What is an HTML5 Video Player?

Basically, any time you watch a video online, you are using a video player to watch that video. 

Back in the day, the most popular video player was Adobe’s Flash video player. However, Adobe’s Flash player didn’t have the compatibility to work with mobile devices, and its security wasn’t reliable, making it obsolete in the early 2020s. 

Now, the most popular video player is the HTML5 video player. You have probably viewed content on an HTML 5 video player hundreds of times without realizing it. It is the most popular video player because it works with almost all internet-enabled devices and browsers. 

Two other reasons why the HTML5 video player is so popular is because it is secure and customizable. What does that mean exactly?

Security: HTML5 video player can be embedded directly onto a website; it doesn’t require any plugins, which are a primary method hackers use to take control of your website and content. 

Customizable: There are lots of ways you can customize the HTML5 video player, such as:

• Autoplay – decide if the video will autoplay when it is loaded or not. 
• Loop – decide if a video will loop again when it ends
• Muted – decide if a video will play with the audio or not by default 
• Width and height – determine the size of the player
• Controls – determine what video controls the user will have access to, such as pause, rewind, etc. 
• Style – determine what the video player will look like. You can add custom colors, branding, etc., to the video player.

This video player works with HLS delivery, which we will talk about a little bit further on. HTML5 video player makes live streaming video accessible on a wide range of devices.

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