Mediaelement Snapshot

• Author: Yassine Qoraiche
• Website: https://codecsocean.com/
• License: MIT

Overview

Mediaelement Snapshot plugin creates a button in the player controls allows to take video snapshots with different image types (jpeg, png).

Installation

Download plugin files and place the js files after the main Mediaelement player js mediaelement-and-player.min.js file:

<!-- Include main mediaelement player file -->
<script src="/path/to/mediaelement-and-player.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include snapshot main plugin file -->
<script src="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot.min.js"></script>
<!-- Include snapshot Translation file -->
<script src="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot-i18n.js"></script>

Place plugin main CSS style after the main player stylesheet

<!-- Include main mediaelement player stylesheet file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/mediaelementplayer.min.css">
<!-- Include snapshot main stylesheet file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/snapshot/snapshot.min.css">

Add plugin keyword to the features list

features: [..., 'snapshot']

That's it !.

For more details about How to Install mediaelement plugin.

Usage

Initialize Snapshot plugin

var player = new MediaElementPlayer(document.querySelector('video'), {

  features:['play', 'playpause', volume', 'progress', 'snapshot', fullscreen'],

       snapType:'jpeg',
       snapQuality: 0.5, //half quality
       snapShot: true,
            
       snapSuccess: function(snap){
          console.log(snap.url); //return snap object
       },

       snapError: function(){
          console.log('you can not take snapshot while the player loading !');
       }
       
 });

API

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
snapShot	boolean	true	Either to save snapshot image locally (true) or not (false)
snapType	string	png	Type of image pngor jpeg
snapWidth	number	Default video width	Snapshot image width
snapHeight	number	Default video height	Snapshot image height
snapQuality	number or float	1	Snapshot image quality between 0 and 1
snapSuccess	function()	null	success callback => (snapshot) accepts one parameter contains snapshot object
snapError	function()	null	error callback() => () accepts no parameters

Support

Having trouble with this plugin? create an issue describing the problem that you have encountered.