Material UI Player
Simple React components for playing audio and video, using material-ui
- AudioCard: Audio element with controls
- VideoCard: Video element with controls
- SoundButton: IconButton to only play audio files (ideal for short audios)
Contents
Why use this package
- Allow customization on traditional
<audio>
and<video>
HTML elements - Easy play media files stored in Firebase Storage or anywhere need to retrieve the download URL
- Material-UI components like : theming, customizations and low level components
- Use modern React hook and coding conventions
- Documentation made with Storybook
Usage
npm install material-ui-player # or yarn add material-ui-player
import React from 'react'
import { AudioCard, VideoCard } from 'material-ui-player'
// Relative URL - play a media from same origin
<AudioCard src={'/audio.mp3'} />
<VideoCard src={'/video.mp4'} />
<SoundButton src={'/audio.mp3'} />
// Absolute URL - play a media from external source
<AudioCard src={'https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/11/file_example_MP3_1MG.mp3'} />
<VideoCard src={'http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4'} />
<SoundButton src={'https://file-examples-com.github.io/uploads/2017/11/file_example_MP3_1MG.mp3'} />
// Promise retrieve URL
<AudioCard src={fetch('<my url>')} />
<VideoCard src={fetch('<my url>')} />
<SoundButton src={fetch('<my url>')} />
Props
Prop | Description | Default | Component |
---|---|---|---|
src |
string or Promise<string> or () => string or () => Promise<string> - The url of a media to play ◦ Can be a relative or absolute url A Promise resolved into a string (the url) after Play button clicked. This case can be useful when you are using Firebase Storage, where you need to call an API to retrieve the download Url. |
(mandatory) | all |
forward |
Set to true or falsy to show forward button |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
backward |
Set to true or falsy to show backward button |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
autoplay |
Set to true or falsy to set autoplay on audio |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
loop |
Set to true or falsy to set loop on audio |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
width |
Set the width of the player | Audio: undefined (fit parent container) Video: undefined (video maintain original size, card fit parent container) |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
speed |
Set to true or falsy to show speed control |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
mute |
Set to true or falsy to show mute button |
undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
fadeSettings |
Object with fadeInTime and fadeOutTime (number, seconds) to fadein and fadeout video |
undefined |
VideoCard |
thickness |
Set sliders line thickness (thin , medium or large ) |
medium |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
background |
Set container card background | inherit |
all |
PlayProps |
enable customization using Material UI IconButton props | undefined |
all |
BackwardProps , StopProps , PauseProps , ForwardProps , MuteProps
|
enable customization using Material UI IconButton props | undefined |
AudioCard, VideoCard |
Callback props
Callback props take a function that gets fired on various player events:
Prop | Description | Component |
---|---|---|
onForwardClick |
Called when forward button is clicked | AudioCard, VideoCard |
onBackwardClick |
Called when backward button is clicked | AudioCard, VideoCard |
onEnded |
Called when media ended | AudioCard, VideoCard |
Demo
Try it using the storyboard
Note
Please note:
- As required from Material UI you mast be sure to use this library's components inside a
<ThemeProvider>
wrapper, in order to use your custom theme. - This module has following peerDependencies:
"@mui/material": ">=5.0.0",
"@mui/styles": ">=5.0.0",
"react": ">=17.0.0",
"react-dom": ">=17.0.0"
NB: Still need to use Material UI 4? Use version 0.2.6
License
Released under MIT License