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robust-video

HTML5 video have different behaviors in different browsers. Including major desktop browsers and mobile browsers. This library is trying to make all platform supports video have very common behavior. And follow standards as much as possible.

Issues Try to Solve

• √ Loop not support on some platform
• √ 'play' event will trigger twice when buffer ready.
• √ Won't stop play when buffer ready even if pause() were called.
• √ 'play', 'pause' event is able to trigger twice on some browsers.
• √ 'playing' event not always trigger when video start plays.
• √ Video duration is incorrect at first.
• iPhone, iPod close player while video is loading will not able to play video again.

How to Use

Throw your video DOM node to robustVideo function:

video = document.getElementById('#my_video');
robustVideo(video);

// or

new RobustVideo(video);

// If you want loop play on all platform.
video.loop = true;

These function will return the same dom node. Then you can listen to robust custom events:

• $play
• $pause
• $playing
• $ended
• $durationchange

All have the same definition as the standard, but more robust.

And if you assign loop attribute to true, on some platform don't support loop play. RobustVideo will auto loop play. RobustVideo didn't change the default behavior so you must assign it by your self. RobustVideo will not do it automatically.

Options

native

video = document.getElementById('#my_video');
robustVideo(video, {native: true});

With native option on, RobustVideo will try robust native events:

• play
• pause
• playing
• ended
• durationchange

By using event.stopImmediatePropagation to prevent native event listener keep trigger functions when don't necessary. You should robust video before assign any event handler if use native option.

Status

License

Copyright (C) 2013 Wei-Ko Kao

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