[whatwg] Serving up Theora <video> in the real world

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Philip Jagenstedt <philipj at opera.com>wrote:

> the point is simply that calling canPlayType without out a codecs list or
> with specific codecs, you can learn exactly what is supported and not out of
> the container formats and codecs you are interested in, without the need for
> the strange "probably"/"maybe"/"" API.
>

I think it would be somewhat counterintuitive for canPlayType("video/ogg")
to return true, but canPlayType("video/ogg; codecs=dirac") to return false.

Rob
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