Is there a way to "give up" loading a HTML5 video if the client cannot load it "fast enough"? By give up I mean stop downloading data and initiate a fallback option. Fast enough could vary but as an example: if a video is too choppy that it would take away from the experience.

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Philipp Werminghausen

Reputation: 1152

html5 video slow connection timeout?

Is there a way to "give up" loading a HTML5 video if the client cannot load it "fast enough"?

By give up I mean stop downloading data and initiate a fallback option.
Fast enough could vary but as an example: if a video is too choppy that it would take away from the experience.

Upvotes: 1

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Brad

Reputation: 163538

If possible, use HLS. This enables the client to automatically fall back to lower bitrate video, or even audio-only media in severe network conditions.

http://www.encoding.com/http-live-streaming-hls/
http://www.jwplayer.com/html5/hls/

Upvotes: 1

html5 video slow connection timeout?

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