Reputation: 33
I'm trying to make a random video player in html/js. It is supposed to play a different video on pageload and as soon as one video is over, it should play another one.
HTML
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay>
<source src="abcdefg.com/example1.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="abcdefg.com/example2.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
JS
<script>
var videos = [
[{type:'mp4', 'src':'abcdefg.com/example1.mp4'}],
[{type:'mp4', 'src':'abcdefg.com/example2.mp4'}],
];
$(function() {
var number = Math.floor(Math.random()*videos.length);
$(this).find('source').each(function(index){
videoSrc = videos[number][index].src;
$(this).attr('src', videoSrc);
$('video').load();
$('video').play();
});
});
</script>
However, my current code plays the same video every page reload and as soon as it's over, nothing happens.
How do I need to optimize my code so it automatically plays a different video on every pageload + when the previous video is over?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 1554
Reputation: 1
Try this,I have added an event listener to video end property and called the newvideo() function ,so that every time the video finishes a new random video is loaded from array.I could'nt find more video urls ,you can test and let me know if it works for you.
$(document).ready(function(){
var videos = [
[{type:'mp4', 'src':'http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4'}],
[{type:'mp4', 'src':'http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4'}],
[{type:'mp4', 'src':'http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4'}]
];
// selecting random item from array,you can make your own
var randomitem = videos[Math.floor(Math.random()*videos.length)];
// This function adds a new video source (dynamic) in the video html tag
function videoadd(element, src, type) {
var source = document.createElement('source');
source.src = src;
source.type = type;
element.appendChild(source);
}
// this function fires the video for particular video tag
function newvideo(src)
{
var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
videoadd(vid,src ,'video/ogg');
vid.autoplay = true;
vid.load();
//vid.play();
}
// function call
newvideo(randomitem[0].src)
// Added an event listener so that everytime the video finishes ,a new video is loaded from array
document.getElementById('myVideo').addEventListener('ended',handler,false);
function handler(e)
{
newvideo(randomitem[0].src)
}
})
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<video width="320" height="240" autoplay id="myVideo">
</video>
Upvotes: 1