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Media preload defaults to metadata

Category
Multimedia
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 64)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Set the default preload value for video and audio elements to “metadata”. Note that the preload attribute's hint is still ignored when a MediaSource is attached to the media element.

Standards & signals

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/media/preload-metadata

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