multi-video-frames

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Play/view multiple video player streams in the same browser window by using iframes.

• Project page and live version
• Example loading four frames
• Source code

Screenshots

Screenshot of multi-video-frames in action with sample videos

Screenshot of multi-video-frames in action during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, by Svarten.

Usage

Manually enter URLs

1. Go to https://joelpurra.com/projects/multi-video-frames/
2. Click the button to add frame.
3. Enter any URL into the address box.
4. Unfocus the address box (press tab or click outside the box) to load the URL into the frame.
5. Rinse, repeat, enjoy.

Create a link for sharing

1. Follow the steps for manually entering URLs.
2. Look at the direct link to these frames above the videos.
3. Copy the link.
4. Send the link to your friends!

Sample URLs

• https://player.vimeo.com/video/221449473
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xz1a5iTi3aU
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/9bZkp7q19f0
• https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/208395706&visual=true

Common URL fixes

YouTube

The regular URL will not work (X-Frame-Options:SAMEORIGIN) — but there's a special embed URL that works just fine! Convert the top address to the below adress, by copying the video id. YouTube also has an embed button, as desribed below.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEOID

Example

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
• https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHg5SJYRHA0

Vimeo

Vimeo allows embedding videos, and it's easy to convert from the regular URL to an embeddable version.

• https://vimeo.com/VIDEOID
• https://player.vimeo.com/video/VIDEOID

Example

• https://vimeo.com/22439234
• https://player.vimeo.com/video/22439234

Generic "full screen" video, music, and embeds

If you can find a "share" or "embed" button on your favorite video or music site, there's usually a URL that can be extracted and used as a "full screen"/"full frame" version. The Soundcloud sample URL above was extracted from the embed code for DJ Frane's track On The Air by clicking "share".

Sharing link URL format

• The base URL is https://joelpurra.com/projects/multi-video-frames/.
• The URL lists each video as a url query string key/value.
• Each URL query string must be encoded with encodeURIComponent(url) to ensure query string parameters are passed correctly.
• Each URL has to start with https://.
• An example URL with frames with videos from Vimeo and Youtube as well as music from Soundcloud looks like this: https://joelpurra.com/projects/multi-video-frames/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F221449473&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FXz1a5iTi3aU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F9bZkp7q19f0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fw.soundcloud.com%2Fplayer%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F208395706%26visual%3Dtrue

TODO list

Patches/pull requests are welcome!

• Click to close a frame.
• Remember URL history.
• Dynamic frame resize by dragging handles, as it would work in a normal non-browser window.
• Optionally extract the video object (or hide everything else) when loading new URLs, to get a clutter-free view.
• Convert from known URL formats to better URL formats (see YouTube workaround).
• ~~Add dark page background option.~~

Development

# Get dependencies.
npm install

# Run tests.
npm run --silent test

# Optionally run a local development server.
npm run --silent start

# Go to the development server's default address.
open "http://localhost:1337"

Thanks

• Thank you Riley Shaw for the icon Upper Left.

multi-video-frames Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Joel Purra. All rights reserved. Released under the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 (AGPL-3.0). Your donations are appreciated!