video.js HLS Source Handler
Adds HLS playback support to video.js 5.0+ using Dailymotion's hls.js library.
Installation
Clone the repository.
Install the dependcies npm install.
Use grunt buildto build the dist scripts.
Quality picker
Quality picker is integrated into this source handler. If you want to have quality selection menu in your player, call qualityPickerPlugin() method on video.js player right after initializing the player, like this:
var player = videojs('example-video');
player.qualityPickerPlugin();Usage
Include video.js and videojs5-hlsjs-source-handler.js in your page:
<head>
<link href="http://vjs.zencdn.net/5.0/video-js.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/5.0/video.min.js"></script>
<script src="videojs5-hlsjs-source-handler.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<video id=example-video width=600 height=300 class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls>
<source src="http://sample.vodobox.net/skate_phantom_flex_4k/skate_phantom_flex_4k.m3u8" type="application/x-mpegURL">
</video>
<script>
var player = videojs('example-video');
player.qualityPickerPlugin();
</script>
</script>
</body>
</html>There are several ways of getting video.js files, you can read about them in official documentation and choose the one that match your needs best.
Passing configuration options to hls.js
Define hlsjsConfig property in html5 field of video.js options object and pass it as second param to videojs constructor. List of available hls.js options is here:
<script>
var options = {
html5: {
hlsjsConfig: {
debug: true
}
}
};
var player = videojs('example-video', options);
player.qualityPickerPlugin();
</script>