On 4/5/07, Vladimir Vukicevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Vladimir Vukicevic wrote:
>> 1. 'media-loop-count' is an awkward name, especially with "The default
>> value of 1 means the item will play through once but will not loop."
>> We went through this with APNG, and ended up renaming that member. I
>> would suggest 'media-play-count' instead -- that way there is no
>> ambiguity with what the number means.
>
> We considered 'media-repeat-count' instead of 'media-loop-count', but
> that turned out to be more confusing. We really wanted all the
> looping-related properties to have consistent naming, and I don't think
> 'play' would work in the other places mentioned.
The problem is that 'media-loop-count' with a value of 1, as defined,
doesn't have anything to do with looping... play-count is much more
descriptive of its actual purpose, IMO, despite not containing 'loop' in
the name. The others should definitely stay "loop-", though.
I agree.
To me, a loop-count of 1 means that it will play once and then loop
once. If a loop-count of 1 means that it only plays once, then it's
not really a loop-count. It's a play-count.
I myself like how the Windows Media 6.4 API does it. It has a
PlayCount that specifies how many times to play, but 0 is a valid
value that means to repeat forever.
--
Michael
