The J1 Template support playing audio on web pages by HTML5 Video, the new standard of HTML to show videos on webpages. Modern browsers support the audio tag <audio> for the new HTML5 audio audio standard.
VJS Plugins
The J1 Template provides a collection of plugins to enhance VJS players, such as by providing useful functions like additional buttons or advanced keyboard support to control a player by defined keys (hotkeys).
hotKeys
The hotkeys plugin for Video.js enables keyboard hotkeys when the player has focus.
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Space bartoggles play|pause. -
Right|Left Arrow keysseek the video forwards and back. -
Up and Down Arrow keys increase and decrease the volume.
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M keytoggles mute/unmute. -
F keytoggles fullscreen off and on. Does not work in Internet Explorer, it seems to be a limitation where scripts cannot request fullscreen without a mouse click: -
Double-clicking with the mouse toggles fullscreen off and on.
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Number keysfrom 1-9 skip to a percentage of the video: 1 is10%and 9 is90%.
skipbuttons
The plugin skipbuttons add VJS seek buttons to the control bar. These buttons allow the user to skip forward or back by a configured number of seconds.
zoomButtons
Adds a zoom button to player controlbar.
VJS Players
VideoJS is a free-to-use open-source JavaScript framework for building custom video players for the web. Implementing VideoJS for the J1 Template supports local video and several platforms, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, or Dailymotion, for presenting videos online.
For online sources, VideoJS uses plugins, such as the so-called VJS Playback Technology. With the help of plugins, it is possible to present different media using the same player, the same look and feel for a better user experience.
Wistia
Wistia is a marketing software and video hosting platform for business-to-business marketers. Free or paid plans are available. While Wistia may not be the Big Man on Campus, like Vimeo, still brings valuable functionality and should be considered a viable video platform.