MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player

A powerful media player built on top of the video.js project with HTTP Live Streaming (HSL), speed control, and playlist support
What is MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player?
MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player is an extension for Firefox that lets you enjoy a comprehensive media playing experience. The media player supports HTTP-streaming, speed control, and a playlist feature. It is built on the video.js project, uses HTML5 technology and offers features like media boosting, subtitles, full-width progress bar, and more. You can load files by dropping them into the player or by directly pressing the play button. With this extension, you can control several playback options using your keyboard.

Add-on stats

By: InBasic
Users: 4,711 ▲ 40
Rating: 3.93 (29)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2021-05-22)
Creation date: 2017-10-29
Weekly download count: 141
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
Size: 3.39M
URLs: Website

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Add-on summary

"Media Player" is a browser extension to play music and video files either locally or from an online source. This project aims to bring VLC like media playing experience by using native HTML5 technology. The add-on is built on top of the well-known video.js project by applying a few custom plug-ins to enhance the user experience. This player supports media boosting, speed control, playlist media selection, fullwidth-progress bar, HTTP-streaming (M3U8), and wave surfer visual for audio files.

You can start watching an offline video file by drag and drop the video file into the player or by pressing the big play button. To have the player load subtitle as well, make sure to drop both video and subtitle files together (The dropped subtitle should have the same name as the file and needs to be in SRT or VTT format). Also, you can add a subtitle file later using the "+CC" button. This button appears when there is no subtitle found for the current track.

You can use your keyboard to control the following playback options:

  1. "F" key: This will toggle the fullscreen mode on and off
  2. "Space" key: This will toggle the playing state of the player
  3. "Key Up" and "key Down": These keys can be used to increase or decrease volume.
  4. "Key Left" and "Key Right": These keys can be used to seek backward and forward for 10 seconds.

This extension also supports media keys even if the player is not focused. Additionally, the mouse wheel can also be used to increase or decrease the volume.

Change Log: 0.1.2:

  1. Media Player now supports history (it will save the current track position and retrieves it after a restart)
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Generally works well for certain formats
  • Useful extension for audio playback
  • User-friendly interface
Cons
  • Playlist functionality is unhelpful
  • Video playback has issues (e.g., black screen)
  • Limited format compatibility
Most mentioned
  • Playlist shows tracks as 'Untitled video'
  • Audio plays but video doesn’t
  • Request for auto repeat feature
Recent reviews
Useless Playlist for MP3 files: - Open MediaPlayer - Open a window on a web site with mp3 files - Drag/drop a few mp3 file URLs onto the open MediaPlayer - Open the MediaPlayer "Playlist"; the MP3 tracks are shown as "Untitled video" with no way to know what they are or re-arrange them. Unhelpful.
by idallen, 2024-10-12

by LS, 2024-01-03
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

MediaPlayer - Video and Audio Player has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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