Proposals/Done/HTML5 media player

Introduction

This feature will replace the current flash player in Mahara by an open source HTML5 media player.

A comparison of HTML5 players

Criteria to choose

• Open source - is it a GPLv3 or compatible?
• Easy to use - is it easy to use it, does it have an intuitive interface to control?
• Accessibility - does it support keyboard control, subtitles, multiple language?
• Multiple mobile platforms support - does player also work on iOS and Android?
• Consistency among browsers, platforms - does player look the same in different browsers, handheld devices?
• Theme/skin - does it support theme/skin?
• Audio ready - can it play audio files?
• Multiple media support - can it play different media file types?
• Flash fallback - does it also work with old flash media?
• Documentation - can we easily integrate it into mahara?
• Plugins/extension support - can we use or develop community plugins easily?
• Streaming media support - can player handle RTMP, Apple HLS, Adobe HDS, Microsoft HSS? (bonus)
• Helpful community - how easily can we get help from its community? (bonus)
• Performance - size, load time, ...(bonus)

HTML5 player options

Here is a list of HTML5 player options which support fully or partially the above features. We give 5 points for a full supported feature and 1 for non-supported. For bonus feature we only give 1 point if supported.

Player	Open source	Easy to use	Accessibility	Mobile	Consistency	Audio	Multiple media	Flash fallback	Documentation	Plugins	Streaming	Community	Performance	Total	Note
Native HTML5		4	3	4	5	5	4	1	5	1	0	0	0
Flowplayer HTML5	GPL v3	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	1	1	1	0		Flowplayer logo
Video.JS	Apache 2		Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
Projekktor	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
MediaElement.js	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
OSM player	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
LeanBack player	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
Kaltura player	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example