HTML5 video player comparison
| Name | Licence | JavaScript Library | Flash fallback |
iOS | Full screen | Keyboard | Subtitles | easy to integrate | easy to theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projekktor | GPL 3 | jQuery | yes | yes | noish | – | – | yes | yes |
| FlareVideo | MIT | jQuery | yes | – | yes* | play/ pause *** | – | yes | yes |
| Video JS | GPL 3 | – | yes | yes | yes | – | yes | yes | yes |
| JW Player | PUEL | jQuery | yes | yes | yes | – | – | yes | yes |
| Kaltura / Adobe | GPL 2 | jQuery | yes | yes | browser window | – | – | yes | yes |
| html5media | GPL 3 | – | yes | yes | yes* | – | – | yes | – |
| jMediaelement | MIT | jQuery | yes | yes | with plugin | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| OIPlayer | GPL 3 | jQuery | yes | yes | browser window | – | – | noish | yes |
| HVideo | custom | jQuery | – | yes | yes* | play/ pause *** | – | noish | yes |
| jQuery Video | ? | jQuery | – | – | – | – | – | yes | – |
| Video for Everybody | CC | – | yes | yes | yes* | – | – | yes | – |
| Open Video Player | custom | jQuery | yes | yes | browser window | – | – | – | maybe |
| HTML5 Video Player | ? | MooTools | – | yes | – | – | – | yes | yes |
| mediaelement.js | GPLv2 MIT | jQuery | yes | yes | yes | – | yes | yes | yes |
| SublimeVideo ** | paid service | yes | yes | cmd/ctrl + click | – | – | hell yes | – | |
| Uppod.HTML5 | ? | – | includable | yes | browser window | pause *** | – | yes | no |
| LeanBack | own | – | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mooplay | GPL 3 | MooTools | no | yes | browser window | – | yes | noish | yes |
| OSM Player | GPL 3 | jQuery | yes | triple click to play | browser window | – | – | hell no | – |
* true fullscreen if browser supports that.
** Please note that Sublime Video is not a freely downloadable player!
*** takes over all other keyboard interactions
via HTML5 video player.
