[whatwg] Video proposals

[Magnus Kristiansen]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:39:07 +0100, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> ON PLAYLISTS
>
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Shadow2531 wrote:
>>
>> The handler should also support some type of playlist like
>> <http://www.xspf.org/>.
>
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
>>
>> #3: Playlists.  (A single video file just won't cut it.)
>
> These were the only requests for playlists. Could you elaborate on the  
> use
> cases for playlists? What are the needs for playlists?

When I think of playlists, the first thing that comes to mind are  
commercials. Some video sites show ad or promotion clips before and/or  
after the main video. I imagine they'd see that as a use case. It could  
also be used to create medleys of several smaller clips, although it might  
not be a big need.

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Magnus Kristiansen
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