one.
Indeed.
Or, you might want a mix of the two that depends on whether there's just
one <source> or where you're inserting a <source> (before the one that's
currently being used for example) or which <source> you're removing (the
one being used or not).
So, I mostly expect the first way. However, the second seems simpler and
would just cover everything.
But, note that I haven't really dealt with the multiple type fallback
stuff yet, so I don't have a strong opinion on <source> yet.
--
Simon Pieters
Opera Software
