@mux/mux-player
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Mux Player recently released 3.0. The most visible change in this is new tooltips that are enabled by default, as well as other fixes and changes.
For changes relating to the previous major release, 2.0, see the V1 to V2 upgrade guide and the blog post announcement.
<mux-player> is the official Mux-flavored video player web component.
The player UI is built on Media Chrome and <mux-video> drives the core video logic used to play Mux Video content.
npm install @mux/mux-player
or
yarn add @mux/mux-player
<mux-player
playback-id="DS00Spx1CV902MCtPj5WknGlR102V5HFkDe"
metadata-video-title="Big Buck Bunny"
metadata-viewer-user-id="user-id-1234"
></mux-player>
Docs and guides live on docs.mux.com.
API reference lives on Github.
Video.js is a popular open-source HTML5 video player that supports a wide range of video formats and provides a robust plugin architecture. Compared to @mux/mux-player, Video.js offers more flexibility and a larger community but requires more setup for Mux integration.
Plyr is a lightweight, customizable video player that supports HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo. It offers a clean UI and is easy to integrate. While it doesn't have built-in Mux support like @mux/mux-player, it can be extended to work with Mux Video.
Hls.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to play HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) videos in browsers that do not support it natively. It is not a full-featured video player but can be used in conjunction with other players like Video.js to provide HLS support. Unlike @mux/mux-player, it requires additional setup for a complete video player experience.
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An open source Mux player web component that Just Works™
The npm package @mux/mux-player receives a total of 1,482,409 weekly downloads. As such, @mux/mux-player popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @mux/mux-player demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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