Flvjs-megacam NPM

flvjs-megacam

An HTML5 Flash Video (FLV) Player written in pure JavaScript without Flash. LONG LIVE FLV!

This project relies on Media Source Extensions to work.

Overview

flvjs-megacam works by transmuxing FLV file stream into ISO BMFF (Fragmented MP4) segments, followed by feeding mp4 segments into an HTML5 <video> element through Media Source Extensions API.

flvjs-megacam is written in ECMAScript 6, transpiled into ECMAScript 5 by Babel Compiler, and bundled with Browserify.

Features

FLV container with H.264 + AAC / MP3 codec playback
Multipart segmented video playback
HTTP FLV low latency live stream playback
FLV over WebSocket live stream playback
Compatible with Chrome, FireFox, Safari 10, IE11 and Edge
Extremely low overhead, and hardware accelerated by your browser!

Installation

npm install --save flvjs-megacam

Build

npm install          # install dev-dependences
npm install -g gulp  # install build tool
gulp release         # packaged & minimized js will be emitted in dist folder

cnpm mirror is recommended if you are in Mainland China.

CORS

If you use standalone video server for FLV stream, Access-Control-Allow-Origin header must be configured correctly on video server for cross-origin resource fetching.

See cors.md for more details.

Getting Started

<script src="flvjs-megacam.js"></script>
<video id="videoElement"></video>
<script>
    if (flvjs.isSupported()) {
        var videoElement = document.getElementById('videoElement');
        var flvPlayer = flvjs-megacam.createPlayer({
            type: 'flv',
            url: 'http://example.com/flv/video.flv'
        });
        flvPlayer.attachMediaElement(videoElement);
        flvPlayer.load();
        flvPlayer.play();
    }
</script>

Limitations

MP3 audio codec is currently not working on IE11 / Edge
HTTP FLV live stream is not currently working on all browsers, see livestream.md

Multipart playback

You only have to provide a playlist for MediaDataSource. See multipart.md

Livestream playback

See livestream.md

API and Configuration

See api.md

Debug

npm install          # install dev-dependences
npm install -g gulp  # install build tool
npm run dev          # with incremental compile and auto reload