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Video media in image contexts #3929

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Schweinepriester opened this issue Dec 21, 2017 · 5 comments
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Video media in image contexts #3929

Schweinepriester opened this issue Dec 21, 2017 · 5 comments
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https://webkit.org/blog/8042/release-notes-for-safari-technology-preview-46/

Included "video/*" in image request Accept header if the browser supports video media in image contexts

Way more detail: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/animated-gif-without-the-gif/

TL;DR: <img src="ottawa-river.mp4">

If there is a spec, please post it here.

I do think this is controversial, but its got to be tracked, right?

Video is image now boiiis

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Coming with Safari 11.1 (including iOS 11.3):

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More resources:

<picture>
  <source type="video/mp4" srcset="adorable-cat.mp4">
  <!-- perhaps even an animated WebP fallback here as well -->
  <img src="adorable-cat.gif" alt="adorable cat tears throat out of owner and eats his eyeballs">
</picture>

Imho seems like a good solution, but maybe instead of WebP fallback APNG for higher quality and browser support: https://caniuse.com/#feat=webp vs https://caniuse.com/#feat=apng

@Schweinepriester Schweinepriester mentioned this issue Feb 10, 2020
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Charuru commented Feb 25, 2020

Will just throw in this resource too: https://cloudinary.com/blog/evolution_of_img_gif_without_the_gif

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Firefox: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=895131

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