On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philipj@opera.com">philipj@opera.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#mime-types" target="_blank">http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#mime-types</a><br>
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There was some discussion about this, last in <<a href="http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-May/026409.html" target="_blank">http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-May/026409.html</a>><br>
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I've tested Firefox 3.6.4, Firefox 4.0b1 and Chrome 5.0.375.99 and none return "maybe" for canPlayType("application/octet-stream"). I couldn't get meaningful results from Safari on Windows (requires restart to detect QuickTime, perhaps?). <br>
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It would appear that Opera is the only browser that supports application/octet-stream. At the time I added this, it was simply because it is true, maybe we can play it. However, I see no practical benefit of this spec-wise or implementation-wise. Since no other browsers have implemented it, I am going to remove it from Opera and hope that the spec will be changed to match this.<font color="#888888"></font><br>
</blockquote></div><br>I actually think we should add support for application/octet-stream media resources to Firefox, and if we're going to do that then I think we should be consistent and return "maybe" for canPlayType too. So I don't think you should remove this.<br>
<br>Rob<br>-- <br>"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the
Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and
examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11]<br>