Video.js is a full featured, open source video player for all web-based platforms.
Right out of the box, Video.js supports all common media formats used on the web including streaming formats like HLS and DASH. It works on desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and web-based Smart TVs. It can be further extended and customized by a robust ecosystem of [plugins][plugins].
Video.js was started in the middle of 2010 and is now used on over ~~50,000~~~~100,000~~~~200,000~~~~400,000~~~~700,000~~ [800,000 websites][builtwith].
Thanks to the awesome folks over at [Fastly][fastly], there's a free, CDN hosted version of Video.js that anyone can use. Add these tags to your document's `<head>`:
Alternatively, you can include Video.js by getting it from [npm](https://videojs.com/getting-started/#install-via-npm), downloading it from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/releases) or by including it via [unpkg](https://unpkg.com) or another JavaScript CDN, like CDNjs.
Next, using Video.js is as simple as creating a `<video>` element, but with an additional `data-setup` attribute. At a minimum, this attribute must have a value of `'{}'`, but it can include any Video.js [options][options] - just make sure it contains valid JSON!
When the page loads, Video.js will find this element and automatically setup a player in its place.
If you don't want to use automatic setup, you can leave off the `data-setup` attribute and initialize a `<video>` element manually using the `videojs` function:
If you're ready to dive in, the [Getting Started][getting-started] page and [documentation][docs] are the best places to go for more information. If you get stuck, head over to our [Slack][slack-link]!
Video.js is a free and open source library, and we appreciate any help you're willing to give - whether it's fixing bugs, improving documentation, or suggesting new features. Check out the [contributing guide][contributing] for more!
_Video.js uses [BrowserStack][browserstack] for compatibility testing._
