The current spec allows implementing it like this, but I support the change as it takes away that unnecessary ambiguity.
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 18:03 -0700, Adele Peterson wrote: > Hi all, > > The spec currently states that the poster image specified in the > poster attribute for <video> can show up either when no video data is > available or when a video element is paused and the current playback > position is the first frame of video. > > The second situation seems like it would allow the poster image to be > displayed when a user rewinds the video back to the beginning while > paused. I think it would make more sense to just allow the poster > image to be displayed if the readyState is less than CAN_PLAY, instead > of considering the paused state. The paused state will always be true > when the readyState is less than CAN_PLAY, but with this rule, the > poster image won't randomly show up in other situations where the > video is paused and you're at the beginning. > > Thanks, > Adele -- Philip Jägenstedt Opera Software
