lr-notebook/

chrome video bug

2016-11-29

Attachments:

loading.mov , loading.webm

Issue

Chrome has an issue with html5 video that causes the page to load indefinitely.

Many have experienced this issue.

refs: [1](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=234779), [2](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29515093/html-videos-status-becomes-pending-after-some-times), [3](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16137381/html5-video-element-request-stay-pending-forever-on-chrome), [4](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/455)

Workaround

| |:-:| | loading.webm with poster |

The easiest workaround in lr-notebook was to add a poster screen. Preloading may also be necessary.

<video controls preload="none" poster="loading.png">