bo:VideoJS - HTML5 Video Player for Joomla

bo:VideoJS is a plugin and a module for Joomla! 1.5/1.6/1.7 which provides a HTML5 video player. This player neither needs Flash (except for fallback) nor JavaScript. The handling is easy and self-explaining. I offer the plugin and module as a free download.

Please use the following syntax to display a video within a posting (only for plugin):

Example 1 – without parameters:

{bo_videojs}

Example 2 – with all parameters:

{bo_videojs width=[640] height=[360] autoplay=[true] preload=[true] loop=[true] video_mp4=[http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.mp4] video_webm=[http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.webm] video_ogg=[http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.ogg] flash=[http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.mp4] image=[http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.png] image_visibility=[true]}

All parameters are optional!

Displaying more than one video within a posting:

It is possible to display more than one video. You just have to add {bo_videojs} within an article.

Compatibility:

In order to watch a video you need to have a current browser version. But not every current browser version will be able to support every video format (e.g. for licensing reasons):

• Gecko (Firefox, Camino): HTML5-OGG
• Webkit (Safari): HTML5-MP4 - Webkit (Chrome): HTML5-MP4/OGG
• Opera: HTML5-WEBM/OGG
• IE8: Flash only

Here you will find a detailed overview explaining which browser supports which format: http://camendesign.co.uk/code/video_for_everybody/test.html. The player contains a fallback-option (to Flash), in case the target browser cannot display HTML5 formats.

More information regarding fallback:

If the HTML5-video-tag is not supported, Flash should be displayed. If Flash is not installed, you might want to display pictures and the download links to the videos. You can change this hierarchy within the plug-in parameters.

You are welcome to give me feedback by sending me error-messages or suggested improvements.