Here is a video locally served.
Here is a youtube video
Options
The following basic options are supported:
- src
- (string) (optional) The source of your video file. If not included it will auto-populate with the first video file attached to the post. You can use the following options to define specific filetypes, allowing for graceful fallbacks:
- ‘mp4’, ‘m4v’, ‘webm’, ‘ogv’, ‘wmv’, ‘flv’
- Default: First video file attached to the post
- poster
- (string) (optional) Defines image to show as placeholder before the media plays.
- Default: None
- loop
- (string) (optional) Allows for the looping of media. Defaults to “off”.
- “off” – (“default”) does not loop the media
- “on” – media will loop to beginning when finished and automatically continue playing
- Default: “off”
- autoplay
- (string) (optional) Causes the media to automatically play as soon as the media file is ready. Defaults to “off”.
- “off” – (“default”) does not automatically play the media
- “on” – Media will play as soon as the media is ready
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- Default: “off”
- preload
- (string) (optional) Specifies if and how the video should be loaded when the page loads. Defaults to “metadata”.
- “metadata” – (“default”) only metadata should be loaded when the page loads
- “none” – the video should not be loaded when the page loads
- “auto” – the video should be loaded entirely when the page loads
- Default: “metadata”
- height
- (integer) (required) Defines height of the media. Value is automatically detected on file upload.
- Default: [Media file height]
- width
- (integer) (required) Defines width of the media. Value is automatically detected on file upload. Note that the theme’s content_width sets the maximum width.
- Default: [Media file width]
These options are also available in the video editor; once you’ve inserted a video in one of your posts, click on the video and then on the pencil icon to access and edit all the video details:
- Video source file
- Video alternate sources (mp4, ogv, webm)
- Poster Image
- Preload options
- Tracks (subtitles, captions, descriptions, chapters, or metadata)