On May 27, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Robert O'Callahan <rob...@ocallahan.org> wrote:
> I propose fixing this by having the UA enter the HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA > readyState when the UA decides to suspend a download indefinitely and the > preload state is "Automatic" (or overriden by "autoplay" being set). > > We have checked in a patch to Gecko to do this. (Note that for a long time, > Gecko has triggered playback of autoplay elements when suspending due to > media buffers being full. The new change makes us enter HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA as > well.) For what it's worth, the Mac port of WebKit has this exact behavior: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/97944>. It would be good to formalize this, however. -Jer
