HTML5 Video and Audio Player Plugin – MediaElement.js

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HTML5 Video and Audio Player Plugin - MediaElement
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Last Update:March 9, 2023
Publish Date: March 8, 2023
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License: MIT
Plugin Author: mediaelement
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MediaElement.js is free jQuery/JavaScript Audio and Video player Plugins and an open-source HTML5 media player that allows developers to easily embed audio and video into web pages. It supports a wide range of file formats and provides a consistent interface across different browsers and devices.

MediaElement.js also comes with features like customization options, automatic fallbacks for older browsers, and support for captions and subtitles. With its flexibility and ease of use, MediaElement.js is a popular choice for adding media to websites and applications.

By using the jQuery plugin for MediaElement.js, you can easily create custom controls for your audio and video player, customize the design to match your website’s style, and even add additional functionality such as analytics tracking.

Whether you are building a simple podcast player or a complex video streaming platform, the MediaElement.js jQuery plugin makes it easy to get started and create a seamless user experience. With its extensive documentation and community support, you can be sure that you are using a reliable and powerful tool to enhance your website’s media capabilities.

How to used ?

Add the core MediaElement.js JavaScript library, OPTIONAL language files in the document.

<!-- jQuery is OPTIONAL -->
<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Core -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/build/mediaelementplayer.min.css" />
<script src="/path/to/build/mediaelement-and-player.js"></script>
<!-- Dailymotion Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/dailymotion.js"></script>
<!-- Facebook Video Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/facebook.js"></script>
<!-- Soundcloud Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/soundcloud.js"></script>
<!-- Twitch Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/twitch.js"></script>
<!-- Vimeo Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/vimeo.js"></script>
<!-- Youtube Renderer -->
<script src="/path/to/build/renderers/youtube.js"></script>
<!-- All Languages -->
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ca.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/cs.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/de.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/es.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/fa.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/fr.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/hr.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/hu.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/it.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ja.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ko.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ms.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/nl.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/pl.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/pt.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ro.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/ru.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/sk.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/sv.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/tr.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/uk.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/zh-cn.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/lang/zh.js"></script>

Add the MediaElement.js on your HTML5 video or audio.

// As a jQuery plugin
$('video, audio').mediaelementplayer({
  // more configuration here
});

// As a Vanilla JavaScript plugin
var player = new MediaElementPlayer('player', {
    // more configurations here
});

Possible options to config the media player. Note that the plugin supports all native HTML5 video and audio attributes. See <video /> and <audio /> for more details.

$('video, audio').mediaelementplayer({

  /* Core Options */

  // List of renderers to use
  renderers: [],

  // Name of the container
  fakeNodeName: mediaelementwrapper,

  //  Path where Flash shims are located
  pluginPath: 'build/',

  // path where the svg icon sprite is located
  iconSprite: 'mejs-controls.svg',

  // Possible values: always (CDN version) or sameDomain (local files)
  shimScriptAccess: 'sameDomain',

  // Success callback
  // media: the wrapper that mimics all the native events/properties/methods for all renderers
  // node: the original HTML video, audio or iframe tag where the media was loaded originally
  success: function(media, node) {},

  // Error callback
  error: function(media, node) {},

  // Dailymotion options
  // See: https://developer.dailymotion.com/player
  dailymotion: {},

  // Dash options
  // See: https://github.com/Axinom/drm-quick-start
  dash: {},

  // Facebook Video options
  // See: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/embedded-video-player/api#setup
  facebook: {},

  // flv.js options
  // See: https://github.com/Bilibili/flv.js/blob/master/docs/api.md
  flv: {},

  // hls.js options
  // See: https://github.com/dailymotion/hls.js/blob/master/API.md#fine-tuning
  hls: {},

  // Youtube options
  // See: https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters#Parameters
  youtube: {
    nocookie: false,
    imageQuality: 'default', // hqdefault, mqdefault, sddefault and maxresdefault
    // Youtube options here
  },

  // Class prefix for player elements
  classPrefix: 'mejs__',

  // Poster URL
  poster: '',

  // Show the poster when the video is ended
  showPosterWhenEnded: false,

  // Show the poster when the video is paused
  showPosterWhenPaused: false,

  // Default video width/height
  defaultVideoWidth: 480,
  defaultVideoHeight: 270,

  // video width/height
  videoWidth: -1,
  videoHeight: -1,

  // Default audio width/height
  defaultAudioWidth: 400,
  defaultAudioHeight: 30,

  // audio width/height
  audioWidth : -1  Width of audio player
  audioHeight: -1  Height of audio player

  // Default amount to move back when back key is pressed
  defaultSeekBackwardInterval: function(media) {return (media.duration * 0.05);},

  // Default amount to move forward when forward key is pressed
  defaultSeekForwardInterval: function(media) {return (media.duration * 0.05);},

  // Set dimensions via JS instead of CSS
  setDimensions: true,

  // Initial volume when the player starts
  startVolume: 0.8,

  // Infinite loop
  loop: false,

  // Auto rewind when the media ends
  autoRewind: true,

  // Auto resize
  enableAutosize: true,

  // Time format
  timeFormat: 'mm:ss',

  // Always show hours
  alwaysShowHours: false,

  // Show frame count in timecode (##:00:00:00)
  showTimecodeFrameCount: false,

  // Frames per second
  framesPerSecond: 25,

  // Automatically calculate the width of the progress bar based on the sizes of other elements
  autosizeProgress: true,

  // Hide controls when playing and mouse is not over the video
  alwaysShowControls: false,

  // Hide the video control when the media is loading
  hideVideoControlsOnLoad: false,

  // Hide the video controls when the media is paused
  hideVideoControlsOnPause: false,

  // Clicking video element to toggle play/pause
  clickToPlayPause: true,

  // Time in ms to hide controls
  controlsTimeoutDefault: 1500,

  // Time in ms to trigger the timer when your mouse moves
  controlsTimeoutMouseEnter: 2500,

  // Time in ms to trigger the timer when your mouse leaves
  controlsTimeoutMouseLeave: 1000,

  // Use iPad's native controls
  iPadUseNativeControls: false,

  // Use iPhone's native controls
  iPhoneUseNativeControls: false,

  // Use <a href="https://www.jquerypost.com">Android</a>'s native controls
  AndroidUseNativeControls: false,

  // List of features/plugin to use in the player
  features: [playpause, current, progress, duration, tracks, volume, fullscreen],

  // Use all the default controls
  useDefaultControls: false,

  // Only for dynamic purposes
  isVideo: true,

  // Stretching modes for video player
  // or 'fill'
  stretching: 'auto',

  // Enable keyboard
  enableKeyboard: true,

  // Pause other players when the current one is playing
  pauseOtherPlayers: true,

  // Ignore pauseOtherPlayers option on the current player
  ignorePauseOtherPlayersOption: true,

  // Number of decimal places to show if frames are shown
  secondsDecimalLength: 0,

  // Custom error
  // string or function
  customError: function(media, node){},

  // Keyboard actions
  keyActions: {keys: [1,2,3...], action: function(player, media) { ... }},

  // Start point
  duration: -1,

  // Separator between the current time and the total duration
  timeAndDurationSeparator: '<span> &#124; </span>' 

  // Hide the volume on touch devices
  hideVolumeOnTouchDevices: true,

  // Enable tooltip on the progress bar
  enableProgress<a href="https://www.jquerypost.com/category/tooltip/">Tooltip</a>: true,

  // Enable smooth behavior when hovering over the progress bar
  useSmoothHover: true,

  // If set to true, the Live Broadcast message will be displayed and progress bar will be hidden, no matter if duration is a valid number
  forceLive: false,

  // Position of volume slider
  audioVolume: 'horizontal',
  videoVolume: 'vertical',

  // Activate detection of Pointer events when on the fullscreen mode
  usePluginFullScreen: true,

  // Bypass native capabilities on mobile devices and use the fake-fullscreen mode
  useFakeFullscreen: false,

  // Remove the [cc] button when no <track kind="subtitles"> are present
  hideCaptionsButtonWhenEmpty: true,

  // If true and we only have one track, change captions to toggle button
  toggleCaptionsButtonWhenOnlyOne: false,

  // Default cue line in which to display cues if the cue is set to "auto" (no line entry in VTT). 
  // Can be set to false to disable.
  defaultTrackLine: -3,

  // Automatically turn on a <track> element. 
  autoplayCaptionLanguage: '',

  // Set the language of the chapters track. 
  chaptersLanguage: '',

  // Hide the video player screen reader title so it can be added by the website
  hideScreenReaderTitle: false,

  // Text for accessibility
  tracksText: null,
  chaptersText: null,
  muteText: null,
  unmuteText: null,
  allyVolumeControlText: null,
  fullscreenText: null,
  playText: null,
  pauseText: null,

});

Plugins Properties.

// returns true or false
myPlayer.autoplay

// returns an object representing the buffered parts of the audio/video
myPlayer.buffered

// returns true or false
myPlayer.controls

// returns the URL
myPlayer.currentSrc

// returns the current playback position in the audio/video
myPlayer.currentTime

// returns the length in seconds
myPlayer.duration

// returns true or false
myPlayer.ended

// returns a MediaError object representing the error state
myPlayer.error

// returns true or false
myPlayer.loop

// returns true or false
myPlayer.muted

// returns true or false
myPlayer.paused 

// return the current ready state
myPlayer.readyState

// returns true or false
myPlayer.seeking

// return the current source
myPlayer.src

// returns the volume
myPlayer.volume

Done

Thanks for make jQuery plugin is developed by mediaelement For more Helpfull for users, please check the demo page or visit the official website.

Mady

Mady Schaferhoff is an expert jQuery script at jQuerypost. He offers web development services to clients globally. He also loves sharing Html,CSS, jQuery knowledge through blog posts like this one.