angular-video-bg

NOTE: This project is no longer being maintained. I have been working primarily in React lately, and no longer have time to keep up with all of the Angular updates.

angular-video-bg is an Angular.js YouTube video background player directive. It stresses simplicity and performance.

Demo

Play with the Plunker example

You can also see a demo of the directive here: Angular YouTube Video Background

Download

• Latest Version

You can also install the package using Bower.

bower install angular-video-bg

Or add it to your bower.json file:

dependencies: {
  "angular-video-bg": "~0.3"
}

No dependencies (besides Angular) are required!

The Basics

To use the library, include the JS file on your index page, then include the module in your app:

app = angular.module('myApp', ['angularVideoBg'])

The directive itself is simply called video-bg. The only required attribute is either videoId (which should be a YouTube video ID) or playlist (which should be an array of video objects, see example in advanced usage section below).

<video-bg video-id="video.id"></video-bg>

Inline Options

There are a number of options that be configured inline with attributes:

Option	Default	Description
ratio	16/9	Aspect ratio for the supplied videoId.
loop	true	If set to false, video will not automatically replay when it reaches the end.
mute	true	If set to false, the video's sound will play.
mobile-image	YT video thumb	Background image to display if user is on phone or tablet (videos cannot autoplay on mobile devices), default is YouTube video thumbnail.
start	null	Video start time in seconds. If set, video will play from that point instead of beginning.
end	null	Video end time in seconds. If set, video will play until that point and stop (or loop).
content-z-index	99	If set, will replace the z-index of content within the directive.
allow-click-events	false	If set to true, users will be able to click video to pause/play it.
player-callback	null	If provided, player callback method will be called with the YouTube player object as the first and only argument.

Example:

<video-bg video-id="video.id" ratio="4/3" loop="false" mute="false" mobile-image="'/img/background-img.png'" start="30" end="120" content-z-index="500" allow-click-events="true"></video-bg>

Advanced Usage

The documentation above is sufficient for most use-cases; however, there are other options below for those that need more advanced integration.

Playlist Capability

If instead of playing a single video, you need to play several videos in a playlist, you should use the playlist attribute instead of the videoId attribute. The playlist attribute accepts an array of video objects. Each video object must have a 'videoId' property at minimum. Other valid properties that it can have are 'start', 'end', 'mute', and 'mobileImage'. These all do the same thing as the corresponding options on the directive, however, instead of applying to every video they only apply to the current video. Example below of using the playlist attribute:

angular.module('myApp').controller('VideoCtrl', function($scope) {

    // Array of videos to use as playlist
    $scope.videos = [{
        videoId: 'some_video',
        mute: false
    },{
        videoId: 'some_other_video',
        start: 10,
        end: 50
    }];

});

<video-bg playlist="videos"></video-bg>

If you dynamically change this videos array (e.g. add a new video to the list), the new playlist will be loaded and played accordingly.

YouTube Player API

If you need more control over the video (for example, if you need to play/pause the video on a button click), provide a method with "player" as the only argument to the player-callback attribute.

<video-bg video-id="video.id" player-callback="callback(player)"></video-bg>

angular.module('myApp').controller(['$scope', function($scope) {
    $scope.callback = function(player) {
        $scope.pauseVideo = function() {
            player.pauseVideo();
        };
        $scope.playVideo = function() {
            player.playVideo();
        };
    };
});

The player object gives you complete access to all of the methods and properties on the player in the YouTube IFrame API.

Browser Support

Tested and working in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and IE 9+.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please be sure to document your changes.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

To get the project running, you'll need NPM and Bower. Run npm install and bower install to install all dependencies. Then run grunt serve in the project directory to watch and compile changes.

If you create new unit test, you can run grunt test to execute all of the unit tests. Try to write tests if you contribute.

Potential Features down the road

• Add support for HTML5, Vimeo videos instead of just YouTube videos.