Using Video.js v8 or earlier? Visit legacy.videojs.org

Pat O'Neill

Aug 22, 2022

Video.js 8 and Video.js HTTP Streaming 3

Video.js 8 and VHS 3 drop IE support and ES5 transpilation for 3-4% size reduction, introduce new TitleBar component with loadMedia metadata support, reorganize utilities into videojs.dom/fn/num/obj/str/time/url objects, and target evergreen browsers plus Chromium 53 for Smart TV compatibility.

Apr 17, 2018

Autoplay Best Practices with Video.js

Pat O'Neill

Video.js autoplay best practices recommend never assuming autoplay succeeds, using muted attribute to improve success rates, preferring programmatic player.play() over autoplay attribute, and handling Promise rejection to detect when browsers block autoplay.