Hi folks,

The Open Video Player family of industry best practice video player projects continues to grow as we add our newest member, OVP for HTML5 <video>. This project provides a simple JavaScript library to accelerate the development of HTML5 <video> experiences using a “strategy” approach. Here is a summary of the features of this first release:

Intelligent player technology selection
- OVP for HTML5 <video> selects the right player technology based on browser/device capabilities AND the specific media type

Player technology “Strategy” approach
- Programmatically set the page “strategy” for preferred player technology selection (HTML5 <video> or Adobe Flash)

Standardized user interface across player technologies
- Use CSS/JavaScript for common interface controls across player technologies (HTML5 <video> or Adobe Flash)

Simple JavaScript programmatic interface

Use HTML5 <video> or JavaScript/<div>
- OVP for HTML5 <video> can “adopt” existing <video> tags or can be targetted to a <div>

Native mRSS Playlist support
- Display mRSS feed based playlists with a native UI control

Customizable player controls using CSS
- Create custom themes and modify the controls using standard CSS & Javascript

Uses industry standard jQuery
- Leverages non-collision instance of jQuery for DOM management & UI effects

Check out our live example page at: http://openvideoplayer.sourceforge.net/html5video/

Download the source and examples here.

As always if you have questions, feedback, and comments, please use our forums to let us know!