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Spec should specify how to decide the capabilities / settings, when the source is a file.
Sourcing from file is being dropped, replaced with sourcing from a <video> element (as implemented by Mozilla) - bug 26017 The same question could be asked about <video> sourcing, if it's not clear from the description of <video> sourcing.