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SublimeVideo: Video "On Demand" (snippet)
<!-- Inside the <head> tag -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.sublimevideo.net/js/YOUR_TOKEN.js"></script>
<!-- Inside the <body> tag -->
<img class="needs_sublime" src="video1.jpg" width="640" height="360" />
<!-- Just before </body> (or in the <head> tag) -->
<script type="text/javascript">
sublimevideo.load(); // When this page is first loaded there are no <video> element on the page, so SublimeVideo is not loaded unless we load it manually with this method
// see: http://docs.sublimevideo.net/javascript-api#load
sublimevideo.ready(function(){ // see: http://docs.sublimevideo.net/javascript-api#ready
$("img.needs_sublime").each(function(index, imgEl){
$(imgEl).bind("mousedown", function(event){ // IMPORTANT to do this onmousedown (and not onclick!)
event.preventDefault();
createVideoElementAndPrepareAndPlaySublimeVideo(imgEl);
});
});
});
function createVideoElementAndPrepareAndPlaySublimeVideo(imgEl) {
var pathToPoster = imgEl.src; // we get your MP4 video path from the href attribute of the <a> element
var pathToVideo = pathToPoster.replace(/thumbs\/(\w+).jpg/, "/videos/$1")
// Create the <video> element
var video = $('<video>').attr({
style: 'display:none',
width: imgEl.width,
height: imgEl.height,
poster: pathToPoster,
preload: 'none'
});
// Create the <source>s element and append them to the <video> element
// You will need to have well-named posterframe and video files
$('<source/>', { src:pathToVideo+".mp4" }).appendTo(video);
$('<source/>', { src:pathToVideo+"-mobile.mp4" }).appendTo(video);
$('<source/>', { src:pathToVideo+".ogv" }).appendTo(video);
// Insert <video> element after the <a> element
$(imgEl).hide();
$(imgEl).after(video);
// SublimeVideo prepare
$(imgEl).addClass('sublime').removeClass('needs_sublime');
sublimevideo.prepareAndPlay(video[0]); // see: http://docs.sublimevideo.net/javascript-api#prepareAndPlay
}
</script>
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