For the same sort of reason we would want "to show text to the [users of older browsers] informing them of how to access the video contents." I don't think the problem of being unable to access the video contents is going to be purely for those with older browsers.<br>
<br>Instructions on how to find the appropriate codec is an example of the kind of information a user with a newer browser might like to know when a video can't be rendered. And that would be much nicer than showing nothing at all.<br>
<br>Cheers<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Kristof Zelechovski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl">giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">I would expect video type
text/html to work everywhere for fallback; the text can contain an error
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Or, since there are only
so many systems that support HTML video, create a set of video error messages
encoded in the preferred formats for all those platforms (WMV, QT, OGG) and
provide all of them. One of them should work.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Why is it so important
that the viewer gets an error message instead of getting nothing? How do
you think it would help the reader?</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Cheers,</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Chris</span></font></p>
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