Flowplayer Video Player

Flowplayer Video Player adds a video shortcode to your WordPress site. This shortcode allows you to embed a video file and play it back using the Flowplayer HTML5 player.

Features

• Embed MP4 videos
• Embed webm videos
• Embed videos which can be viewed from a mobile or tablet device
• Video playback support for iOS (ipad, iphone) and android devices
• Embed HTML5 videos which are playable across all major browsers
• Embed videos with poster images
• Embed videos and allow it to loop to the beginning when finished
• Customize the video player using modifier classes
• Automatically play a video when the page is rendered
• Embed videos using three different skins
• Automatically calculate the height of a video based on its width
• Flexible resizing of a video (true responsiveness)
• Embed a video with various aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3)

Usage

In order to embed a video, create a new post/page and use the following shortcode:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4"] 

here, src is the actual source of your mp4 video file.

In addition to the source mp4 video file, you can also specify a webm video file. This step is optional since mp4 video format is supported by almost all major browsers.

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" webm="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.webm"] 

Poster Image

If you want to show an image as placeholder before the video plays, you can specify it in the “poster” parameter:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" poster="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/images/poster.jpg"] 

Autoplay Video

If you want a particular video to start playing when the page loads you can set the “autoplay” option to “true”:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" autoplay="true"] 

Player Size

By default, the player takes up the full width of the content area. You can easily control the size by specifying a width for it:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" width="500"] 

The height will be automatically determined based on the ratio (please see the “Control Player Ratio section” for details).

Player Ratio

The player ratio is set to “0.417” by default. But you can override it by specifying a different ratio in the shortcode:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" ratio="0.345"] 

Loop Video

If you want a particular video to start playing again when it ends you can set the “loop” option to “true”:

[flowplayer src="http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/test.mp4" loop="true"] 

For documentation please visit the Flowplayer Video Player plugin page