Video.js Simple Prerolls

Simple video.js plugin that uses the video.js' videojs-contrib-ads plugin to display a preroll video before the main video starts.

Requirements

This plugin requires video.js 5.0 or newer with videojs-contrib-ads 3.0 or newer. For users migrating from version 0.2.0, make sure your configuration style matches the one below.

Adding the plugin

Download the videojs-contrib-ads plugin or build it yourself from the repository. Include videojs.ads.js and videojs-preroll after including video.js itself.

<script src="video.js"></script>
<script src="videojs.ads.js"></script>
<script src="videojs-preroll.js"></script>
<link href="video-js.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="video.ads.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="videojs-preroll.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

Initialize the plugin:

<video id="example_video_1" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" controls width="640" height="264" poster="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.png">
  <source src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.mp4" type='video/mp4' />
  <source src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.webm" type='video/webm' />
  <source src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.ogv" type='video/ogg' />
</video>
<script>
videojs('example_video_1', {}, function(){
  var player = this;
  player.preroll({
    src:"advertisement.mp4"
  });
});
</script>

There's also a working example of the plugin you can check out if you're having trouble.

Documentation

Plugin Options

You may pass in an options object to the plugin upon initialization. This object may contain any of the following properties:

src

Type: String | Object | Array

Required. Source video file to play. Can be any valid videojs src parameter

href

Type: String

Url to redirect to if user clicks on the ad. Can be left empty for no redirection.

target

Type: String Default: _blank

Target to open the url in (eg _blank or _top).

allowSkip

Type: Boolean Default: true

Allow the user to skip the ad when it has played for a number of seconds.

skipTime

Type: Integer Default: 5

Number of seconds after which the video can be skipped.

repeatAd

Type: Boolean Default: false

Whether the ad should be repeated if a new src is loaded to the player.

adSign

Type: Boolean Default: false

Adds an "Advertisement" sign to the video.

showRemaining

Type: Boolean Default: false

Show the remaining time of the ad (only if allowSkip is set to false.)

adsOptions

Type: Object Default: {}

Settings object passed to the videjs-contrib-ads plugin.

lang

Type: Object Default:

{
    'skip':'Skip',
    'skip in': 'Skip in ',
    'advertisement': 'Advertisement',
    'video start in': 'Video will start in: '
}

Language strings for skip button, "Advertisement" sign and remaining ad time element.

Credits

Uses javascript and css for video skipping and linking block from The Onions videojs-vast-plugin

Release History

v1.1.1

• Added cross-compatibility with Video.js version 5 and 6

v1.1.0

• Added "Advertisement" sign option
• Added remaining time sign option
• Modified loadingSpinner behavior to use native hide/show functions
• Added loadingSpinner show, bigPlayButton hide and posterImage hide to exitPreroll to provide loading status feedback to user

v1.0.0

• Updated videojs-contrib-ads library to v3.0.0 and made the preroll plugin compatible with it
• Changed plugin for video.js v5.0.0
• Added language to config
• Changed the recommended setup to ensure videojs-contrib-ads loads properly
• Fixed issue when preload was set to "none" which caused the player to require another click on the play button

v0.2.0

• Updated videojs-contrib-ads library to v0.5.0 and made the preroll plugin compatible with it
• Fixed some of the loading events to start playback faster if there is no ad to be displayed

v0.1.0

• Initial release

License

MIT