video.js/docs/index.md

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Start

The Video.js documentation is here to help you setup and use the player. These docs can be found and contributed to in the Video.js library repository.

Setup

Check out the 5 second setup if you're just getting started. The setup documentation gives a deeper view of the additional methods you can use to trigger the player setup.

Options

There are a number of options that can be used to change how the player behaves, starting with the HTML5 media options like autoplay and preload, and expanding to Video.JS specific options.

API

The Video.js API allows you to control the video through javascript or trigger event listeners, whether the video is playing through HTML5, flash, or another playback technology.

Skins

You can change the look of the player across playback technologies just by editing a CSS file. The skins documentation gives you a intro to how the HTML and CSS of the default skin is put together.

Tech

A 'playback technology' is the term we're using to represent HTML5 video, Flash, and other video plugins, as well as other players like the YouTube player. Basically anything that has a unique API to audio or video. Additional playback technologies can be added relatively easily.

Tracks

Text Tracks are used to display subtitles and captions, and add a menu for navigating between chapters in a video.

Glossary

Some helpful definitions.