[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:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |     Focuses:
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Comment (by bradyvercher):

 Regarding MediaElement.js, I'm not sure it's absolutely necessary for this
 use-case. Fallback support is provided through Flash, which is being
 phased out of the major browsers and isn't supported on iOS at all. Much
 of MediaElement.js is focused on generating a consistent interface across
 browsers, which isn't needed since these are background videos without
 controls. If a browser doesn't support HTML5 video at this point, I would
 think a fallback image should be acceptable for this type of feature.

 It would be nice to know what the most uploaded video formats are, but
 almost all browsers support [http://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg4 MPEG-4/H.264].
 Other formats could be specified using the `<source>` tag if necessary.

 As for third-party providers, I'm pretty sure Vimeo support in
 MediaElement.js doesn't work in the current version. The YouTube plugin
 really just injects an iframe and maps events between the interface and
 the iframe using the YouTube JavaScript API. Embedding an iframe directly
 [https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters using the player
 parameters] would achieve the same result, with much lower overhead, but I
 imagine the video/logo would need to remain clickable to not violate their
 TOS.

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