mb.vimeoPlayer for background videos

A Chrome-less Vimeo® video player that let you play any Vimeo® video as background of your WordPress® page or post.
You can activate it for your home page from the settings panel (no license needed) or on any post or page using the short code (need the Plus version) as described in the Reference section of the settings.

The mb.vimeo_player doesn’t work on any mobile devices (iOs, Android, Windows, etc.) due to restrictions applied by the vendors on media controls via javascript.
Adding a background image to the body as mobile devices fallback is a good practice and it will also prevent unwanted white flickering on desktop browsers when the video is buffering.

• demo: http://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.vimeoPlayer/demo/
• pupunzi blog: http://pupunzi.open-lab.com
• pupunzi site: http://pupunzi.com

This plug in has been tested successfully on:

• Chrome 11+, Firefox 7+, Opera 9+ on Mac OsX, Windows and Linux
• Safari 5+ on Mac OsX
• IE7+ on Windows (via Adobe Flash player)

with the Plus version you’ll get:

 Remove the water-mark from the video. Activate all the advanced features: Fallback image url Set the opacity Set the aspect ratio Set the seconds the video should start at Set the seconds the video should end at Show the control bar Choose the full screen behavior Set the audio volume Choose if the video should start mute or not Choose if the video should loop Add the raster image Track the video views on Google Analytics Choose if the player should pause if the windows blur Activate the short-code editor that let you add any YTPlayer video on any page of your site. Use the YTPlayer to display a clean Vimeo video player (via short-code). Set the YTPlayer as background of any element of your page (via short-code). 

To set your homepage background video:

1. Go to the mb.vimeo-player settings page.
2. set the complete Vimeo video url
3. set all the other parameters as you need.

You can also set it by placing a shortcode in the home page via the YTPlayer shortcode window (Plus version).
You can open it by clicking on the YTPlayer button in the top toolbar of the page editor.

To set a video as background of a post or a page:

Use the editor button or write the below shortcode into the content of your post or page (Plus version):

[vimeo_player url=”https://vimeo.com/202763350″ ratio=”16/9″ isinline=”false” showcontrols=”true” realfullscreen=”true” printurl=”true” autoplay=”false” mute=”false” loop=”false” addraster=”false” stopmovieonblur=”false” gaTrack=”false” ]

• @ url = the YT url of the video you want as background
• @ ratio = the aspect ratio of the video 4/3 or 16/9
• @ mute = a boolean to mute the video
• @ loop = a boolean to loop the video on its end
• @ showcontrols = a boolean to show or hide controls and progression of the video
• @ opacity = a value from 0 to 1 that set the opacity of the background video
• @ id = The ID of the element in the DOM where you want to target the player (default is the BODY)
• @ quality:
  • small: Player height is 240px, and player dimensions are at least 320px by 240px for 4:3 aspect ratio.
  • medium: Player height is 360px, and player dimensions are 640px by 360px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 480px by 360px (for 4:3 aspect ratio).
  • large: Player height is 480px, and player dimensions are 853px by 480px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 640px by 480px (for 4:3 aspect ratio).
  • hd720: Player height is 720px, and player dimensions are 1280px by 720px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 960px by 720px (for 4:3 aspect ratio).
  • hd1080: Player height is 1080px, and player dimensions are 1920px by 1080px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 1440px by 1080px (for 4:3 aspect ratio).
  • highres: Player height is greater than 1080px, which means that the player’s aspect ratio is greater than 1920px by 1080px.
  • default: Vimeo selects the appropriate playback quality.

What about mobile

The mb.vimeo_player works on any modern mobile devices (iOs, Android) but needs a first touch to start.