Javascript to stop HTML5 video playback on modal window close

I’m using the following trick to stop HTML5 video. pause() the video on modal close and set currentTime = 0; <script> var video = document.getElementById(“myVideoPlayer”); function stopVideo(){ video.pause(); video.currentTime = 0; } </script> Now you can use stopVideo() method to stop HTML5 video. Like, $(“#stop”).on(‘click’, function(){ stopVideo(); });

Why does Firebug show a “206 Partial Content” response on a video loading request?

This Partial Content code (206) may be sent from the server when the client has asked for a range (e.g. “give me the first 2MB of video data”). It is vital for downloading data in chunks which avoids fetching unused resources. (I seldom watch a full video online.) Look at the outgoing request for a … Read more

How can HTML5 video’s byte-range requests (pseudo-streaming) work?

I assume your video is in an Mp4 container. The mp4 file format contains a hierarchical structure of ‘boxes’. One of these boxes is the Time-To-Sample (stts) box. This box contains the time of every frame (in a compact fashion). From here you can find the ‘chunk’ that contains the frame using the Sample-to-Chunk (stsc) … Read more

MP4 plays when accessed directly, but not when read through PHP, on iOS

Try: $arquivo_caminho = ‘path\file’ if (is_file($arquivo_caminho)){ header(“Content-type: video/mp4”); // change mimetype if (isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_RANGE’])){ // do it for any device that supports byte-ranges not only iPhone rangeDownload($arquivo_caminho); } else { header(“Content-length: ” . filesize($arquivo_caminho)); readfile($arquivo_caminho); } // fim do if } // fim do if function rangeDownload($file){ $fp = @fopen($file, ‘rb’); $size = filesize($file); // File … Read more

Making youtube.com/embed URLs work on iOS

Try this, it just works: <object> <param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/[VIDEO_ID]”></param> <embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/[VIDEO_ID]” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”></embed> </object> Edit: It works because Apple replaces the html tag with an embedded native movie player that can play the youtube video.

How to hide full screen button of the video tag in HTML5

I think you can accomplish this by changing the css for the #document fragments, these are DOM1 specs and supported by all browsers, but about the styling, I’m not sure. Simple webkit browser (chrome on windows) specific solution The following solution is webkit specific video::-webkit-media-controls-fullscreen-button { display: none; } video::-webkit-media-controls-play-button {} video::-webkit-media-controls-timeline {} video::-webkit-media-controls-current-time-display{} video::-webkit-media-controls-time-remaining-display … Read more