[whatwg] HTML5 video: frame accuracy / SMPTE

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Basically, as the decoding speed approaches realtime the seeking time
> approaches what you'd get by seeking to the prior keyframe and playing
> up to the current point, except with the exact seeking you sit around
> twiddling your thumbs while the client looks broken.
>

In general, seeks over the Internet involve perceptible delays while the
data is fetched. So your seeking UI needs to not "look broken" while waiting
for a seek to complete.

Rob
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