[whatwg] VIDEO tag height/width best fit
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Mon Oct 13 15:52:14 PDT 2008
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, João Eiras wrote:
>
> In this regard, <video> should be handled like <img>.
>
> While handling an image, if you specify a width and leave height as
> auto, the UA will resize the height to keep the aspect ratio, because
> the UA known the images intrinsic dimensions. The same behavior happens
> if you specific height and leave width as auto. IF you specifi non,
> intrinsic dimensions will be used.
>
> So, for <video>, the behavior should be the same. The UA knowns the
> video file intrisinc dimensions, so the samebehavior can be applied too.
>
> This way we would not overspecify new behavior, which is good, and IMO
> enough, therefore simplifying the work of the web authors by reusing the
> old algorithm used for images.
For <video> we're treating the element as a canvas, rather than as
representing the video itself -- so the dimensions give the dimensions of
the canvas, and then the video data gets rendered in the correct ratio
filling as much of the video as possible. It's like a TV -- it's one size,
and the video data is shown letter boxed to fit within the screen. Your TV
doesn't size to fit the video data. :-)
(Unlike with images, where the frames are constructed to fit each image
they are to contain.)
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