[whatwg] HTML5 video: frame accuracy / SMPTE

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj at opera.com>wrote:

> For the record, this is the solution I've been imagining:
>
> * add HTMLMediaElement.seek(t, [exact]), where exact defaults to false if
> missing
>
> * make setting HTMLMediaElement.currentTime be a non-exact seek, as that
> seems to be the most common case


I think setting currentTime should be exact, since a) exact seeking is
simpler from the author's point of view and b) it would be unfortunate to
set currentTime to value T and then discover that getting currentTime gives
you a value other than T (assuming you're paused).

Rob
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