[whatwg] <video> element proposal

Thu Mar 15 03:17:39 PDT 2007

Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> In case of video, there is no need to implement anything using style
> sheets, behaviors, or scripting, you can use it directly, right now,
> it's easy as pie,
> 
>   <html xmlns:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
>   <?import namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
>   <body>
>     <t:video src='example.video'></t:video>
>   </body>
> 
> and based on an open W3C standard. No need for separate languages at
> all.

Interesting.

What video formats will it play? Anything Windows has a codec for?

Can it be controlled via script?

Does it support fallback content?

Gerv