Flowplayer Video Player
Flowplayer Video Player adds a video shortcode to your WordPress site. This shortcode allows you to embed a video file and play it back using the Flowplayer HTML5 player.
Features
- Embed MP4 videos
- Embed webm videos
- Embed videos which can be viewed from a mobile or tablet device
- Video playback support for iOS (ipad, iphone) and android devices
- Embed HTML5 videos which are playable across all major browsers
- Embed videos with poster images
- Embed videos and allow it to loop to the beginning when finished
- Customize the video player using modifier classes
- Automatically play a video when the page is rendered
- Embed videos using three different skins
- Automatically calculate the height of a video based on its width
- Flexible resizing of a video (true responsiveness)
- Embed a video with various aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3)
Utilisation
In order to embed a video, create a new post/page and use the following shortcode:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4"]
here, src is the actual source of your mp4 video file.
In addition to the source mp4 video file, you can also specify a webm video file. This step is optional since mp4 video format is supported by almost all major browsers.
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" webm="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.webm"]
Poster Image
If you want to show an image as placeholder before the video plays, you can specify it in the « poster » parameter:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" poster="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/poster.jpg"]
Autoplay Video
If you want a particular video to start playing when the page loads you can set the « autoplay » option to « true »:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" autoplay="true"]
Player Size
By default, the player takes up the full width of the content area. You can easily control the size by specifying a width for it:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" width="500"]
The height will be automatically determined based on the ratio (please see the « Control Player Ratio section » for details).
Player Ratio
The player ratio is set to « 0.417 » by default. But you can override it by specifying a different ratio in the shortcode:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" ratio="0.345"]
Loop Video
If you want a particular video to start playing again when it ends you can set the « loop » option to « true »:
[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" loop="true"]
For documentation please visit the Flowplayer Video Player plugin page