Athletic Hall of Fame Video Poster Images: Keep Faces and Titles Visible Before Playback
An athletic hall of fame video poster image audit confirms that the image shown before a recognition video plays displays the athlete’s face and inductee title legibly—at the correct aspect ratio, without cropping off the subject—in the kiosk’s installed orientation. The HTML <video> element’s poster attribute, documented by MDN Web Docs, accepts a URL pointing to an image that the browser displays while the video is loading and before playback begins. If no poster is set, the browser shows nothing until the first video frame is decoded and available—which can leave a black rectangle on the kiosk for several seconds, particularly on a slow network or with a large video file.
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