OpenTV Player Web HTML5

Namespace: videojs

videojs~ videojs

The videojs() function doubles as the main function for users to create a Player instance as well as the main library namespace.

It can also be used as a getter for a pre-existing Player instance. However, we strongly recommend using videojs.getPlayer() for this purpose because it avoids any potential for unintended initialization.

Due to limitations of our JSDoc template, we cannot properly document this as both a function and a namespace, so its function signature is documented here.

Arguments

id

string|Element, required

Video element or video element ID.

options

Object, optional

Options object for providing settings. See: Options Guide.

ready

Component~ReadyCallback, optional

A function to be called when the Player and Tech are ready.

Return Value

The videojs() function returns a Player instance.

Classes

AudioTrack
EventTarget
TextTrack
VideoTrack

Members

static module:videojs~videojs.browserObject

A reference to the browser utility module as an object.

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static module:videojs~videojs.domObject

A reference to the DOM utility module as an object.

See:

static module:videojs~videojs.logfunction

A reference to the log utility module as an object.

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static module:videojs~videojs.optionsObject

The global options object. These are the settings that take effect if no overrides are specified when the player is created.

static module:videojs~videojs.playersObject

Global enumeration of players.

The keys are the player IDs and the values are either the Player instance or null for disposed players.

static module:videojs~videojs.TOUCH_ENABLEDboolean

Use browser.TOUCH_ENABLED instead; only included for backward-compatibility with 4.x.

Deprecated
  • Since version 5.0, use {@link module:browser.TOUCH_ENABLED|browser.TOUCH_ENABLED instead.

    static module:videojs~videojs.urlObject

    A reference to the URL utility module as an object.

    See:

    static module:videojs~videojs.VERSIONstring

    Current Video.js version. Follows semantic versioning.

    Methods

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.addLanguage(code, data){Object}

    Adding languages so that they're available to all players. Example: videojs.addLanguage('es', { 'Hello': 'Hola' });

    Name Type Description
    code string

    The language code or dictionary property

    data Object

    The data values to be translated

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Object The resulting language dictionary object

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.bind(context, fn, uid){function}

    Bind (a.k.a proxy or context). A simple method for changing the context of a function.

    It also stores a unique id on the function so it can be easily removed from events.

    Name Type Description
    context Mixed

    The object to bind as scope.

    fn function

    The function to be bound to a scope.

    uid number optional

    An optional unique ID for the function to be set

    Returns:
    Type Description
    function The new function that will be bound into the context given

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.computedStyle(el, prop)

    A safe getComputedStyle.

    This is needed because in Firefox, if the player is loaded in an iframe with display:none, then getComputedStyle returns null, so, we do a null-check to make sure that the player doesn't break in these cases.

    Name Type Description
    el Element

    The element you want the computed style of

    prop string

    The property name you want

    See:

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.createTimeRange(start, end)

    Create a TimeRange object which mimics an HTML5 TimeRanges instance.

    Name Type Description
    start number | Array.<Array>

    The start of a single range (a number) or an array of ranges (an array of arrays of two numbers each).

    end number

    The end of a single range. Cannot be used with the array form of the start argument.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.createTimeRanges(start, end)

    Create a TimeRange object which mimics an HTML5 TimeRanges instance.

    Name Type Description
    start number | Array.<Array>

    The start of a single range (a number) or an array of ranges (an array of arrays of two numbers each).

    end number

    The end of a single range. Cannot be used with the array form of the start argument.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.deregisterPlugin(name)

    De-register a Video.js plugin.

    Name Type Description
    name string

    The name of the plugin to be de-registered. Must be a string that matches an existing plugin.

    Throws:
    Type When
    Error

    If an attempt is made to de-register the base plugin.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.extend(superClass, subClassMethods){function}

    Used to subclass an existing class by emulating ES subclassing using the extends keyword.

    Name Type Default Description
    superClass function

    The class to inherit from

    subClassMethods Object {} optional

    Methods of the new class

    Returns:
    Type Description
    function The new class with subClassMethods that inherited superClass.
    Example
    var MyComponent = videojs.extend(videojs.getComponent('Component'), {
      myCustomMethod: function() {
        // Do things in my method.
      }
    });

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.formatTime(seconds, guide){string}

    Delegates to either the default time formatting function or a custom function supplied via setFormatTime.

    Formats seconds as a time string (H:MM:SS or M:SS). Supplying a guide (in seconds) will force a number of leading zeros to cover the length of the guide.

    Name Type Description
    seconds number

    Number of seconds to be turned into a string

    guide number

    Number (in seconds) to model the string after

    Returns:
    Type Description
    string Time formatted as H:MM:SS or M:SS
    Example
    formatTime(125, 600) === "02:05"

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getAllPlayers(){Array}

    Returns an array of all current players.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Array An array of all players. The array will be in the order that Object.keys provides, which could potentially vary between JavaScript engines.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getComponent(name){Component}

    Get a Component based on the name it was registered with.

    Name Type Description
    name string

    The Name of the component to get.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Component The Component that got registered under the given name.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getPlayer(id){Player|undefined}

    Get a single player based on an ID or DOM element.

    This is useful if you want to check if an element or ID has an associated Video.js player, but not create one if it doesn't.

    Name Type Description
    id string | Element

    An HTML element - <video>, <audio>, or <video-js> - or a string matching the id of such an element.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Player | undefined A player instance or undefined if there is no player instance matching the argument.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getPlayers(){Object}

    Get an object with the currently created players, keyed by player ID

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Object The created players

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getPlugin(name){function|undefined}

    Gets a plugin by name if it exists.

    Name Type Description
    name string

    The name of a plugin.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    function | undefined The plugin (or undefined).

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getPlugins(names){Object|undefined}

    Gets an object containing multiple Video.js plugins.

    Name Type Description
    names Array optional

    If provided, should be an array of plugin names. Defaults to all plugin names.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Object | undefined An object containing plugin(s) associated with their name(s) or undefined if no matching plugins exist).

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getPluginVersion(name){string}

    Gets a plugin's version, if available

    Name Type Description
    name string

    The name of a plugin.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    string The plugin's version or an empty string.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.getTech(name){Tech|undefined}

    Get a Tech from the shared list by name.

    Name Type Description
    name string

    camelCase or TitleCase name of the Tech to get

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Tech | undefined The Tech or undefined if there was no tech with the name requested.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.isCrossOrigin(url, winLoc){boolean}

    Returns whether the url passed is a cross domain request or not.

    Name Type Description
    url string

    The url to check.

    winLoc Object optional

    the domain to check the url against, defaults to window.location

    Name Type Description
    protocol string optional

    The window location protocol defaults to window.location.protocol

    host string optional

    The window location host defaults to window.location.host

    Returns:
    Type Description
    boolean Whether it is a cross domain request or not.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.mergeOptions(sources){Object}

    Merge two objects recursively.

    Performs a deep merge like lodash.merge, but only merges plain objects (not arrays, elements, or anything else).

    Non-plain object values will be copied directly from the right-most argument.

    Name Type Description
    sources Array.<Object> repeatable

    One or more objects to merge into a new object.

    Returns:
    Type Description
    Object A new object that is the merged result of all sources.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.off(elem, type, fn)

    Removes event listeners from an element

    Name Type Description
    elem Element | Object

    Object to remove listeners from.

    type string | Array.<string> optional

    Type of listener to remove. Don't include to remove all events from element.

    fn EventTarget~EventListener optional

    Specific listener to remove. Don't include to remove listeners for an event type.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.on(elem, type, fn)

    Add an event listener to element It stores the handler function in a separate cache object and adds a generic handler to the element's event, along with a unique id (guid) to the element.

    Name Type Description
    elem Element | Object

    Element or object to bind listeners to

    type string | Array.<string>

    Type of event to bind to.

    fn EventTarget~EventListener

    Event listener.

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.one(elem, type, fn)

    Trigger a listener only once for an event.

    Name Type Description
    elem Element | Object

    Element or object to bind to.

    type string | Array.<string>

    Name/type of event

    fn Event~EventListener

    Event listener function

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.parseUrl(url){url:URLObject}

    Resolve and parse the elements of a URL.

    Name Type Description
    url String

    The url to parse

    Returns:
    Type Description
    url:URLObject An object of url details

    staticmodule:videojs~videojs.plugin(name, plugin)

    Deprecated method to register a plugin with Video.js

    Name Type Description
    name string

    The plugin name

    plugin Plugin | function

    The plugin sub-class or function

    Deprecated
    • videojs.plugin() is deprecated; use videojs.registerPlugin() instead

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.registerComponent(name, comp){Component}

      Register a component so it can referred to by name. Used when adding to other components, either through addChild component.addChild('myComponent') or through default children options { children: ['myComponent'] }.

      NOTE: You could also just initialize the component before adding. component.addChild(new MyComponent());

      Name Type Description
      name string

      The class name of the component

      comp Component

      The component class

      Returns:
      Type Description
      Component The newly registered component

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.registerPlugin(name, plugin){function}

      Register a Video.js plugin.

      Name Type Description
      name string

      The name of the plugin to be registered. Must be a string and must not match an existing plugin or a method on the Player prototype.

      plugin function

      A sub-class of Plugin or a function for basic plugins.

      Returns:
      Type Description
      function For advanced plugins, a factory function for that plugin. For basic plugins, a wrapper function that initializes the plugin.

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.registerTech(name, tech)

      Registers a Tech into a shared list for videojs.

      Name Type Description
      name string

      Name of the Tech to register.

      tech Object

      The Tech class to register.

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.resetFormatTime()

      Resets formatTime to the default implementation.

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.setFormatTime(customImplementation)

      Replaces the default formatTime implementation with a custom implementation.

      Name Type Description
      customImplementation function

      A function which will be used in place of the default formatTime implementation. Will receive the current time in seconds and the guide (in seconds) as arguments.

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.trigger(elem, event, hash){boolean|undefined}

      Trigger an event for an element

      Name Type Description
      elem Element | Object

      Element to trigger an event on

      event EventTarget~Event | string

      A string (the type) or an event object with a type attribute

      hash Object optional

      data hash to pass along with the event

      Returns:
      Type Description
      boolean | undefined Returns the opposite of defaultPrevented if default was prevented. Otherwise, returns undefined

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.use(type, middleware)

      Define a middleware that the player should use by way of a factory function that returns a middleware object.

      Name Type Description
      type string

      The MIME type to match or "*" for all MIME types.

      middleware MiddlewareFactory

      A middleware factory function that will be executed for matching types.

      staticmodule:videojs~videojs.xhr(options){XMLHttpRequest|XDomainRequest}

      A cross-browser XMLHttpRequest wrapper.

      Name Type Description
      options Object

      Settings for the request.

      See:
      Returns:
      Type Description
      XMLHttpRequest | XDomainRequest The request object.