video-server {video}

Update video.js Server-Side

Description

Change the state of the video player from the server.

playVideo, pauseVideo and stopVideo will all be applied to the current video.

changeVideo will update the track to the URL or file specified.

updatePlaybackRate will change how fast the video is playing.

Usage

playVideo(id, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

pauseVideo(id, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

stopVideo(id, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

seekVideo(id, seek, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

changeVideo(id, files, format = NULL, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

updatePlaybackRate(id, playrate = 1, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())

Arguments

id

ID of the video to update

session

Shiny session

seek

Time (in seconds) to set the position of the track

files

A vector of file paths or URLs pointing

format

An optional list of formats of video

playrate

Speed of playback of the video. Default is set to 1 (normal speed)

Value

Updates the the state of the specified video in the shiny application.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  library(shiny)

  ui <- fluidPage(
    title = "howler.js Player",
    video(
      "https://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4",
      elementId = "video"
     ),
    actionButton("pause", "Pause Video")
  )

  server <- function(input, output) {
    observeEvent(input$pause, pauseVideo("video"))
  }

  runShiny(ui, server)
}