On Fri, 11 May 2012 11:54:19 +0200, Philip Jägenstedt <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2012 23:03:15 +0200, Paul Adenot
<[email protected]> wrote:
Currently implementing the media attribute of the source element in
Gecko, we are unsure about what the specification requires us to do
there.
Hixie has already replied, I just want to note that this is exactly what
has been implemented in Opera -- the media attribute is only considered
at the point in the resource selection algorithm that the spec requires.
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.
--
Simon Pieters
Opera Software
