DUBLIN, Ireland — Fluid Player, the free, open-source HTML5 video player has been upgraded to Version 3, with a "major modernization of the codebase" and improved code quality and player stability.
"More than 60 bugs and issues were fixed in Version 3 improving compatibility, responsiveness and rendering of the player," a rep explained.
"The Fluid Player website has also been redesigned and features a demo video highlighting some of the player’s key features," continued the rep, while the Player Builder now offers publishers and developers "an easy-to-use customization tool that allows the testing out of features and customizations in real time while automatically generating the relevant code. The generated code can then be cut-and-pasted directly into a website using Fluid Player as its video player."
"The website also includes links to the new documentation and GitHub, and useful blog articles on how to get the best out of Fluid Player," said the rep.
Additional tweaks and upgrades include:
- Fluid Player is now available on NPM
- Fluid Player is now distributed as an ES6 module and is ready to be used with dynamic pages and single page applications, as well as complex frontend projects
- Fluid Player is ready to use with dynamic frontend frameworks like React, Vue.js and others
- CDN distribution of Fluid Player now ships with embedded stylesheets and graphics reducing the number of web requests and improving the responsiveness of the player
- Fluid Player’s documentation has been redesigned and updated to allow for smoother onboarding, including examples of integration with Vue.js and React projects
Find Fluid Player online; current Version 2 users can upgrade to Version 3 here.