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connection_aware_video_player.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang=en>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8><meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
<title>Simple Video Player</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Connection Aware Video Player</h3>
<video id="player" width="320" height="240" controls onclick="switchVideo" poster="https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/video/upload/w_320,h_240,f_auto,q_auto/test_video_r2tk5n.jpg" autoplay muted>
<source src="https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/video/upload/w_320,h_240,e_preview:duration_5,f_auto,q_auto/test_video_r2tk5n">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Uses Network Information API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API
// swap the preview with the real video, only if user is on a 4g connection and above
var player = document.getElementById('player')
player.addEventListener('ended', function() {
// check effective connection type
var connection = navigator.connection || navigator.mozConnection || navigator.webkitConnection;
var type = connection.effectiveType;
if (type != "2g" && type != "3g") {
player.src = "https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/video/upload/w_320,h_240,f_auto,q_auto/test_video_r2tk5n"
player.autoplay = false
player.muted= false
}
})
</script>
</body>
</html>
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