jPlayer

HTML5 Audio & Video for jQuery

a project by happyworm

Step 8 : Summary for a video player

Perform the following actions:

  • Upload the jPlayer JavaScript file and SWF file to: /js
  • Include jQuery in your <head>
  • Include jplayer in your <head>
  • Upload the jPlayer skin files to: /skin
  • Include the jPlayer skin in your <head>
  • Add the jPlayer video interface HTML to your <body>
  • Add the JavaScript to instance jPlayer to your <head>

Your <html> code should look like: 

<html>
<head>
  <link type="text/css" href="/skin/jplayer.blue.monday.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.jplayer.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
      $("#jquery_jplayer_1").jPlayer({
        ready: function () {
          $(this).jPlayer("setMedia", {
            m4v: "http://www.jplayer.org/video/m4v/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_480x270_h264aac.m4v",
            ogv: "http://www.jplayer.org/video/ogv/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_480x270.ogv",
            poster: "http://www.jplayer.org/video/poster/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_480x270.png"
          });
        },
        swfPath: "/js",
        supplied: "m4v, ogv"
      });
    });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="jp_container_1" class="jp-video ">
    <div class="jp-type-single">
      <div id="jquery_jplayer_1" class="jp-jplayer"></div>
      <div class="jp-gui">
        <div class="jp-video-play">
          <a href="javascript:;" class="jp-video-play-icon" tabindex="1">play</a>
        </div>
        <div class="jp-interface">
          <div class="jp-progress">
            <div class="jp-seek-bar">
              <div class="jp-play-bar"></div>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="jp-current-time"></div>
          <div class="jp-duration"></div>
          <div class="jp-controls-holder">
            <ul class="jp-controls">
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-play" tabindex="1">play</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-pause" tabindex="1">pause</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-stop" tabindex="1">stop</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-mute" tabindex="1" title="mute">mute</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-unmute" tabindex="1" title="unmute">unmute</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-volume-max" tabindex="1" title="max volume">max volume</a></li>
            </ul>
            <div class="jp-volume-bar">
              <div class="jp-volume-bar-value"></div>
            </div>
            <ul class="jp-toggles">
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-full-screen" tabindex="1" title="full screen">full screen</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-restore-screen" tabindex="1" title="restore screen">restore screen</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-repeat" tabindex="1" title="repeat">repeat</a></li>
              <li><a href="javascript:;" class="jp-repeat-off" tabindex="1" title="repeat off">repeat off</a></li>
            </ul>
          </div>
          <div class="jp-title">
            <ul>
              <li>Big Buck Bunny Trailer</li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="jp-no-solution">
        <span>Update Required</span>
        To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Flash plugin</a>.
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

And you will create the following video player on your page.
Press play to start the media.

Media used in demo: © 2008, Blender Foundation - bigbuckbunny.org

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Notes:

If your media URLs do not work on some browsers and you are certain they are correct, then check your MIME type is correct in your server response.