Octopress Video Tag

Easy HTML5 video tags for Jekyll sites.

Add this gem to your site's Gemfile in the :jekyll_plugins group:

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'octopress-video-tag'
end

Then install the gem with Bundler

$ bundle

$ gem install octopress-video-tag

Then add the gem to your Jekyll configuration.

gems:
  -octopress-video-tag

Creating a proper HTML5 video tag couldn't be simpler.

{% video urls [class names] [width height] [preload:auto|metadata|none] %}

URLs must include a protocol http or https or begin with a /. URLs for videos should point to mp4, ogv, and/or webm. Adding a url to an image will set that image as the video's poster frame.

Preload has three settings:

• auto - The Video should start downloading when the page is loaded.
• metadata - Only the videos metadata is downloaded when the page is loaded.
• none - The video will only be downloaded when the viewer clicks.

This plugin defaults to preloading metadata. This uses minimal bandwidth while still allowing the video to start playing quickly.

Each video is embedded with a minuscule bit of javascript which plays videos when they are clicked. If you'd prefer to disable this feature, set click_to_play_video: false in your site's configuration.

{% video {{ site.cdn }}/videos/clouds.mp4 %}
{% video featured wide /images/clouds.jpg /videos/clouds.mp4 /videos/clouds.webm /videos/clouds.ogv 1080px 608px preload:auto %}

This would output the following HTML

<video controls preload='metadata' onclick='(function(el){ if(el.paused) el.play(); else el.pause() })(this)'>
  <source src='https://cdn.com/video/clouds.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"'>
</video>

<video class='featured wide' controls poster='/images/clouds.jpg' width='1080px' height='608px' preload='auto'
  onclick='(function(el){ if(el.paused) el.play(); else el.pause() })(this)'>
  <source src='/videos/clouds.mp4' type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"'>
  <source src='/videos/clouds.webm' type='video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"'>
  <source src='/videos/clouds.ogv' type='video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"'>
</video>

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/octopress/video-tag/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request