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* Fixes IE9 issue #77
gvenkat Sep 27, 2014
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gvenkat Sep 27, 2014
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17 changes: 13 additions & 4 deletions detect/video.js
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if(!has("dom")){ return; }

var video = document.createElement("video");
var video = document.createElement("video"),
// IE9 is reported to throw errors if "Desktop Experience" is not installed
// have a look at this:
// https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/issues/224
canPlayType = function( type ) {
try {
return video.canPlayType( type );
} catch( e ) { }
return false;
};

addtest("video", function(){
return has.isHostType(video, "canPlayType");
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// workaround required for ie9, who doesn't report video support without audio codec specified.
// bug 599718 @ msft connect
var h264 = 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E';
return has("video") && (video.canPlayType(h264 + '"') || video.canPlayType(h264 + ', mp4a.40.2"'));
return has("video") && ( canPlayType(h264 + '"') || canPlayType(h264 + ', mp4a.40.2"'));
});

addtest("video-ogg-theora", function(){
return has("video") && video.canPlayType('video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"');
return has("video") && canPlayType('video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"');
});

addtest("video-webm", function(){
return has("video") && video.canPlayType('video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"');
return has("video") && canPlayType('video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"');
});

})(has, has.add, has.cssprop);