[whatwg] HTML 5 video tag questions

Tab Atkins Jr. jackalmage at gmail.com
Mon Jun 15 05:55:56 PDT 2009


On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Chris Double<chris.double at double.co.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Tab Atkins Jr.<jackalmage at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> (That said, I don't think there's anything wrong with nesting
>> <video>s, it's just unnecessary.)
>
> This won't work since fallback content is not displayed unless <video>
> is not supported.

Dang, I was wrong.  I know I remembered some conversations about
nested <video>, but I guess I was just remembering people *asking*
about it.

Regardless, as noted by others, my <source> suggestion was correct.
Provide multiple <source>s if you're not sure about what format your
users can view.

~TJ


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