HMTL5 Player plugin for Meister

This plugin allows playback using the HTML5 player. This is only a player plugin so it cannot play media on it's own, it needs a media plugin to play. For example the plugin BaseMedia

Getting started

Load the plugin by adding the Html5Player configuration object to the Meister initialisation options.

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {}
});

// Continue Meister configuration
Meister.setItem({ ... });
Meister.load();

Config options

The following options can be set in the Html5Player: {} config.

checkInterval [Number] (default: 200)

The interval checks (in ms) if the player is buffering. The player decides if it's buffering if the player is not paused and the currentTime hasn't moved compared to the last position. Higher numbers result in a longer time before the player decides whether or not the player is buffering.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        checkInterval: 300,
    }
});

playerSeekDebounce [Number] (default: 500)

Due to differences in how browsers handle seeking through video it is necessary to debounce the trigger for the 'playerSeekComplete' event. Higher values reduce the number of duplicate events at the cost of losing some accuracy. By default this trigger is debounced for 500 milliseconds.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        playerSeekDebounce: 700,
    }
});

audioOnly [Boolean] (default: false)

Set the player in audio only mode. This results in using only the <audio> tag for playback instead of using the <video> tag. If you want this option only to set per item you can use the mediaType property on setItem();

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        audioOnly: true,
    }
});

defaultAudioImage [String] (default: '')

Sets the image for audioOnly streams. This way you can create a visual indicating the stream is audio only.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        audioOnly: true,
        defaultAudioImage: 'https://example.com/images/audio.png',
    }
});

iosPlaysInline [Boolean] (default: false)

Adds the attribute playsinline to the <video> or <audio> element. This way you can play the video inline on iOS devices.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        iosPlaysInline: true
    }
});

startMuted [Boolean] (default: false)

Options to start the player in muted mode.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        startMuted: true
    }
});

posterImage [String] (default: undefined)

A URL indicating a poster frame to show until the user plays or seeks. If this attribute isn't specified, nothing is displayed until the first frame is available; then the first frame is shown as the poster frame.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        posterImage: 'http://example.com/poster.png'
    }
});

enableKeyBoardShortcuts [Boolean] (default: true)

Enables the keyboard shorcuts on meister

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {
        enableKeyBoardShortcuts: false // Disables the keyboard shorcuts
    }
});

Item options

The following options are available for per item configuration.

mediaType [String] (default: undefined)

The same as the config option audioOnly only this can be set per item.

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {}
});

meisterPlayer.setItem({
    src: 'INSERT_SRC_HERE',
    mediaType: 'audio',
    type: 'mp4'
});

crossorigin [String] (default: undefined)

Sets the crossorigin attribute on the <video> or <audio> element. For more information on this attribute and what properties can be set, you can visit the MDN Documentation

Example:

var meisterPlayer = new Meister('#player', {
    Html5Player: {}
});

meisterPlayer.setItem({
    src: 'INSERT_SRC_HERE',
    crossorigin: 'anonymous',
    type: 'mp4'
});