Web Development with jQuery (2015)

MediaElement Options

Option

Description

Type

alwaysShowControls

Determines whether controls are hidden when the mouse cursor leaves a video.
Default value: false

Boolean

alwaysShowHours

Determines whether the hour marker is present in video time, for example, HH:MM:SS. This option shows the HH: portion.
Default value: false

Boolean

AndroidUseNativeControls

Determines whether native controls are used on Android devices.
Default value: false

Boolean

audioWidth

If a value is provided, it overrides the width of the <audio> element.
Default value: -1

Integer

audioHeight

If a value is provided, it overrides the height of the <audio> element.
Default value: -1

Integer

autosizeProgress

Determines whether the size of the progress bar should be automatically calculated based on the size of other elements.
Default value: true

Boolean

autoRewind

Returns to the beginning when media ends.
Default value: true

Boolean

clickToPlayPause

Determines whether clicking a <video> element toggles play/pause.
Default value: true

Boolean

defaultAudioHeight

The default height in pixels of an <audio> player. This value is used if no height is specified on the element.
Default value: 30

Integer

defaultAudioWidth

The default width in pixels of an <audio> player. This value is used if no width is specified on the element.
Default value: 400

Integer

defaultSeekBackwardInterval

The default amount of time to move backward when a key is pressed.
The default value is:
function(media)
{
return (media.duration * 0.5);
}

Function

defaultSeekForwardInterval

The default amount of time to move forward when a key is pressed.
The default value is:
function(media)
{
return (media.duration * 0.5);
}

Function

defaultVideoHeight

The default height in pixels of a <video> player. This value is used if no height is specified on the element.
Default value: 270

Integer

defaultVideoWidth

The default width in pixels of a <video> player. This value is used if no width is specified on the element.
Default value: 480

Integer

enableAutosize

Enables Flash and Silverlight players to resize to content size.
Default value: true

Boolean

enableKeyboard

Enables and disables keyboard support.
Default value: true

Boolean

features

The order of controls or plugins on the control bar.
Default value: ['playpause', 'current', 'progress', 'duration', 'tracks', 'volume', 'fullscreen']

Array

framesPerSecond

This option is used when the showTimecodeFrameCount option is set to true. It indicates the number of frames per second.
Default value: 25

Integer

hideVideoControlsOnLoad

Determines whether video controls should hide when a video loads.
Default value: false

Boolean

iPadUseNativeControls

Determines whether to use native controls on an iPad.
Default value: false

Boolean

iPhoneUseNativeControls

Determines whether to use native controls on an iPhone.
Default value: false

Boolean

keyActions

An array of keyboard commands.
The default value is an array that initializes the following key actions: space key to play or pause the media; up and down arrow keys to increase or decrease the volume; left and right arrows to seek backward or forward; F to enter or exit full-screen model and M to mute or unmute the volume.

Array

loop

Determines whether to loop an audio track.
Default value: false

Boolean

pauseOtherPlayers

Determines whether to pause other players on the page when the player starts.
Default value: true

Boolean

poster

URL to a poster image.
Default value: "

String

showPosterWhenEnded

Determines whether to show the poster when the video has ended.
Default value: false

Boolean

showTimecodeFrameCount

Show the frame rate in the time code. FF:HH:MM:SS. This option adds the FF: portion. The framesPerSecond option determines the value.
Default value: false

Boolean

startVolume

The volume level when the player starts.
Default value: 0.8

Float

videoWidth

If a value is provided, it overrides the width of the <video> element.
Default value: -1

Integer

videoHeight

If a value is provided, it overrides the height of the <video> element.
Default value: -1

Integer