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ShakaVideo

Video element powered by Shaka Player for DASH, HLS, and progressive playback with DRM

Video element powered by Shaka Player. One element plays DASH, HLS, and progressive files, and it’s the media component to reach for when you need DRM.

Load a source

src takes a manifest URL. DASH, HLS, and progressive files all go through the same property, and Shaka picks the parser from the URL.

<ShakaVideo src="https://example.com/manifest.mpd" />

When the URL carries no extension to go on, name the type with source.type. That’s what makes an extensionless manifest playable.

<ShakaVideo source={{ src: 'https://example.com/manifest', type: 'application/dash+xml' }} />

Protected content

source.drm names your license servers, keyed by EME key system id. Name every system you hold a license server for: which one gets negotiated is the browser’s choice.

<ShakaVideo
  source={{
    src: 'https://example.com/manifest.mpd',
    drm: {
      'com.widevine.alpha': { licenseUrl: 'https://example.com/widevine' },
      'com.apple.fps': {
        licenseUrl: 'https://example.com/fairplay',
        serverCertificateUrl: 'https://example.com/fairplay.cer',
      },
    },
  }}
/>

FairPlay needs a serverCertificateUrl unless its CDM is pre-provisioned; Widevine and PlayReady ignore it. source.drm takes the same shape as hls.js’s own drmSystems, so one object describes DRM for either engine.

For the parts of Shaka’s DRM configuration this doesn’t cover, configure Shaka directly. A drm.servers under source.engine.shaka replaces source.drm rather than merging with it.

Behavior

  • Adaptation stays within renditions no larger than the element rendering them, through Shaka’s abr.restrictToElementSize. Override it under source.engine.shaka.
  • preload="none" defers the load until playback is asked for; autoplay or a play() counts as asking.
  • preload="metadata" loads, then holds Shaka’s buffering goals down to a second until preload rises to auto.
  • streamType is detected from the manifest, so a player skin renders live and on-demand content correctly without being told which it is.
  • Changing source.engine.shaka reconfigures the running player in place instead of recreating it.

Examples

Basic Usage

import { ShakaVideo } from '@videojs/react/media/shaka-video';

export default function BasicUsage() {
  return <ShakaVideo className="shaka-video" src="https://dash.akamaized.net/akamai/streamroot/050714/Spring_4Ktest.mpd" autoPlay muted playsInline loop />;
}

API Reference

Props

Accepts the standard React props for a native <video>, plus these Video.js-specific props:

PropTypeDefaultDetails
preloadMediaPreloadType'metadata'
sourceShakaSource | nullnull
srcstring''
streamTypeMediaStreamType'unknown'

Engine options

source.engine.shaka

Pass Shaka Player’s own configuration here. It’s handed to Shaka untouched, so every option in its configuration reference works, spelled the way Shaka spells it. Replacing the object resets any configuration applied before it. Media Sources covers how engine options fit into a structured source.

Each entry below is a group of Shaka settings rather than a single value, and Shaka documents what’s inside them. The names and types come from Shaka’s own type definitions.

<ShakaVideo
  source={{
    src: 'https://example.com/manifest.mpd',
    engine: { shaka: { streaming: { bufferingGoal: 30 } } },
  }}
/>
OptionTypeDetails
abrobject
abrFactoryFactory
accessibilityobject
adaptationSetCriteriaFactoryFactory
adsobject
cmcdobject
cmsdobject
drmobject
ignoreHardwareResolutionboolean
lcevcobject
manifestobject
mediaSourcefunction
networkingobject
offlinefunction
playRangeEndnumber
playRangeStartnumber
preferredAudioAudioPreference[]
preferredDecodingAttributesstring[]
preferredTextTextPreference[]
preferredVideoVideoPreference[]
queueobject
restrictionsobject
streamingobject
textDisplayerobject
textDisplayFactoryFactory

Ref

Forwards its ref to the rendered <video>. The ref is an HTMLVideoElement and exposes its complete native property and method API.

Events

Handle standard media events with React event props such as onPlay and onTimeUpdate. For native events without a React prop, attach a listener through the ref with addEventListener.