The 2026 Drupal Business Survey is open. Your response will help shape the future of the Drupal business ecosystem.My video uploads are transcoded to flv, mp4, ogg and webm.
In theme_video_formatter_player the formatter uses the extension of the first file ($item['playablefiles'][0]->uri) to determine whether to use video_play_flv or video_play_html5.
Since the first of the 4 files is always the flv, I only get the flash player (Flowplayer in my case) and never the html5 player.
Of course when I change the player for flv files to html5 (video for everybody) then the html5 theme function is always used and there is never a flash player.
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | video-player_selection-1889202-2.patch | 1.58 KB | JvE |
Comments
Comment #1
Jorrit commentedWhat is your preferred HTML5 player?
Comment #2
JvE commentedVideo for everybody. Videojs throws an error in chrome and only plays 1 second in IE7, so changing the player for FLV to HTML5 and choosing Videojs is not a viable workaround for me.
Attached patch allows me to choose a flash player for FLV and HTML5 for the other videos.
It basically changes the way the theme function is picked:
- If one of the video types is configured to use an HTML5 player then the HTML5 theme function is used.
- If the last or only video type is configured to use an FLV player then the FLV theme function is used.
- In all other cases the player configured for the last or only video type is used.
A more solid approach for the future might be to allow the priority of the players to be configurable.
Comment #3
Jorrit commentedYour patch looks good, I will commit it next week when I have more time.
Comment #4
Jorrit commentedCommitted, thanks.