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ReferenceError codes

VJS8_LEGACY_INIT

Legacy Video.js 8 player initialization error

videojs() was the Video.js 8 API. Video.js 10 has no factory; players are components you compose.

Trigger

const player = videojs('my-video', { controls: true });

Video.js 10 equivalent

import { Video, VideoPlayer, VideoSkin } from '@videojs/react/video' and render <VideoPlayer><VideoSkin><Video src /></VideoSkin></VideoPlayer>.

See Migrate from Video.js 8 for the full setup.

Video.js 8

Video.js 8 continues to receive security patches. Its documentation is at legacy.videojs.org. Pin the major version with npm install video.js@8 to keep using it.