[whatwg] Scripted querying of <video> capabilities

[Kristof Zelechovski]

That assignment makes the intuitive code "if(canPlayType(_))" incorrect.
"Cannot" should be 0, and enumeration symbols should be provided.
Chris

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Eric Carlson
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Subject: Re: [whatwg] Scripted querying of <video> capabilities


On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> > While the underlying media frameworks can't necessarily answer, "if I 
> > give you a file with this MIME type, can you play it?", they can at 
> > least give a yes/no/maybe answer, which can still be quite helpful, 
> > since the UA will know it does not need to check some media streams at 
> > all.
> 
> I agree. If the API lets us answer "maybe", there is not much need or 
> temptation to lie, and we can still return information that could be 
> useful to scripts.

I have added window.navigator.canPlayType(mimeType). It returns 1, 0, or 
-1 to represent positive, neutral, and negative responses.