[mozilla#324] scratch all that, let's go super simple

popcorn.js

@@ -134,14 +134,6 @@
       // get video element by id or reference
       this.video = matches && matches.length && matches[ 2 ] ? document.getElementById( matches[ 2 ] ) : entity;
 
-      this.video instanceof Object || Popcorn.error( entity + " is not a valid reference to a video");
-
-      // if a required function does not exist, simply do nothing when it is called
-      this.video.play = this.video.play || Popcorn.nop;
-      this.video.pause = this.video.pause || Popcorn.nop;
-      this.video.addEventListener = this.video.addEventListener || Popcorn.nop;
-      this.video.dispatchEvent = this.video.dispatchEvent || Popcorn.nop;
-
       Popcorn.addInstance( this );
 
       this.data = {

test/popcorn.unit.js

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ test( "Object", function () {
       popObj = Popcorn( document.getElementById( "video" ) ),
       methods = "load play pause currentTime mute volume roundTime exec removePlugin",
       count = 0,
-      expects = 34;
+      expects = 30;
 
   expect( expects );
 
@@ -244,46 +244,6 @@ test( "Object", function () {
     ok( k in popObj, "instance by reference has method: " + k );
     plus();
   });
-
-  try {
-
-    Popcorn( document.getElementById( "videoNotHere" ) );
-    ok(false, "videoNotHere"); plus();
-  } catch ( e ) {
-
-    equal( e.toString() === "null is not a valid reference to a video", true, e );
-    plus();
-  }
-
-  try {
-
-    Popcorn( "videoNotHere" );
-    ok(false, "videoNotHere"); plus();
-  } catch ( e ) {
-
-    equal( e.toString() === "videoNotHere is not a valid reference to a video", true, e );
-    plus();
-  }
-
-  try {
-
-    Popcorn( 1 );
-    ok(false, 1); plus();
-  } catch ( e ) {
-
-    equal( e.toString() === "1 is not a valid reference to a video", true, e );
-    plus();
-  }
-
-  try {
-
-    Popcorn();
-    ok(false, "undefined"); plus();
-  } catch ( e ) {
-
-    equal( e.toString() === "undefined is not a valid reference to a video", true, e );
-    plus();
-  }
 });
 
 module("Popcorn Methods");