[whatwg] <embed> feedback
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Fri Nov 21 16:28:05 PST 2008
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Michael A. Puls II wrote:
>
> Attached are 2 object examples.
Quoting here for completeness:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<figure>
<!-- WMP 7+ API for IE or for Netscape-compatible browsers using the Firefox WMP plug-in (That also uses the 7+ api) -->
<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" type="application/x-ms-wmp" width="320" height="240">
<param name="url" value="file.wmv">
<param name="autostart" value="false">
<!-- WMP 6.4 API for IE or for Netscape-compatible browsers using the Netscape 6.4 WMP plug-in -->
<!-- Assumes application/x-mplayer2 is handled by the Netscape 6.4 WMP plug-in and not the Firefox one -->
<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" type="application/x-mplayer2" width="320" height="240">
<param name="filename" value="file.wmv">
<param name="autostart" value="0">
<!-- Load the file with the VideoLan ActiveX or Mozilla plug-in using the Version 2 API -->
<object classid="clsid:9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921" type="application/x-vlc-plugin" width="320" height="240">
<param name="version" value="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2">
<param name="mrl" value="file.wmv">
<!-- Try loading the file with anything that says it can handle it -->
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="file.wmv" width="320" height="240">
Giving up: Embedding <a href="file.wmv">file.wmv</a> failed.
</object>
</object>
</object>
</object>
<legend>Plug-in markup is too clean and simple</legend>
</figure>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<figure>
<!-- WMP 7+ API for IE or for Netscape-compatible browsers using the Firefox WMP plug-in (That also uses the 7+ API -->
<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" type="application/x-ms-wmp" data="file.wmv" width="320" height="240">
<param name="url" value="file.wmv">
<param name="autostart" value="false">
<!-- WMP 6.4 API for IE or for Netscape-compatible browsers using the Netscape 6.4 WMP plug-in -->
<!-- Assumes application/x-mplayer2 is handled by the Netscape 6.4 WMP plug-in and not the Firefox one -->
<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" type="application/x-mplayer2" data="file.wmv" width="320" height="240">
<param name="filename" value="file.wmv">
<param name="autostart" value="0">
<!-- Load the file with the VideoLan ActiveX or Mozilla plug-in using the Version 2 API -->
<object classid="clsid:9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921" type="application/x-vlc-plugin" data="file.wmv" width="320" height="240">
<param name="version" value="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2">
<param name="mrl" value="file.wmv">
<!-- Try loading the file with anything that says it can handle it -->
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="file.wmv" data="file.wmv" width="320" height="240">
Giving up: Embedding <a href="file.wmv">file.wmv</a> failed.
</object>
</object>
</object>
</object>
<legend>Plug-in markup is too clean and simple</legend>
</figure>
</body>
</html>
> I'd be interested in what plug-in (if it's installed) should be loaded:
>
> 1. When file.wmv is present.
> 2. When file.wmv is not present.
Per the current spec:
If the file.wmv is present, the first of the following plugins to be
supported:
1. clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6
2. clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95
3. clsid:9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921
4. The plugin that supports whatever the MIME type of the file.wmv is, if
it had a type and it wasn't "application/octet-stream".
5. The plugin for "video/x-ms-wmv".
6. no plugin.
If the file.wmv is absent, the first of the following plugins to be
supported:
1. clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6
2. clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95
3. clsid:9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921
4. no plugin.
The only difference between the two files is the data="" attribute on the
<object>s with classid="", but per spec, if there is a classid=""
attribute, the data="" attribute doesn't matter.
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