HLS Player

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" controls="false"]

preload : Specify how the video should be loaded when the page loads (Default: “auto”). Options include “metadata,” “none,” and “auto.” “metadata” – Load only the meta data of the video, which includes information like the duration and dimensions of the video. Sometimes, the meta data will be loaded by downloading a few frames of video. “none” – Don’t preload any data. The browser will wait until the user hits “play” to begin downloading.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" preload="metadata"]

autoplay : Cause the video to play automatically when the page loads. Instead of using the autoplay attribute you maybe need to pass an autoplay option to videojs_custom_options_json. https://videojs.com/guides/options/#autoplay

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" autoplay="true"]

loop : Make the video loop to the beginning when finished and automatically continue playing.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" loop="true"]

poster : Define an image as a placeholder before the video plays.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" poster="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/poster.jpg"]

muted : Specify that the audio output of the video should be muted.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" muted="true"]

captions : Add captions or subtitles to the video in multiple languages. Provide the captions in the format:

"path/to/captions1.vtt|lang1|label1|default,path/to/captions2.vtt|lang2|label2"

path/to/captions: The URL or path to the VTT file containing the subtitles. lang: The two-character language code, followed by a hyphen and an optional country code (e.g., en, de, en-US, de-DE). label: A user-friendly label for the caption (e.g., “English”, “German”). default: (Optional) Use this keyword to specify which caption should be enabled by default when the video is loaded.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" captions="https://example.com/path/to/captions-en.vtt|en-EN|English|default,https://example.com/path/topath/to/captions-de.vtt|de-de|German"]

videojs_custom_options_json : JSON format string for custom options (https://videojs.com/guides/options/) for the video.js player.

[hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" videojs_custom_options_json='{"autoplay": "muted"}'] or [hls_player url="https://example.com/path/to/video_playlist.m3u8" videojs_custom_options_json='{"autoplay": true,"liveui": true,"liveTracker": {"trackingThreshold": 8}}']

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