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Remove 'stalled' events for HTMLMediaElements using MediaSourceExtensions

Category
Multimedia
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Removed (Chrome 69)
Intent stage
None

Summary

The HTMLMediaElement.stalled event fires when media download has failed to progress for at least 3 seconds. In Media Source Extensions, the web app manages the download and the media element is not aware of its progress. Since some apps append media data in chunks larger than 3 seconds, stalled was being fired at inappropriate times. To solve this, stalled has been removed for Media Source Extensions.

Standards & signals

Samples: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/982564/17/third_party/WebKit/LayoutTests/external/wpt/media-source/mediasource-append-buffer.html

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