Play/Pause Stop Mute/Unmute Vol+ Vol- Fullscreen Įach button is given an id so it can be easily accessed with JavaScript. The next step is to define a custom control set, also in HTML, which will be used to control the video. The code above would allow playback of the video in most browsers, using the browser's default control set. In addition a download link is displayed to allow users to download the MP4 video file, should they wish to (providing those without Flash installed with a method of viewing the video, a fallback for a fallback if you like). For further information on video formats and browser compatibility, see supported media formats.įor browsers that do not support HTML5 video, a Flash player is provided that will allow playback of the MP4 video source, provided the end user has Flash installed. Using these different source formats gives the best chance of being supported across all browsers that support HTML5 video. Three different video sources are provided for the player: MP4, WebM, and Ogg. IE9 will only use the specified poster image in this way if preload='none' is set otherwise, it will take the first still of the video and display that instead. Most browsers interpret the presence of a poster attribute to mean that the specified image is to be displayed until the user chooses to play the video.

Note: IE9 behaves differently than most other browsers when a poster attribute is set.

This provides the player with data such as video duration and format. Doing things this way still allows users who have JavaScript turned off (for whatever reason) to still have access to the browser's native controls.Ī poster image is defined for the video, and the preload attribute is set to metadata, which informs the browser that it should initially only attempt to load the metadata from the video file rather than the entire video file. Download MP4 © Blender Foundation | Įven though this player will define its own custom control set, the controls attribute is still added to the element, and the player's default control set is switched off later with JavaScript.

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