[whatwg] Start position of media resources
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Thu Apr 30 09:45:44 PDT 2009
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, David Singer wrote:
>
> If the resource is 'seekable' then time is relevant, and I agree that
> time should be a normal play time and run from 0 to duration.
That wouldn't address the use case of files that were split with non-zero
start times, though, where the author wants the original range to be the
one visible in the UI.
> If it's not seekable (live), then the UA is free, of course, to buffer
> and allow seeking in that buffer, but that's a UA thing. Duration is
> indefinite, and the origin value of current time is also so.
The concern is with resources that are seekable yet indefinite -- and in
fact, the spec encourages browsers to make streaming resources seekable
(much like how a DVR makes streaming live TV seekable).
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