I want a fallback to my edge animations if the users browser doesn't support html 5. I'm talking about animations NOT video. I created the same animation in flash and now I just need to know how to dynamically switch it out. I assume this is going to need to be done with JavaScript which I'm not very knowledgeable on.
To fallback to flash just include the flash object after the last source in the tag
<video controls poster="video.jpg" width="854" height="480">
<source src="video.webm">
<source src="video.mp4">
[Flash player goes here]
</video>
You can see a much more detailed explanation and a few examples here
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I am using html5 and while the video is downloading I am using a fallback image in poster attribute. but the problem is once the video is downloaded a flashy screen is showing for a short period of time. how can I remove this, so that the flash will not visible?
<video class="bg-video" loop="" muted="" autoplay="" playsinline="" poster="https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/Zs0bsagDzw8/maxresdefault.jpg">
<source />
</video>
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https://nordic.dnscheck.io/
If you mean the black frame, it's in your video so you should edit it out from there.
If you really can't edit that file anymore you can still kind of workaround that by using the media fragment syntax and make your video automatically seek to after that black frame:
<video muted loop autoplay
poster="https://nordic.dnscheck.io/bilder/poster.webp"
src="https://nordic.dnscheck.io/nordic.webm#t=0.8"
></video>
However beware that the black frame will still be here at the next loop.
Also, while it's not an issue for you since you do autoplay the video, one should note that (currently) setting the seeking time through the media fragment syntax will disable the poster once the video has loaded.
I scraped some videos, and displayed them with iframes. That works well, however, I am now looking for a way to control these videos on my react app.
What i mean by control is for instance: pause, play, currentTime in video...etc.
I have tried several things so far.
html5 tags, but it does not work mp4 video link that I have.
A few packages, like jplayer or player.js.
I am pretty sure I can achieve my goal, I guess I just need to find the right tool.
EDIT: Here is a example of my code with video.js
<video
id="my-player"
class="video-js"
controls
preload="auto"
poster="//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.png"
data-setup='{}'>
<source src="https://openload.co/embed/myvideo" type="video/mp4"></source>
<p class="vjs-no-js">
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a
web browser that
<a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank">
supports HTML5 video
</a>
</p>
</video>
Take a look at video.js. It will give you a complete control over your video playback. Take a look at their advanced examples.
Also, you don't need iframes to work with videos. If that is a design decision then it's fine but you can do video embeds without iframes.
To control video player instance via js refer to following
JS
var myPlayer = videojs('example_video_1');
HTML
<video id="example_video_1" data-setup="{}" controls="">
<source src="my-source.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
Then you can control the player instance like following
myPlayer.play();
myPlayer.pause();
myPlayer.currentTime(120);
Please look at the player API in the following link
https://docs.videojs.com/docs/api/player.html
Please look at react component implementation in the following link
https://docs.videojs.com/tutorial-react.html
I don't understand why HTML5 fallback works properly but Video.js doesn't.
I have made two simple examples to illustrate that I'm trying to explain. If one source fails, the player should switch to the next available source.
Base Layout
<video class="video-js vjs-default-skin"
height="300"
width="600"
controls autoplay>
<source src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans_FAILS.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
Example 1 - HTML5
http://output.jsbin.com/xadihumoka/3
It follows perfectly the W3C HTML5 spec of "The resource selection algorithm for a media element".
Example 2 - Video.js
http://output.jsbin.com/koracuboyo/1
Get errored and doesn't recover from error state.
I cannot find any documentation about this problem on video.js github page or the resource selection algorithm for a media element implemented by video.js. I know they use a tech order for determine the source to play, but they only consider 1 working¿? source per tech.
I'm asking here instead of in the video.js issue tracking system(github) because they close by default the non-core issues.
There is a simple link
01. The Name of Track
How to play the mp3 file, when user clicks on link? Please help me to find some simple and effective solution.
Thank you.
Thank you for help.
I choosed this solution http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/demo/play-mp3-links/ as the most appropriate in my case.
Use HTML5 <audio>
<audio controls id="linkAudio">
<source src="demo.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="demo.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
<script>
document.getElementById("link_id").addEventListener("click", function () {
document.getElementById("linkAudio").play();
});
</script>
Note: As audio is an HTML5 tag, it won't support old browsers, so be
sure before you use it..
Or take a look at this article
Many browsers today (like Chrome and Firefox) will not play MP3 or MP4 files, due to IP restrictions. You can either transcode your files to compatible alternatives, like Ogg, or you'll have to rely on plugins to get universal browser support. One very good option is Soundmanager, which I'm using in a project where transcoding is not an option. It uses HTML 5 playback when it can, but falls back to an invisible Flash movie if the file type is not supported by the chosen browser. It's extremely flexible, but it has a bit of a learning curve. The demos are fantastic though, and provide several types of players that you can probably just drop in to whatever your interface is.
You have several options, you could use the html5 audio tag, which would create a small player that would allow you to play the audio:
<audio controls width="100" height="100">
<source src="some.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
<!-- Fallback for older browsers -->
Your browser doesn't support html5 audio
</audio>
You could also use the embed html tag:
<embed src="some.mp3" autostart="false" id="somemp3" enablejavascript="yes">
Then run the following javascript upon clicking the link:
var snd = document.getElementById(somemp3);
snd.play();
Or you could use the embed method for browsers that don't support html5 audio, by putting the above code within the audio tags, and it will show up only if the browser doesn't recognize the audio tag
You could also use a flash audio player.
Play Audio
<audio>
<source src="demo.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="demo.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser doesn't support the audio element.
</audio>
Using jQuery:
$("a").click(function() {
$("audio").play();
});
I've been looking around for a method to embed audio onto a website, have a capability to loop and autoplay and also be able to mute and unmute the audio with javascript. I know that this is possible and very easy in html5, but I've heard that IE doesn't support html5 yet (or the audio tags perhaps).
I also need my embedded audio to work as far back as IE7. So i think that using the tags will work for all other browsers but IE, while I was hoping something like could work for IE; unfortunately, it doesn't support calls from javascript to mute and unmute - this is because I don't want any controls from the audio player to be visible; simply a custom sound button that the user can click to mute and unmute the audio. Any ideas? Seems that something like this is the most simple thing, but the hardest thing to code :/
Consider using a player that uses HTML 5 by default, but can fall back on Flash if it's not supported.
JPlayer can do that, and has a mute function.
HTML5 is your best bet.
<audio>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
<!--
You can put a flash player here in case the users browser doesn't support HTML5 or any of the audio formats you have added.
-->
</audio>
the attributes you might want to specify in the audio tag are controls='controls' to enable playback options like play pause and volume controls including mute; loop='loop' to enable auto-loop; autoplay='autoplay' obviously to autoplay; and preload='auto' to load the audio on page load (you can also specify "metadata" or "none")
your player would probably look like:
<audio preload='auto' autoplay='autoplay' controls='controls' loop='loop'>
<source src="yoursound.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
<source src="yoursound.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
<!--
Flash player here to fall back on if the users browser doesn't support HTML5
-->
</audio>