Video.js v10 Release Candidate
Darius Cepulis
Video.js v10 is now a release candidate, and it is ready for you to migrate real projects ahead of 10.0.0. With your feedback, we are looking forward to shipping 10.0.0 very soon.
Video.js Blog
News and updates from the Video.js open-source video player project
Video.js v10 Beta: Hello, World (again)
Steve Heffernan
Video.js v10 is a ground-up rewrite combining four open source players into one modern framework — 88% smaller default bundles, first-class React and TypeScript support, composable architecture, and beautiful new skins designed by Plyr's creator.
Video.js 8 and Video.js HTTP Streaming 3
Pat O'Neill
Video.js 8 and VHS 3 drop IE support and ES5 transpilation for 3-4% size reduction, introduce new TitleBar component with loadMedia metadata support, reorganize utilities into videojs.dom/fn/num/obj/str/time/url objects, and target evergreen browsers plus Chromium 53 for Smart TV compatibility.
Announcing the new Videojs.com
Matthew McClure
Video.js unveils completely redesigned website with new logo, four CSS-only customizable themes showcasing player framework philosophy, unified root domain, Mux-funded development, and renewed focus on empowering builders to create custom video experiences.
In-band Captions Support with videojs-http-streaming
Lahiru Dayananda
VHS 1.2.0 introduces built-in CEA-608 caption parsing from FMP4 segments for HLS and MPEG-DASH using mux.js CaptionParser, automatically extracting caption streams and converting to VTTCue format for Video.js TextTrack API integration.
Video.js 7.4
Gary Katsevman
Video.js 7.4 debuts experimental live UI enabling seekable live streams with time display relative to live point, adds 14 first-time contributors, removes Grunt for npm scripts, updates focus-visible menu backgrounds, implements replay option, and expands to six new translations.
Bugpost: Disconnects and Reconnects
Garrett Singer
Video.js debugging journey fixes DASH network disconnect issues by comparing currentTime on timeupdate to prevent premature loading spinner removal, throttling final playlist retries to prevent console crashes, and fixing media-segment-request abort callbacks for init segments.
Introducing Video.js HTTP Streaming (VHS)
Garrett Singer
Video.js HTTP Streaming (VHS) debuts as successor to videojs-contrib-hls, adding DASH support with shared codebase, bundled by default in Video.js 7 for cross-browser HLS and DASH playback without external plugins, with opt-out via core build.
Video.js 7.3: Responsive Layout, Fill Mode, createLogger
Gary Katsevman
Video.js 7.3 introduces Responsive Mode using playerresize event to apply breakpoint classes like vjs-layout-small for adaptive UI, promotes Fill Mode to first-class feature for contained resizing, and adds createLogger method for hierarchical plugin debugging.
Video.js 7.1 and 6.11: Autoplay and Fullscreen changes
Gary Katsevman
Video.js 7.1 and 6.11 expand autoplay option with muted, play, and any values for better browser policy compatibility, implement double-click fullscreen toggling outside control bar, disable fullscreen button in unsupported contexts, and show mute toggle on iOS.