Captions test with Videojs with Nuevo plugin
Since video.js supports multilanguage text tracks in WebVTT format that work across all HTML5 browsers, also Nuevo skin was designed to display captions (CC) button and captions menu for language selection.Once your WebVTT captions file ready you can easily add it to video tag using the track tag that you must put after all video source tags, eg.
Code snippet
<video id="example_video_1" class="video-js" controls preload width="960" height="428" poster="path-to-poster.jpg" controls playsinline> <source src="//domain.com/video_240.mp4" type="video/mp4" res="240" label="240p"> <source src="//domain.com/video_360.mp4" type="video/mp4" res="360" label="360p"> <source src="//domain.com/video_360.mp4" type="video/mp4" res="720" label="720p"> <source src="//domain.com/video_360.mp4" type="video/mp4" res="1080" label="1080p"> <track kind="captions" src="//domain.com/path/to/captions_de.vtt" srclang="de" label="German"> <track kind="captions" src="//domain.com/path/to/captions_en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English" default> <track kind="captions" src="//domain.com/path/to/captions_fr.vtt" srclang="fr" label="French"> <track kind="captions" src="//domain.com/path/to/captions_it.vtt" srclang="it" label="Italian"> </video>
Code snippet
<script> var player = videojs("my_player"); player.nuevo({captionsSize:1.5;}); </script>
- .vjs-text-track-display {bottom: 4em;}
- .video-js.vjs-user-inactive.vjs-playing .vjs-text-track-display {bottom: 2em;}
Video.js has built-in support for CEA/CTA-608 captions carried in MPEG-DASH or HLS streams. This means that closed captions are automatically parsed out and made available to Video.js players for MPEG-DASH content and HLS streams.
In certain scenarios user may prefer to load webVTT captions manually instead of carrying it in video <track> element. Nuevo plugin public loadTracks methodDetailed information about WebVTT tracks support n video.js player you can find on http://docs.videojs.com/docs/guides/tracks.html