npm package: @silvermine/videojs-quality-selector
Description: video.js plugin for selecting a video quality or resolution
Author: Jeremy Thomerson
Latest version: 1.3.1

# Silvermine VideoJS Quality/Resolution Selector

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## What is it?

A plugin for [videojs](http://videojs.com/) versions 6+ that adds a button to the control
bar which will allow the user to choose from available video qualities or resolutions.


## How do I use it?

There are three primary steps to use this plug-in: [(1) including](#includingrequiring),
[(2) providing sources](#providing-video-sources), and [(3) adding the component the to
`controlBar`](#adding-to-the-player). Please see the following for information on each
step.

### Including/Requiring

#### Using `<script>` tag

The minified JS file can come from a downloaded copy or a CDN. When including
it, make sure that the `<script>` tag for the plugin appears _after_ the
include for [video.js](http://videojs.com/) (note that this plugin will look
for `videojs` at `window.videojs`).

There is an example of this in
[`docs/demo/index.html`](./docs/demo/index.html).

##### From local file

```js
<script src="./path/to/video.min.js"></script>
<script src="./path/to/silvermine-videojs-quality-selector.min.js"></script>
```

##### From [`unpkg`](https://unpkg.com/@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/)

```js
<link href="https://unpkg.com/@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/dist/css/quality-selector.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="./path/to/video.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/dist/js/silvermine-videojs-quality-selector.min.js"></script>
```

#### Using `require`

When using NPM/Browserify, first install the plugin.

```bash
npm install --save @silvermine/videojs-quality-selector
```

For `videojs` to use the plug-in, the plugin needs to register itself with the instance of
`videojs`. This can be accomplished by:

```js
var videojs = require('videojs');

// The following registers the plugin with `videojs`
require('@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector')(videojs);
```

Remember to also add the CSS to your build. With most bundlers you can:

```js
require('@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/dist/css/quality-selector.css')
```

> [!WARNING]
> This plugin's source code uses ES6+ syntax and keywords, such as `class` and `static`.
> If you need to support [browsers that do not support newer JavaScript
> syntax](https://caniuse.com/es6), you will need to use a tool like
> [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) to transpile and polyfill your code.
>
> Alternatively, you can
> `require('@silvermine/videojs-quality-selector/dist/js/silvermine-videojs-quality-selector.js')`
> to use a JavaScript file that has already been polyfilled/transpiled down to ES5
> compatibility.

### Providing video sources

Sources can be provided with either the `<source>` tag or via the `src` function on the
instance of a `video.js` player.

#### Using `<source>`

```html
<video id="video_1" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls preload="auto" width="640" height="268">
   <source src="https://example.com/video_720.mp4" type="video/mp4" label="720P">
   <source src="https://example.com/video_480.mp4" type="video/mp4" label="480P" selected="true">
   <source src="https://example.com/video_360.mp4" type="video/mp4" label="360P">
</video>
```

#### Using `player.src()`

```js
player.src([
   {
      src: 'https://example.com/video_720.mp4',
      type: 'video/mp4',
      label: '720P',
   },
   {
      src: 'https://example.com/video_480.mp4',
      type: 'video/mp4',
      label: '480P',
      selected: true,
   },
   {
      src: 'https://example.com/video_360.mp4',
      type: 'video/mp4',
      label: '360P',
   },
]);
```

### Adding to the player

There are at least two ways to add the quality selector control to the player's control
bar. The first is directly adding it via `addChild`. For example:

```js
videojs('video_1', {}, function() {
   var player = this;

   player.controlBar.addChild('QualitySelector');
});
```

The second option is to add the control via the player's options, for instance:

```js
var options, player;

options = {
   controlBar: {
      children: [
         'playToggle',
         'progressControl',
         'volumePanel',
         'qualitySelector',
         'fullscreenToggle',
      ],
   },
};

player = videojs('video_1', options);
```

## How do I contribute?

We genuinely appreciate external contributions. See [our extensive
documentation](https://github.com/silvermine/silvermine-info#contributing) on how to
contribute.


## License

This software is released under the MIT license. See [the license file](LICENSE) for more
details.