MediaElement.js

Unlike other HTML5 players, this one doesn't fall back on a separate Flash UI, but solely uses a HTML/CSS interface.

Can be used to play multimedia files using HTML5 audio and video tags.

What is new in this release:

What is new in version 2.19.0:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.18.2:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.18.1:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.17.0:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.16.4:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.16.3:

• Flash no longer sends timeupdate events before it starts playing
• Fix for calculating rail width with horizontal volume bar (all audio controls)
• Insert the accessible player title span and container div separately
• Fixes for YouTube on iOS and Android
• Add configurable initVars for JavaScript init and event callback functions

What is new in version 2.14.2:

• Additional progress bar checks for hidden/missing bars.
• Added Gruntfile.js build support.

What is new in version 2.12.0:

• Removed old media files from repo (reduced filesize from 150MB to 25MB)
• Added test.html to /tests/ folder to use JS files in /src/ folder
• Fullscreen plugin player toggles play/pause when controls are clicked
• Making use of pluginWidth & pluginHeight
• Proportional poster images (IE9+ Chrome, Safari, Firefox)
• Fixed video resolution on seek in Flash

What is new in version 2.11.0:

• Preroll ads manager
• VAST ads plugin
• Slides type
• Calculate rails size only with visible elements
• Round calculations of progress bar to prevent fractions
• Fixed AndroidUseNativeControls
• Muting the volume icon if startVolume is set to 0
• Make YouTube URL protocol relative
• Prevent Flash audio player from sending too many 'progress' events
• Properly clean up player when calling MediaElementPlayer.remove()

What is new in version 2.10.1:

• Fixed source switching on Webkit in SourceChooser.
• Better 100% mode handling within non-visible container.
• Display chapter tracks for late-loading video sources, including YouTube.
• Added SVG Stop icon.
• Added SVG source chooser icon.
• Adding rounding to volume slider left, top, and and width setters.
• Display chapter tracks for late-loading video sources, including YouTube.

What is new in version 2.9.5:

• Fixed faulty FlashMediaElement.swf (due to Git program mashing it).
• Fixed track element issues introduced by DFXP captions.

What is new in version 2.9.2:

• Fixed Firefox 10+ Fullscreen error.

What is new in version 2.9.0:

• Fixed pointer-events detection in IE9 (when using Flash mode or YouTube).
• YouTube now shows annotations (using YouTube player rather than Chromeless).
• Fix play/pause when clicking on video when overlays are displayed.
• Don't listen to mouse events when there's not a reason to.
• Adding CSS animated buffer to the time rail.

What is new in version 2.8.2:

• Fixed volume slider bug when initially hidden.
• Fixed YouTube size problems in Flash mode.

Requirements:

• JavaScript enabled on client side
• HTML5 enabled browser
• jQuery