[whatwg] video background color (Was: Interpretation of video poster attribute)

[David Hyatt]

I agree.

dave

On Jun 19, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:

> Safari already uses a transparent background by default and to me that
> doesn't seem like a bad idea -- it may be best to hide small 1px
> letterboxes due to rounding errors in aspect ratio calculation etc.
> Setting "background-color:transparent" to override the default black  
> is
> probably less known to most authors and transparent background is also
> more in line with most other HTML elements.
>
> I would suggest eventually specifying this behavior in the rendering
> section, unless someone feels that default black letterboxes is very
> important.
>
> // Philip
>
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 21:02 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Philip Jgenstedt wrote:
>>>
>>> The issue with the poster attribute is resolved, but one comment  
>>> made me
>>> remember something I've wondered about:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 09:26 +0000, Ian Hickson wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's not impossible; first black would render 300x150, then the  
>>>> poster
>>>
>>> The spec says: Areas of the element's playback area that do not  
>>> contain
>>> the video represent nothing.
>>>
>>> What does this mean? Black is customary for video, but leaving the
>>> region transparent (thus falling back to css background color) is
>>> another option. Which is better?
>>
>> It's transparent, but I intended to have the following rule in the  
>> style
>> sheet:
>>
>>   video { background: black; }
>>
>> ...so that it looks black unless the author restyles it. Does that  
>> make
>> sense?
>>
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> Philip Jägenstedt
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