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Embedly (YC W10) Raises Another $450K, Launches One API To Rule All Embeds

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Re: Embedly (YC W10) Raises Another $450K, Launches One API To Rule All Embeds

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Post by j4mie » Fri, Jun 10, 2011, 1:13 PM UTC

Is there such a thing as a library that abstracts away the differences between the JavaScript APIs of common embedded video players (YouTube, Vimeo, etc)?

This could be useful if I've embedded a player with embed.ly and then want to control it from elsewhere on the page (say, have a big "play" button somewhere).

Re: Embedly (YC W10) Raises Another $450K, Launches One API To Rule All Embeds

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Post by jaredsohn » Fri, Jun 10, 2011, 2:57 PM UTC

j4mie wrote: post #11

Is there such a thing as a library that abstracts away the differences between the JavaScript APIs of common embedded video players (YouTube, Vimeo, etc)? This could be useful if I've embedded a player with embed.ly and then want to control it from elsewhere on the page (say, have a big "play" button somewhere).

I've written a library that does that (just play/pause/stop/mute/unmute for now) for a Chrome extension that I am working on to provide uniform audio controls to Google Chrome. (http://www.mutetab.com)

I haven't decided yet, but I am leaning toward open sourcing it.

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