mediatypes.video - WebM - No alpha support in Safari
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browser:safari
data:api
- Dominant language
- JSON
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Description
What type of issue is this?
Incorrect support data (example: BrowserX says "86" but support was added in "40")
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
Safari doesn't have full WebM support, as it doesn't support alpha channels.
What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?
No response
What did you expect to see?
Partial support for Safari
Did you test this? If so, how?
Yes.
With https://rotato.netlify.app/alpha-demo/movie-webm.webm.
Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?
No response
Do you have anything more you want to share?
No response
MDN URL
No response
MDN metadata
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the mediatypes.video WebM compatibility entry and compare its Safari data with the reported alpha-demo/movie-webm.webm behavior. Update the entry so Safari reflects partial support for WebM alpha channels, then verify that the compatibility data matches the observed result.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- json
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100