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Video.js - HTML5 Video Player

31 points by taytus 14y ago

cleverjake 14y ago
Id be interested in hearing how this compares to mediaelementjs
- taytus 14y ago
  Hope this helps: http://html5video.org/wiki/HTML5_Player_Comparison http://html5video.org/wiki/HTML5_Player_Comparison
  - cleverjake 14y ago
    thank you very much for that. ME.js has keyboard controls, and this doesn't use jQuery. Considering this is less than a third of the size of mediaelement, once it gets keyboard controls, this seems like a clear champion.
dm8 14y ago
That's great! Will be handy for lot of devs. Out of curiosity, what is the video that they play on their home page (fish, sharks and birds); it's fascinating.
- smarx 14y ago
  The link under the video that says "video clip from" points to http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/ http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/.
jonny_eh 14y ago
Very nice. Some UI things: Clicking on the video pauses/resumes fine on HTML5, but not Flash. Pressing space doesn't pause/resume. I can't unmute in Flash by pressing the mute button. The mute button doesn't cause the volume slider to move in HTML5. Dragging the seek button doesn't go smoothly in Flash.
CoryG89 14y ago
I get weird static and pixelation in fullscreen on Chrome -Ubuntu 12.04
LukeHoersten 14y ago
Much lower CPU usage than the Flash equivalent on Linux (no real surprise). Extremely snappy performance. Great interface. Well done.
mikesmullin3 14y ago
i've been using it for the past 2 months and it has random crashes i can't explain. the error messages are not helpful. i will probably be switching to mediaelement in a few days. i think mediaelement has a broader device support. if you look at the issues tab on html5js you see a lot of problems with ipad and other mobile devices.
- tipiirai 14y ago
  Have you seen the new Flowplayer? http://flowplayer.org http://flowplayer.org
  - peterhil 14y ago
    Wow, this seems good. I've been using VideoJS for the last couple of months and the biggest problem with it is, that they do Classes, Events end everything themselves. The Components system is good though, but VideoJS needs some rewrite to use jQuery or Ender, or some libraries from microJS.com...
lake_rogue 14y ago
The captions on the video are epic. Don't miss a watch with the CC on.
zio99 14y ago
You convinced me when I turned on captions :-)
sakai 14y ago
Looks awesome. One really minor nit (only bringing it up because it's odd / looks like there's a +1 floating around somewhere): In the HTML5 version (latest Safari, Mac OS X) there's a small black band to the left of the video that is NOT in the flash version. Guessing offhand looks like it's 2-3px.
jack_lockyer 14y ago
Has anyone managed to use this with any lightbox plugin/code?

31 points by taytus 14y ago

cleverjake 14y ago

Id be interested in hearing how this compares to mediaelementjs

taytus 14y ago
Hope this helps: http://html5video.org/wiki/HTML5_Player_Comparison http://html5video.org/wiki/HTML5_Player_Comparison
- cleverjake 14y ago
  thank you very much for that. ME.js has keyboard controls, and this doesn't use jQuery. Considering this is less than a third of the size of mediaelement, once it gets keyboard controls, this seems like a clear champion.

dm8 14y ago

That's great! Will be handy for lot of devs. Out of curiosity, what is the video that they play on their home page (fish, sharks and birds); it's fascinating.

smarx 14y ago
The link under the video that says "video clip from" points to http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/ http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/.

jonny_eh 14y ago

Very nice. Some UI things: Clicking on the video pauses/resumes fine on HTML5, but not Flash. Pressing space doesn't pause/resume. I can't unmute in Flash by pressing the mute button. The mute button doesn't cause the volume slider to move in HTML5. Dragging the seek button doesn't go smoothly in Flash.

CoryG89 14y ago

I get weird static and pixelation in fullscreen on Chrome -Ubuntu 12.04

LukeHoersten 14y ago

Much lower CPU usage than the Flash equivalent on Linux (no real surprise). Extremely snappy performance. Great interface. Well done.

mikesmullin3 14y ago

i've been using it for the past 2 months and it has random crashes i can't explain. the error messages are not helpful. i will probably be switching to mediaelement in a few days. i think mediaelement has a broader device support. if you look at the issues tab on html5js you see a lot of problems with ipad and other mobile devices.

tipiirai 14y ago
Have you seen the new Flowplayer? http://flowplayer.org http://flowplayer.org
- peterhil 14y ago
  Wow, this seems good. I've been using VideoJS for the last couple of months and the biggest problem with it is, that they do Classes, Events end everything themselves. The Components system is good though, but VideoJS needs some rewrite to use jQuery or Ender, or some libraries from microJS.com...

lake_rogue 14y ago

The captions on the video are epic. Don't miss a watch with the CC on.

zio99 14y ago

You convinced me when I turned on captions :-)

sakai 14y ago

Looks awesome. One really minor nit (only bringing it up because it's odd / looks like there's a +1 floating around somewhere): In the HTML5 version (latest Safari, Mac OS X) there's a small black band to the left of the video that is NOT in the flash version. Guessing offhand looks like it's 2-3px.

jack_lockyer 14y ago

Has anyone managed to use this with any lightbox plugin/code?