Kaltura HTML5 Video Player

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Library Introduction

Kaltura's HTML5 Media Library enables you to take advantage of the html5 video and audio tags today with a consistent player interface across all major browsers including Internet Explorer.

The library supports a seamless fallback with Flash based playback using Kaltura's Flash player or Java Cortado for browsers that don't yet feature HTML5 video & audio support. Upon detection of the client browser, the Kaltura HTML5 Media Library chooses the right codec to use (specified in the source attributes, or available from a Kaltura server) and the right player to display. So whether you're using flash, h264, ogg-theora, or WebM -- Kaltura's library will make sure it is played on all browsers with the same UI. While support for HTML5 video is growing, there is large percentage of the web browser market that is presently best served by the Adobe Flash plugin and an associated player. A base component of the Kaltura HTML5 javascript library bridges this gap, by cascading to an underlining Flash player in browsers that do not support the native HTML5 video player. In addition, Kaltura's player maintains a unified look & feel across formats and browsers.

Library Details

Library Home Page	http://www.kaltura.org/project/HTML5_Video_Media_JavaScript_Library
Library Source Repository	http://www.kaltura.org/kalorg/html5video/trunk/mwEmbed/
Library Issue Tracker	http://www.kaltura.org/project/issues/2720
Library Authors	Michael Dale, Kaltura, Wikimedia Foundation
Javascript Library Used	jQuery
License	GPL v3
Plugin Infrastructure	Yes
Plugins Available	Analytics, Advertising, Universal Subtitles, Sequencer, MediaWiki, The Internet Archive

Player UI Features

Audio Player	Yes
Fullscreen	Yes
Subtitle Support	Yes
MediaRSS Playlist Support	No
Touch Interface	Yes
Keyboard Interface
Themeable	Yes
Advertising	Yes
Analytics	Yes

Platform Compatibility

iOS	Yes
Android 1.x	Yes
Android 2.x	Yes
Blackberry	Yes

Android 1.x Notes:

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Embed Types Supported

Flash Fallback	Yes
Flash Fallback Player	Kaltura KDP
Flash Embed Rewriting	Yes
Reads HTML5 Media Tags	Yes
iFrame Embedding	Yes
iFrame API	Yes

API Compatibility

Flexible Embedding	Yes
HTML5 Media Events	Yes
HTML5 Media API	Yes