[whatwg] Scripted querying of <video> capabilities

[Tim Starling]

Henri Sivonen wrote:
>
> HTML5 needs to delegate it to something that is implementable given
> the APIs QuickTime, GStreamer, DirectShow and Phonon provide. A
> standard doesn't help if it doesn't match the APIs.
>
> Does what HTML5 says now match the framework APIs?
>
> The MIME codecs parameter seems to confuse both WebKit and Minefield,
> for instance:
> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/test/moz/video-selection/source-mp4-ogg.html
> vs.
> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/test/moz/video-selection/source-mp4-ogg-params.html
>
>

Well, the Mozilla bug is this one:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449363
It's not implemented yet.

Where do I go from here with this? Should I make a concrete proposal? A
sample implementation? Get that Mozilla bug fixed? Or have I been shot
down already?

-- Tim Starling