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

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj at opera.com>wrote:

> Yes, I'm saying that when codecs are provided true means "probably" and
> otherwise it means "maybe", because the distinction is pointless.
>

IIRC some browsers using system media frameworks don't know what codecs they
support, so they still need to be able to answer "maybe" when codecs are
provided; you still need a three-valued result.

I still think it would confuse authors if you return true for canPlayType(T)
and false for canPlayType(U) where U is a subset of T.

Rob
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