HTML5 Video Play on Hover

html5-video-play-on-hover.markdown

HTML5 Video Play on Hover

Play an HTML5 Video on hover using gifycat.

Combine with Video url (vimeo/youtube) to grab thumbnail

A Pen by Andrea Perazzi on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<!--
Data: https://gfycat.com/cajax/get/VerifiableTerrificHind
 
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcejtAwxz4

More info on youtube api for thumbnails: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2068344/how-do-i-get-a-youtube-video-thumbnail-from-the-youtube-api
-->
<div id="videosList">           

<div class="video">
    <video class="thevideo" loop preload="none">
      <source src="https://giant.gfycat.com/VerifiableTerrificHind.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="https://giant.gfycat.com/VerifiableTerrificHind.webm" type="video/webm">
    Your browser does not support the video tag.
    </video>
  </div>
  Hover mouse over video. Desktop only [ Obviously! ;) ]
</div>

script.js

var cip = $(".video").hover( hoverVideo, hideVideo );

function hoverVideo(e) {  
    $('video', this).get(0).play(); 
}

function hideVideo(e) {
    $('video', this).get(0).pause(); 
}

scripts

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

style.css

#videosList {
 max-width: 600px; 
  overflow: hidden;
}

.video {
  background-image: url('https://img.youtube.com/vi/nZcejtAwxz4/maxresdefault.jpg');
  height: 330px;
  width: 600px;
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}

/* Hide Play button + controls on iOS */
video::-webkit-media-controls {
    display:none !important;
}