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Flowplayer 5.0.0

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Re: Flowplayer 5.0.0

#11
Looks nice but I was really hoping for support - based on some recent testing, it appears that currently only mediaelement.js supports both the Flash fallback and support for subtitles / captions.

Re: Flowplayer 5.0.0

#14
post #7

Really sleek, very nice minimal UI. More "fast and fluid" than Windows 8! Love it, certainly going to use it when I need a video player. It even has full screen! Edit: Even better, it's responsive to browser width changes!

To make a responsive, you only have to set its width to 100%... not a big deal. But yeah, I love flowplayer, it has a nice js API. Too bad it's not IE6 compatible.

Not really. You obviously need to take care of the height too and it must depend on video dimensions. Other players out there are designed for fixed widths.

Re: Flowplayer 5.0.0

#18
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make a responsive, you only have to set its width to 100%... not a big deal. But yeah, I love flowplayer, it has a nice js API. Too bad it's not IE6 compatible.

Why on earth do you need IE6 support? IE6 is not even in the top 12 browsers according to StatCounter.

Globaly, yes. But if you want, per example, to target China, IE6 is mandatory. http://www.ie6countdown.com/

(and even Japan is at 4.7% according to this site. 4.7% is significant enough.)

Re: Flowplayer 5.0.0

#19
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To make a responsive, you only have to set its width to 100%... not a big deal. But yeah, I love flowplayer, it has a nice js API. Too bad it's not IE6 compatible.

Not really. You obviously need to take care of the height too and it must depend on video dimensions. Other players out there are designed for fixed widths.

A 100% width keeps its natural aspect ratio. Like an .

Re: Flowplayer 5.0.0

#20
post #11

Looks nice but I was really hoping for support - based on some recent testing, it appears that currently only mediaelement.js supports both the Flash fallback and support for subtitles / captions.

Track element is coming. We thought it was not a blocker for a first release.

Note: I'm one of the developers of Flowplayer.

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