449135 - When <video> autoplay="false", show first frame as a placeholder

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, enhancement)

Description

[u88484]

When <video> autoplay="false" (or autoplay is not defined) the first frame should be shown as a placeholder.  The whiteness just does not look too good.  Granted a lot of first frames will probably be black but it is a lot better than white.  Is there anything in the spec about this? Or could we at least "add a frame" that just displays something to at least let the user know that the video should be shown there.

Comment 1

[cajbir (:cajbir)]

Currently the first frame of the video is shown once it's loaded. eg. test2.html on my site should show the first frame after a delay where it is loaded.

If a poster attribute is on the video then this poster will be displayed instead. This is currently not yet implemented.

Comment 2

[u88484]

I didn't think about on http://www.double.co.nz/video_test/test4.html, that we have to choose which resolution first before anything is loaded...hence no first frame.  After I made a test case, I realized I was wrong and this bug is WFM.  Sorry for wasting time.