Basic Options

`container`

Type: String, Element
Default: #artplayer

The DOM container where the player is mounted.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    // container: document.querySelector('.artplayer-app'),
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
});

You may need to set the size of the container element, for example:

css

.artplayer-app {
    width: 400px;
    height: 300px;
}

Or use aspect-ratio:

css

.artplayer-app {
    aspect-ratio: 16/9;
}

Note

Among all options, only container is required.

`url`

Type: String
Default: ''

The video source URL.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
});

Sometimes the url is not known immediately. In such cases, you can set the url asynchronously.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
});

setTimeout(() => {
    art.url = '/assets/sample/video.mp4';
}, 1000);

Note

By default, three video file formats are supported: .mp4, .ogg, .webm.

To play other formats like .m3u8 or .flv, please refer to the Third-party Libraries section on the left.

`id`

Type: String
Default: ''

The unique identifier for the player. Currently used only for playback memory autoplayback.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    id: 'your-url-id',
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
});

`onReady`

Type: Function
Default: undefined

The constructor accepts a function as the second parameter. This function is triggered when the player is successfully initialized and the video is ready to play, similar to the ready event.

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var art = new Artplayer(
    {
        container: '.artplayer-app',
        url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
        muted: true,
    },
    function onReady(art) {
        this.play()
    },
);

Equivalent to:

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    muted: true,
});

art.on('ready', () => {
    art.play();
});

Note

Inside the callback function, this refers to the player instance. However, if an arrow function is used for the callback, this will not point to the player instance.

`poster`

Type: String
Default: ''

The video poster image, which only appears when the player is initialized and not yet playing.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    poster: '/assets/sample/poster.jpg',
});

`theme`

Type: String
Default: #f00

The player's theme color, currently used for the progress bar and highlighted elements.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    theme: '#ffad00',
});

`volume`

Type: Number
Default: 0.7

The player's default volume.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    volume: 0.5,
});

Note

The player caches the last volume setting. Upon the next initialization (e.g., page refresh), the player will read this cached value.

`isLive`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Enable live streaming mode. This will hide the progress bar and playback time.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    isLive: true,
});

`muted`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to start muted by default.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    muted: true,
});

`autoplay`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to autoplay.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    autoplay: true,
    muted: true,
});

Note

If you want the video to autoplay immediately upon page load, muted must be set to true. For more information, please read Autoplay Policy Changes.

`autoSize`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

By default, the player's dimensions fill the entire container, often resulting in black bars. This option automatically adjusts the player size to hide black bars, similar to css's object-fit: cover;.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    autoSize: true,
});

`autoMini`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Automatically enters Mini Player mode when the player scrolls out of the browser viewport.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    autoMini: true,
});

`loop`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to loop playback.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    loop: true,
});

`flip`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the video flip function. Currently only appears in the Settings Panel and Context Menu.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    flip: true,
    setting: true,
});

`playbackRate`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the video playback speed function. It will appear in the Settings Panel and Context Menu.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    playbackRate: true,
    setting: true,
});

`aspectRatio`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the video aspect ratio function. It will appear in the Settings Panel and Context Menu.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    aspectRatio: true,
    setting: true,
});

`screenshot`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the Screenshot function in the bottom control bar.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    screenshot: true,
});

Note

Due to browser security mechanisms, screenshotting may fail if the video source URL is cross-origin with the website.

`setting`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the toggle button for the Settings Panel in the bottom control bar.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    setting: true,
});

`hotkey`

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Whether to use hotkeys.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    hotkey: true,
});

Hotkey	Description
`↑`	Increase volume
`↓`	Decrease volume
`←`	Seek forward
`→`	Seek backward
`space`	Toggle play/pause

Note

These hotkeys only take effect after the player gains focus (e.g., after clicking on the player).

`pip`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the Picture-in-Picture toggle button in the bottom control bar.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    pip: true,
});

`mutex`

Type: Boolean
Default: true

If multiple players exist on the page simultaneously, whether only one player is allowed to play at a time.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    mutex: true,
});

`backdrop`

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Whether to enable the backdrop blur effect for the player UI. When enabled, overlays such as the settings panel, context menu, and volume bar will apply a backdrop-filter frosted glass effect for a more transparent look. However, this may cause performance or compatibility issues on some low-performance devices or older browsers.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    backdrop: false, // Disable frosted glass effect
});

`fullscreen`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the player Window Fullscreen button in the bottom control bar.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    fullscreen: true,
});

`fullscreenWeb`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the player Web Fullscreen button in the bottom control bar.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    fullscreenWeb: true,
});

`subtitleOffset`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Subtitle time offset, ranging from [-5s, 5s]. Appears in the Settings Panel.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    subtitleOffset: true,
    subtitle: {
        url: '/assets/sample/subtitle.srt',
    },
    setting: true,
});

`miniProgressBar`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

A mini progress bar that only appears when the player loses focus and is playing.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    miniProgressBar: true,
});

`useSSR`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to use SSR (Server-Side Rendering) mount mode. Useful if you want to pre-render the player's required HTML before the player is mounted.

You can access the player's required HTML via Artplayer.html.

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var $container = document.querySelector('.artplayer-app');
$container.innerHTML = Artplayer.html;

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: $container,
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    useSSR: true,
});

`playsInline`

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Whether to use playsInline mode on mobile devices.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    playsInline: true,
});

`layers`

Type: Array
Default: []

Initialize custom layers.

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var img = '/assets/sample/layer.png';
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    layers: [
        {
            name: 'potser',
            html: `<img style="width: 100px" src="${img}">`,
            style: {
                position: 'absolute',
                top: '20px',
                right: '20px',
                opacity: '.9',
            },
            click: function (...args) {
                console.info('click', args);
                art.layers.show = false;
            },
            mounted: function (...args) {
                console.info('mounted', args);
            },
        },
    ],
});

For Component Configuration, please refer to:

/component/layers.html

`settings`

Type: Array
Default: []

Initialize custom settings panels.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    setting: true,
    settings: [
        {
            html: 'setting01',
            selector: [
                {
                    html: 'setting01-01',
                },
                {
                    html: 'setting01-02',
                },
            ],
            onSelect: function (...args) {
                console.info(args);
            },
        },
        {
            html: 'setting02',
            selector: [
                {
                    html: 'setting02-01',
                },
                {
                    html: 'setting02-02',
                },
            ],
            onSelect: function (...args) {
                console.info(args);
            },
        },
    ],
});

For Settings Panel, please refer to:

/component/setting.html

`contextmenu`

Type: Array
Default: []

Initialize custom context menus.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    contextmenu: [
        {
            html: 'your-menu',
            click: function (...args) {
                console.info('click', args);
                art.contextmenu.show = false;
            },
        },
    ],
});

For Component Configuration, please refer to:

/component/contextmenu.html

`controls`

Type: Array
Default: []

Initialize custom bottom control bar.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    controls: [
        {
            position: 'left',
            html: 'your-control',
            tooltip: 'Your Control',
            style: {
                color: 'green',
            },
            click: function (...args) {
                console.info('click', args);
            },
        },
    ],
});

For Component Configuration, please refer to the following address:

/component/controls.html

`quality`

Type: Array
Default: []

Whether to display the Quality Selection list in the bottom control bar.

Property	Type	Description
`default`	`Boolean`	Default quality
`html`	`String`	Quality name
`url`	`String`	Quality URL

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    quality: [
        {
            default: true,
            html: 'SD 480P',
            url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
        },
        {
            html: 'HD 720P',
            url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
        },
    ],
});

`highlight`

Type: Array
Default: []

Display Highlight Information on the progress bar.

Property	Type	Description
`time`	`Number`	Highlight time (in seconds)
`text`	`String`	Highlight text

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    highlight: [
        {
            time: 60,
            text: 'One more chance',
        },
        {
            time: 120,
            text: '谁でもいいはずなのに',
        },
        {
            time: 180,
            text: '夏の想い出がまわる',
        },
        {
            time: 240,
            text: 'こんなとこにあるはずもないのに',
        },
        {
            time: 300,
            text: '－－终わり－－',
        },
    ],
});

`plugins`

Type: Array
Default: []

Initialize custom plugins.

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function myPlugin(art) {
    console.info(art);
    return {
        name: 'myPlugin',
        something: 'something',
        doSomething: function () {
            console.info('doSomething');
        },
    };
}

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    plugins: [myPlugin],
});

`thumbnails`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Set Preview Thumbnails on the progress bar.

Property	Type	Description
`url`	`String`	Thumbnail image URL
`number`	`Number`	Number of thumbnails
`column`	`Number`	Number of thumbnail columns
`width`	`Number`	Thumbnail width
`height`	`Number`	Thumbnail height
`scale`	`Number`	Thumbnail scale

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    thumbnails: {
        url: '/assets/sample/thumbnails.png',
        number: 60,
        column: 10,
    },
});

Generate Thumbnails Online

artplayer-tool-thumbnail

`subtitle`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Set video subtitles. Supported subtitle formats: vtt, srt, ass.

Property	Type	Description
`name`	`String`	Subtitle name
`url`	`String`	Subtitle URL
`type`	`String`	Subtitle type, options: `vtt`, `srt`, `ass`
`style`	`Object`	Subtitle style
`encoding`	`String`	Subtitle encoding, default `utf-8`
`escape`	`Boolean`	Whether to escape `html` tags, default `true`
`onVttLoad`	`Function`	Function for modifying `vtt` text

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    subtitle: {
        url: '/assets/sample/subtitle.srt',
        type: 'srt',
        encoding: 'utf-8',
        escape: true,
        style: {
            color: '#03A9F4',
            'font-size': '30px',
        },
    },
});

`moreVideoAttr`

Type: Object
Default: {'controls': false, 'preload': 'metadata'} (In Safari, it will automatically adjust to preload: 'auto' for better loading experience.)

More video attributes. These attributes will be written directly into the video element.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    moreVideoAttr: {
        'webkit-playsinline': true,
        playsInline: true,
    },
});

`icons`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Used to replace default icons. Supports Html strings and HTMLElement.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    icons: {
        loading: '<img src="/assets/img/ploading.gif">',
        state: '<img src="/assets/img/state.png">',
    },
});

All Icon Definitions

artplayer/types/icons.d.ts

`type`

Type: String
Default: ''

Used to specify the video format. It needs to be used together with customType. By default, the video format is determined by the suffix of the video URL (e.g., .m3u8, .mkv, .ts). However, sometimes the video URL may not have the correct suffix, so it needs to be explicitly specified.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.m3u8',
    type: 'm3u8',
});

Suffix Recognition

The player can only parse suffixes like this: /assets/sample/video.m3u8

But cannot parse suffixes like this: /assets/sample/video?type=m3u8

Therefore, if you use customType, it's best to also specify the type.

`customType`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Matches based on the video's type and delegates video decoding to third-party programs for processing. The processing function can receive three parameters:

video: The video DOM element
url: The video URL
art: The current instance

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.m3u8',
    customType: {
        m3u8: function (video, url, art) {
            //
        },
    },
});

`lang`

Type: String
Default: navigator.language.toLowerCase()

The default display language. Currently supported: en, zh-cn.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    lang: 'en',
});

More Language Settings

/start/i18n.html

`i18n`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Custom i18n configuration. This configuration will be deeply merged with the built-in i18n.

Add your language:

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    lang: 'your-lang',
    i18n: {
        'your-lang': {
            Play: 'Your Play'
        },
    },
});

Modify an existing language:

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    i18n: {
        'zh-cn': {
            Play: 'Your Play'
        },
        'zh-tw': {
            Play: 'Your Play'
        },
    },
});

More Language Settings

/start/i18n.html

`lock`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display a lock button on mobile devices to hide the bottom control bar.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    lock: true,
});

`gesture`

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Whether to enable gesture events on the video element on mobile devices.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    gesture: false,
});

`fastForward`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to add a long-press video fast-forward feature on mobile devices.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    fastForward: true,
});

`autoPlayback`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to use the automatic playback feature.

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var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    id: 'your-url-id',
    autoPlayback: true,
});

Note

Because the player uses the url as the key to cache playback progress by default.

However, if the url for the same video is different, then you need to use id to identify the unique key for the video.

`autoOrientation`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to rotate the player in fullscreen mode on mobile web, based on the video dimensions and viewport dimensions.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    autoOrientation: true,
});

`airplay`

Type: Boolean
Default: false

Whether to display the airplay button. Currently, only some browsers support this feature.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    airplay: true,
});

`cssVar`

Type: Object
Default: {}

Used to modify the built-in CSS variables.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    cssVar: {
        //
    },
});

Reference for cssVar Syntax

artplayer/types/cssVar.d.ts

`proxy`

Type: function
Default: undefined

The function can return a third-party HTMLCanvasElement or HTMLVideoElement. For example, it can proxy an existing video DOM element.

▶ Run Code

var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
    proxy: () => document.createElement('video')
});

Basic Options ​

container ​

url ​

id ​

onReady ​

poster ​

theme ​

volume ​

isLive ​

muted ​

autoplay ​

autoSize ​

autoMini ​

loop ​

flip ​

playbackRate ​

aspectRatio ​

screenshot ​

setting ​

hotkey ​

pip ​

mutex ​

backdrop ​

fullscreen ​

fullscreenWeb ​

subtitleOffset ​

miniProgressBar ​

useSSR ​

playsInline ​

layers ​

settings ​

contextmenu ​

controls ​

quality ​

highlight ​

plugins ​

thumbnails ​

subtitle ​

moreVideoAttr ​

icons ​

type ​

customType ​

lang ​

i18n ​

lock ​

gesture ​

fastForward ​

autoPlayback ​

autoOrientation ​

airplay ​

cssVar ​

proxy ​

Basic Options

`container`

`url`

`id`

`onReady`

`poster`

`theme`

`volume`

`isLive`

`muted`

`autoplay`

`autoSize`

`autoMini`

`loop`

`flip`

`playbackRate`

`aspectRatio`

`screenshot`

`setting`

`hotkey`

`pip`

`mutex`

`backdrop`

`fullscreen`

`fullscreenWeb`

`subtitleOffset`

`miniProgressBar`

`useSSR`

`playsInline`

`layers`

`settings`

`contextmenu`

`controls`

`quality`

`highlight`

`plugins`

`thumbnails`

`subtitle`

`moreVideoAttr`

`icons`

`type`

`customType`

`lang`

`i18n`

`lock`

`gesture`

`fastForward`

`autoPlayback`

`autoOrientation`

`airplay`

`cssVar`

`proxy`