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Short URL: http://html5.org/r/2332

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--- source	(revision 2331)
+++ source	(revision 2332)
@@ -17809,6 +17809,9 @@
   task">queued</span> in this section and its subsections is the
   <span>media element event task source</span>.</p>
 
+  <p>The <code title="dom-navigator-canPlayType">canPlayType()</code>
+  method can be used to probe the user agent to determine what types
+  are supported.</p>
 
 
   <h5>Error codes</h5>
@@ -37931,10 +37934,14 @@
   readonly attribute boolean <span title="dom-navigator-onLine">onLine</span>;
   void <span title="dom-navigator-registerProtocolHandler">registerProtocolHandler</span>(in DOMString protocol, in DOMString url, in DOMString title);
   void <span title="dom-navigator-registerContentHandler">registerContentHandler</span>(in DOMString mimeType, in DOMString url, in DOMString title);
+
+  // abilities<!--
+  XXX cookieEnabled geolocator javaEnabled mozIsLocallyAvailable plugins preference
+  readonly attribute <span>MimeTypeArray</span> <span title="dom-navigator-mimeTypes">mimeTypes</span>;-->
+  short <span title="dom-navigator-canPlayType">canPlayType</span>(in DOMString type);
 };</pre>
 
    <!-- XXX also, see window.external.AddSearchProvider() and similar DOM APIs from IE -->
-   <!-- XXX also, see: cookieEnabled geolocator javaEnabled mimeTypes mozIsLocallyAvailable plugins preference -->
 
    <!-- XXX also, could expose languages:
    <dt><dfn title="dom-navigator-browserLanguage"><code>browserLanguage</code></dfn></dt> <!- - Opera and IE only - ->
@@ -38335,6 +38342,19 @@
 
 
 
+  <h4>Client abilities</h4>
+
+  <p>The <dfn title="dom-navigator-canPlayType"><code>canPlayType(<var
+  title="">type</var>)</code></dfn> method must return 1 if <var
+  title="">type</var> is a MIME type that the user agent is confident
+  represents a <span>media resource</span> that it can render if used
+  in a <code>audio</code> or <code>video</code> element, 0 if it
+  cannot determine whether it could do so, and &#x2212;1 if it is
+  confident that it would not be able to render resources of that
+  type.</p>
+
+
+
   <h3 id="offline">Offline Web applications</h3>
 
   <h4>Introduction</h4>

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