It is possible to play a local video file.
<input type="file" accept="video/*"/>
<video controls autoplay></video>
When a file is selected via the input element:
- ‘change’ event is fired
- Get the first File object from the
input.filesFileList - Make an object URL that points to the File object
- Set the object URL to the
video.srcproperty -
Lean back and watch 🙂
http://jsfiddle.net/dsbonev/cCCZ2/embedded/result,js,html,css/
(function localFileVideoPlayer() {
'use strict'
var URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL
var displayMessage = function(message, isError) {
var element = document.querySelector('#message')
element.innerHTML = message
element.className = isError ? 'error' : 'info'
}
var playSelectedFile = function(event) {
var file = this.files[0]
var type = file.type
var videoNode = document.querySelector('video')
var canPlay = videoNode.canPlayType(type)
if (canPlay === '') canPlay = 'no'
var message="Can play type "" + type + '": ' + canPlay
var isError = canPlay === 'no'
displayMessage(message, isError)
if (isError) {
return
}
var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file)
videoNode.src = fileURL
}
var inputNode = document.querySelector('input')
inputNode.addEventListener('change', playSelectedFile, false)
})()video,
input {
display: block;
}
input {
width: 100%;
}
.info {
background-color: aqua;
}
.error {
background-color: red;
color: white;
}<h1>HTML5 local video file player example</h1>
<div id="message"></div>
<input type="file" accept="video/*" />
<video controls autoplay></video>