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I am trying to add a new VideoJS object and set it up entirely from JS, without having a DOM video element. The result is that the video is loaded but there aren't any VideoJS controls. Here is the code:
obj = document.createElement('video');
$(obj).attr('id', 'example_video_1');
$(obj).attr('class', 'video-js vjs-default-skin');
var source = document.createElement('source');
$(source).attr('src', path);
$(source).attr('type', 'video/mp4');
$(obj).append(source);
$("#content").append(obj);
_V_("example_video_1", {}, function () {
//
}
});
I will appreciate any help, thanks!
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4 Create audio / video elements with JavaScriptThe video tag can be treated like any other tag in the DOM, so you can easily create one with the document. createElement("video") and then set the video's attributes like source, controls, and so on. Here's an example that adds a video inside a div with id = "myVideo" .
The embed code for YouTube is basically an iframe that links to a normal HTML page that uses JavaScript to load in the video you want to see. In general, you can view video without JavaScript enabled.
Okay took a look at video-js, it's quite nice. Try this:
HTML:
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="http://vjs.zencdn.net/c/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/c/video.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content"> </div>
<!-- appending video here -->
<hr />
<!-- written in html -->
<video id="example_video_by_hand" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls width="640" height="264" poster="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.jpg" preload="auto" data-setup="{}">
<source type="video/mp4" src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.mp4">
</video>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript:
var obj,
source;
obj = document.createElement('video');
$(obj).attr('id', 'example_video_test');
$(obj).attr('class', 'video-js vjs-default-skin');
$(obj).attr('width', '640');
$(obj).attr('data-height', '264');
$(obj).attr('controls', ' ');
$(obj).attr('poster', 'http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.jpg');
$(obj).attr('preload', 'auto');
$(obj).attr('data-setup', '{}');
source = document.createElement('source');
$(source).attr('type', 'video/mp4');
$(source).attr('src', 'http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.mp4');
$("#content").append(obj);
$(obj).append(source);
Working example on jsbin.
Updates:
As polarblau pointed out in a comment the jQuery.attr() can take an object rather than having to call jQuery.attr() multiple times like in my first example.
note: The below is just an example and not a working demo.
var attributes = {
'id': 'example_video_test',
'class': 'video-js vjs-default-skin',
'width': '640',
'data-height': '264',
'controls': ' ',
'poster': 'http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.jpg',
'preload': 'auto',
'data-setup': '{}'
}
var element = $('<video/>').attr(attributes)
//you would also have to add the source element etc but this gives
//a good example of a shorter approach
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