Nek / solid-plyr

A simple HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo player (Plyr) for SolidJS

solid-plyr

A simple HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo player (Plyr) for SolidJS

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Setup
• Usage
• Authors
• Changelog
• License

Installation

This library is available through the npm registry.

NPM

$ npm -i solid-plyr

Yarn

$ yarn add solid-plyr

Setup

Start using it by importing the library first.

CommonJS

const SolidPlyr = require('solid-plyr');

or

ES6

import { SolidPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

The SolidPlyr component requires the following CSS for styling:

Using link tags

<link href="https://unpkg.com/solid-plyr@1.0.0/dist/esm/index.css.map" rel="stylesheet">

Using import

import 'solid-plyr/dist/esm/index.css.map';

Usage

Video playback using Solid Plyr Player

import { SolidPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

const SOURCE = {
  type: 'video',
  sources: [
    {
      src: 'https://cdn.plyr.io/static/demo/View_From_A_Blue_Moon_Trailer-720p.mp4',
      type: 'video/mp4',
      size: 720,
    },
    {
      src: 'https://cdn.plyr.io/static/demo/View_From_A_Blue_Moon_Trailer-1080p.mp4',
      type: 'video/mp4',
      size: 1080,
    }
  ]
}

const OPTIONS = {
  autoplay: true,
  muted: true,
}

export default function Player() {
  return (
    <SolidPlyr source={SOURCE} options={OPTIONS} />
  );
}

Uncontrolled Solid Plyr Player

import { UncontrolledSolidPlyr, createPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';
import { createEffect } from 'solid-js';

const SOURCE = {
  // ...
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  const [ref, setRef] = createPlyr({ 
    source: SOURCE,
    options: OPTIONS,
  });

  createEffect(() => {
    const player = ref()?.plyr;

    if (player) {
      player.on('timeupdate', (event) => {
        // Log current time while playing the playback
        console.log(event.detail.plyr.currentTime);
      });
    }
  })

  return (
    <UncontrolledSolidPlyr ref={setRef} />
  );
}

Play YouTube Videos using Solid Plyr

import { SolidPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

const SOURCE = {
  type: 'video',
  sources: [
    {
      src: 'yWtFb9LJs3o',
      provider: 'youtube'
    }
  ]
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  return (
    <SolidPlyr source={SOURCE} options={OPTIONS} />
  );
}

Play Vimeo Videos using Solid Plyr

import { SolidPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

const SOURCE = {
  type: 'video',
  sources: [
    {
      src: 'https://vimeo.com/533559247',
      provider: 'vimeo'
    }
  ]
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  return (
    <SolidPlyr source={SOURCE} options={OPTIONS} />
  );
}

Video Playback with HLS using Solid Plyr

import { SolidHlsPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

const SOURCE = {
  type: 'video',
  sources: [
    {
      src:
        'https://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/playhouse-vr/m3u8s/105560.m3u8',
      type: 'application/x-mpegURL'
    }
  ]
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  return (
    <SolidHlsPlyr source={SOURCE} options={OPTIONS} />
  );
}

Uncontrolled Video Playback with HLS using Solid Plyr

import { UncontrolledSolidPlyr, createHlsPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';
import { createEffect } from 'solid-js';

const SOURCE = {
  // ...
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  const [ref, setRef] = createHlsPlyr({ 
    source: SOURCE,
    options: OPTIONS,
  });

  createEffect(() => {
    const player = ref()?.plyr;

    if (player) {
      player.on('timeupdate', (event) => {
        // Log current time while playing the playback
        console.log(event.detail.plyr.currentTime);
      });
    }
  })

  return (
    <UncontrolledSolidPlyr ref={setRef} />
  );
}

Video Playback with Dash using Solid Plyr

import { SolidDashPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';

const SOURCE = {
  type: 'video',
  sources: [
    {
      src: 'https://bitmovin-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/mpds/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.mpd',
      type: 'application/dash+xml',
    }
  ]
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  return (
    <SolidDashPlyr source={SOURCE} options={OPTIONS} />
  );
}

Uncontrolled Video Playback with Dash using Solid Plyr

import { UncontrolledSolidPlyr, createDashPlyr } from 'solid-plyr';
import { createEffect } from 'solid-js';

const SOURCE = {
  // ...
}

const OPTIONS = {
  // ...
}

export default function Player() {
  const [ref, setRef] = createDashPlyr({ 
    source: SOURCE,
    options: OPTIONS,
  });

  createEffect(() => {
    const player = ref()?.plyr;

    if (player) {
      player.on('timeupdate', (event) => {
        // Log current time while playing the playback
        console.log(event.detail.plyr.currentTime);
      });
    }
  })

  return (
    <UncontrolledSolidPlyr ref={setRef} />
  );
}

Authors

• Prince Neil Cedrick Castro - Initial work

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

Changelog

Changelog

License

MIT