mat-video for Angular 5/6/7+ and Material

mat-video is an Angular component for playing videos. It has all the features you would expect from a standard video player, all in an extremely light package. The video player is designed to be flexible and easy to use; you can be up and running in less than 5 minutes!

It was built for modern browsers using TypeScript, CSS3 and HTML5 with Angular & Material 5/6/7+.

See the changelog for recent changes.

If you wish to contribute, please fill out the pull request template. For issues, please fill out the issue template before submitting.

Features

• Native HTML5 video player
• Easy to use
• Play/Pause
• Seeking
• Volume
• Autoplay
• Preload
• Looping
• Scaling
• Fullscreen
• Download
• Buffering spinners
• Poster image
• Subtitles and text tracks
• Multiple media sources
• Customizable controls
• Material theming
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Fixed and responsive sizing
• Supports Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge

Installation

mat-video requires Angular Material as a peer dependency, including animations.

npm install --save @angular/material @angular/cdk @angular/animations hammerjs

Add the following import to src/polyfills.ts:

import 'hammerjs';

To use mat-video in your project install it via npm:

npm install --save mat-video

Add the following to your module:

import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatVideoModule } from 'mat-video';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    MatVideoModule
  ],
})
export class AppModule { }

Finally, include an Angular Material theme in styles.css, or via a <link> element in index.html.

@import '~@angular/material/prebuilt-themes/indigo-pink.css';

Usage

A minimal example is quite simple, in your HTML file:

    <mat-video src="localOrRemoteVideo.mp4"></mat-video>

A slightly more customized example, in your HTML file:

    <mat-video title="My Tutorial Title" [autoplay]="true" [preload]="true" [fullscreen]="true" [download]="false" color="accent" spinner="spin" poster="image.jpg">
      <source matVideoSource src="tutorial.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="tutorial.webm" type="video/webm">
      <track matVideoTrack src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English">
      <track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no" label="Norwegian">
    </mat-video>

API

Attribute	Type	Description	Default
src	string	Path or URL to a video	null
title	string	Title for the video	null
autoplay	boolean	Whether the video should autoplay	false
preload	boolean	Whether the video should preload	true
loop	boolean	Whether the video should loop	false
quality	boolean	Whether the video will have a quality indicator	true
download	boolean	Whether the video will have a download option	false
fullscreen	boolean	Whether the video will have a fullscreen option	true
keyboard	boolean	Whether the player will have keyboard shortcuts	true
color	ThemePalette	Material theme color palette for the sliders	primary
spinner	string	Use 'spin', 'dot', 'split-ring', 'hourglass', or pass your own buffering spinner class	spin
poster	string	Path or URL to a poster image	null

In addition, source and track elements are supported by mat-video.

The matVideoSource attribute can be used on the source tag to automatically reload the video when the source changes.

The matVideoTrack attribute can be used on the track tag to automatically reload the video when the track changes.

Events

Listening to video events can be accomplished by directly accessing the video tag within mat-video.

In your HTML file:

    <mat-video #video src="localOrRemoteVideo.mp4"></mat-video>

In your TS file:

export class SampleComponent implements OnInit {
  @ViewChild('video') matVideo: MatVideoComponent;
  video: HTMLVideoElement;

  constructor(private renderer: Renderer2) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.video = this.matVideo.getVideoTag();

    // Use Angular renderer or addEventListener to listen for standard HTML5 video events
    
    this.renderer.listen(this.video, 'ended', () => console.log('video ended'));
    this.video.addEventListener('ended', () => console.log('video ended'));
  }
}

This API feature is considered experimental, and is subject to change.

Credits

mat-video is an open-source project developed by Nicholas Koehler.

Special thanks to mediapack-me for responsive assistance.