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mediaelement.js
user566245
user566245

Reputation: 4227

In mediaElementjs the setSrc method doesnt work when using youtube plugin

In mediaElementjs the setSrc method doesnt work when its using youtube plugin? This is my code

media.setSrc("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxxxx");

Now in the definition of setSrc the library does

this.pluginApi.setSrc(mejs.Utility.absolutizeUrl(url));

but this.pluginApi.setSrc doesnt exist when using youtube plugin and html5 player.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 839

Answers (1)

scscsc
scscsc

Reputation: 176

Looking at the source for the mediaelements flash video player (FlashMediaElement.as) you can see that it does not currently support switching what backs _mediaElement after the constructor creates _mediaElement as either VideoElement or YouTubeElement. This means that if you start the player with a youtube source:

<video width="640" height="360" id="player1" preload="none">
    <source type="video/youtube" src="http://www.youtu.be/nOEw9iiopwI" />
</video>

Then, your setSrc() call with subsequent YouTube clips will work just fine... but, you still will not be able to switch back to non-youtube videos.

Currently, the only way to switch back and forth between youtube and non-youtube is to detect the switch on your own and destroy the element that you added mediaelements to, create a new one, then call setSrc on the new one. Not pretty, but it will get the job done.

Upvotes: 1

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