Category: Video

jQuery Webcam Plugin

on March 12, 2012 in Development, Video

jQuery webcam plugin provides an API to communicate directly with a camera.

The plugin provides several callback methods to do things like initialise the webcam object and save the raw data to canvas or to a server.

There are three modes: callback, save and stream. Each are described in more detail in the API documentation with a working example.

jQuery Webcam Plugin

jPlayer – jQuery HTML5 Audio and Video Player

on March 7, 2012 in Audio, Development, Video

jPlayer is a lightweight (8kb minified and gzipped) audio and video jQuery plugin for HTML5.

It is cross browser compatible and also works on iOS, Android, Blackberry mobile devices.

It supports mp3, mp4 (AAC/H.264), ogg(Vorbis/Theora), webm(Vorbis/VP8), wav, flv media.

There is a comprehensive API and support is provided by an active community.

Multiple instances of the player can be included on the same page. The player itself is themeable and two themes are provided.

It is also possible to create a playlist and add it to the player.

jPlayer - jQuery HTML5 Audio and Video Player

Video.js – HTML5 Video Player

on January 25, 2012 in Development, Video

Video.js is a JavaScript library that extends the HTML5 video element with fixes to cross browser issues and added features such as subtitles and full screen capabilities. It can be skinned with HTML and CSS and has a JavaScript API.

It also has a lightweight (less than 10k) flash player as a fallback for browsers that do not support HTML5 which means it will work consistently in browsers such as IE6.

The source code is available on a CDN if required, however it is also available to download.

Video.js