- Author: Yassine Qoraiche
- Website: https://codecsocean.com/
- License: MIT
Mediaelement Snapshot plugin creates a button in the player controls allows to take video snapshots with different image types (jpeg, png).
Download plugin files and place the js files after the main Mediaelement player js mediaelement-and-player.min.js
file:
<!-- Include main mediaelement player file -->
<script src="/path/to/mediaelement-and-player.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include snapshot main plugin file -->
<script src="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include snapshot Translation file -->
<script src="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot-i18n.js"></script>
Place plugin main CSS style after the main player stylesheet
<!-- Include main mediaelement player stylesheet file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/mediaelementplayer.min.css">
<!-- Include snapshot main stylesheet file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot.min.css">
Add plugin keyword to the features list
features: [..., 'snapshot']
That's it !.
For more details about How to Install mediaelement plugin.
Initialize Snapshot plugin
var player = new MediaElementPlayer(document.querySelector('video'), {
features:['play', 'playpause', volume', 'progress', 'snapshot', fullscreen'],
snapType:'jpeg',
snapQuality: 0.5, //half quality
snapShot: true,
snapSuccess: function(snap){
console.log(snap.url); //return snap object
},
snapError: function(){
console.log('you can not take snapshot while the player loading !');
}
});
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
snapShot | boolean | true |
Either to save snapshot image locally (true ) or not (false ) |
snapType | string | png |
Type of image png or jpeg |
snapWidth | number | Default video width | Snapshot image width |
snapHeight | number | Default video height | Snapshot image height |
snapQuality | number or float | 1 |
Snapshot image quality between 0 and 1 |
snapSuccess | function() | null |
success callback => (snapshot) accepts one parameter contains snapshot object |
snapError | function() | null |
error callback() => () accepts no parameters |
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