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How we can create an advanced video player using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript? Solution: HTML Video Player With JavaScript and CSS, Comes with Advance Playlist Feature.

Before releasing HTML 5, the video only could be played on the webpage with plug-in like flash. HTML 5 comes with <video> element to embed videos in the webpage. There is a separate tag for videos, now placing any video on a website is too easy. Also, we can modify the video player using CSS & JS.

Today you will learn to create an advanced video player with playlist. Basically, this is an HTML <video> element based player but there are lots of modification. The special feature of this player is there is more than one video, and all the videos listed like a playlist. Also, a basic but useful thing is we can use a custom thumbnail image for videos.

So, Today I am sharing HTML Video Player With JavaScript and CSS. I have said that this is an advance video player, let me tell you all the features. This player has a toggle on/off feature, custom thumbnail, title, description, playlist, custom sound control UI, etc. This program is inspired by a Reddit post. There are JS function for each feature, you can understand if you have good knowledge of JavaScript.

If you are thinking now how this Advanced Video Player with Playlist actually is, then see the preview given below.

Preview Of Advanced Playlist Featured Player

See this video preview to getting an idea of how the player looks like.

Live Demo

Now you can see this visually, You can also see live by pressing the live view button given above. If you like this, then get the source code of its.

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HTML Video Player With JavaScript and CSS Source Code

Before sharing source code, let’s talk about it. As you know I have used HTML <video> tag for embedding all the videos. These videos have no sound, that’s why you can hear any sound. You can place your own videos and thumbnails. For placing custom thumbnail, I have used HTML video poster attribute, That looks like this: <video src="MyVideo.mp4" poster="image.jpg"> .

For creating icon I have used font-awesome icons but using weloveiconfonts.  There is also a progress bar to visualize the video length & you can direct shift on any timestamp. In the CSS file, I have managed all the styles, colors, position, etc. There have many lines of basic CSS codes. As you can see in the preview, Title of each video change dynamically on the top element.

Using JavaScript I have managed all the controls. I have fetched all the ID and class using JavaScrip el. el is just an identifier and it refers to an element, a DOM element, which is a convention in that library. Maybe if someone has good skills in JS, they can understand the codes. I can’t explain all the things in writing. You can understand the functions, after getting the codes.

For creating this program you have to create 3 files. First for HTML, second for CSS, and the third for JS. Follow the steps to creating this without any error.

index.html

Create an HTML file named ‘index.html‘ and put these codes given here below.

style.css

Now create a CSS file named ‘style.css‘ and put these codes given here.

function.js

The final step, Create a JavaScript file named ‘function.js‘ and put the codes.

That’s It. I have put a max-height of the elements of the code section, you have to scroll to see all the codes & also you can copy the codes using the buttons are given in top-right side of the element. Now you have successfully created HTML Video Player With JavaScript and CSS, Advanced Playlist Feature built-in. If you have any doubt or question comment down below.

Thanks For Visiting, Keep Visting.

10 COMMENTS

  1. weldone shaan,thanks for this wonderful project..
    my question is this,how will i add choose media button that will choose the video from your folder on your computer

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