[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38172: Enable Video Headers in Custom Headers

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#38172: Enable Video Headers in Custom Headers
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 Reporter:  davidakennedy   |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Themes          |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 Adding a note that I tried a direct video tag for a self-hosted video
 playing through my horrible internet connection, and my browser (Chrome on
 Windows 10) showed a full-quality frame once one loaded and just didn't
 play quickly/consistently, but still looked decent because the visual was
 clear and there wasn't an awkward aspect ratio or loading indicator, the
 movement was just occasional or inconsistent. After loading the whole (2-3
 MB) video, it looped normally at full quality.

 Don't think I mentioned in the previous comment, but I bumped the file
 size limit down to 4MB in [attachment:38172.7.diff]. Considering that
 that's the equivalent size of maybe up to 10 featured images for a given
 theme, it's still a lot but is also not exponentially more than might load
 on a blog page with an immersive layout anyway. My general expectation on
 the web is for things to take longer to load if they're graphics-heavy and
 it's usually worth it; not sure how the average user feels about that,
 though. There are a lot of factors to consider here; we need to decide
 where the line between the responsibilities of core and users are.

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