# CDN Installation Guide Load Video.js from jsDelivr and build an HTML video player without installing Video.js packages Video.js can run directly from browser-ready files on jsDelivr. This HTML-only path does not install Video.js packages: choose a player, load its scripts, and add the generated custom-element markup to your page. > **Note: Release Candidate** > > Video.js v10 is a *release candidate*. We feel the API is stable and ready to build with. With your [feedback](https://github.com/videojs/v10/issues), a few documentation updates, and any final fixes, we look forward to shipping 10.0.0 soon. [Read the Release Candidate blog post](https://videojs.org/blog/videojs-v10-release-candidate). > **Tip: Coming from another player?** > > Follow the migration guide for [Video.js 8](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/migrate-from-video-js-8), [Mux Player](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/migrate-from-mux-player), [Plyr](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/migrate-from-plyr), or [Media Chrome](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/migrate-from-media-chrome). Each maps your existing setup onto Video.js v10 instead of starting from scratch. ## AI Quickstart Paste this prompt into your coding agent: ``` Install the Video.js skill: run `npx @videojs/cli agents skills` and follow the steps for the agent you are running in. If you can't run commands, follow the install instructions at https://github.com/videojs/skills instead. Then use the Video.js skill when you work on video or audio in this project. When installation details are needed, run `npx @videojs/cli agents init --method cdn --framework html` to print the version-matched choices and instructions without changing files. ``` ## Installation options for coding agents The web Markdown page contains the default installation. Add the query parameters below to its `.md` URL for a complete, validated variation. From a project or an offline docs bundle, run the CLI command below instead. Both paths use the same installation renderer and only return instructions; they do not modify a project. This page fixes the installation method to `cdn` and the framework to `html`. ```sh npx @videojs/cli agents init ``` ### Query parameters - `project`: Whether to adapt the current project or scaffold a new one. New projects need a named app setup. Values: `new`, `existing`. Default: existing. - `preset`: The player configuration and control set. Values: `video`, `audio`, `live-video`, `live-audio`, `background-video`. Default: video. - `skin`: The visual skin. Minimal has cleaner surfaces and the same controls as Default. Values: `default`, `minimal`, `none`. Default: default. Applies when preset is not background-video. - `media`: The media source or playback adapter. See the preset compatibility map below. Values: `background-video`, `hls-background-video`, `cloudflare`, `dash`, `hls`, `html5-audio`, `html5-video`, `mux-audio`, `mux-background-video`, `mux-video`, `spotify`, `tiktok`, `twitch`, `vimeo`, `youtube`. Default: the selected preset's first compatible media source. - `extensions`: A comma-separated list of optional player extensions compatible with the selected player. Pass `none` when no extension is needed. Values: `none`, `google-cast`, `mux-data`. Default: mux-data for Mux media; none otherwise (reported as defaulted). - `source-url`: The http:// or https:// media URL placed in the generated player example. Pass `demo` to choose the Video.js demo source for the selected media explicitly. Default: the Video.js demo source for the selected media (reported as defaulted). - `package-manager`: The command runner used for app setup, packages, Shadcn, and the development server. Values: `npm`, `pnpm`, `yarn`, `bun`. Default: pnpm. Applies when method is not cdn with template none. - `template`: The app setup and file layout. CDN defaults to `none` for an existing page and `vite` for a new app. Values: `vite`, `none`. Default: none. Run the command above without flags to see the corresponding CLI flags for every framework. ### Decide in this order 1. **Inspect the project.** Read package.json, framework config, and lockfiles to infer the framework, app setup, and package manager. React installs @videojs/react; HTML, Vue, and Svelte install @videojs/html. 2. **Choose the starting point.** Use existing when adapting a compatible project. Use new only when the user wants a new app or the intended workspace has no app. Confirm the choice when the workspace and request do not make it clear. 3. **Choose the player.** Use video unless the request signals another experience: audio, music, or podcasts use audio; a live stream uses live-video or live-audio; a muted, looping decorative video uses background-video. Ask only when those signals conflict. 4. **Choose the skin.** Use default unless the request asks for a minimal, cleaner, or more subtle look, which uses minimal; both contain the same controls. Use none only when the project builds its own controls. Ask only when those signals conflict. 5. **Choose the media.** Infer the adapter from the source when possible. Mux wins for Mux playback URLs: stream.mux.com/\.m3u8 or a bare playback ID uses mux-video, mux-audio, or mux-background-video rather than hls. Mux static renditions such as .mp4 or .m4a files use html5-video or html5-audio. Other .m3u8 URLs use hls. 6. **Choose extensions.** Mux Data is included by default for Mux video and audio sources. Add Google Cast when a standard or live video player with a ready-made skin should cast a compatible source. Use none when no extension is needed. 7. **Choose how to install.** This guide uses CDN scripts for plain HTML. Use an existing page when one is available, and scaffold a minimal Vite app only when no app exists. 8. **Return one explicit plan.** Confirm the choices once, then pass every applicable query parameter, including `extensions=none` when no extension is needed and `source-url=demo` when there is no media URL yet. Check that Defaulted options says none. Adapt conditional setup steps and existing paths before changing files. ### Compatible media sources by preset - `video`: `html5-video`, `hls`, `dash`, `mux-video`, `vimeo`, `youtube`, `cloudflare`, `tiktok`, `twitch` - `audio`: `html5-audio`, `mux-audio`, `spotify` - `live-video`: `hls`, `mux-video` - `live-audio`: `mux-audio` - `background-video`: `background-video`, `hls-background-video`, `mux-background-video` ### App setup by framework - `html`: templates `vite`, `none` ### Installation pages - [Packaged modules: React](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/react.md) - [Packaged modules: HTML](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/html.md) - [Packaged modules: Vue](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/vue.md) - [Packaged modules: Svelte](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/svelte.md) - [Editable Shadcn source: React source](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/shadcn.md?framework=react) - [Editable Shadcn source: HTML source](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/shadcn.md?framework=html) - [CDN: HTML from jsDelivr](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/cdn.md) ## Selected options - `method`: `cdn` - `framework`: `html` - `project`: `existing` - `preset`: `video` - `skin`: `default` - `media`: `html5-video` - `extensions`: `none` - `source-url`: `https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM/highest.mp4` - `template`: `none` Defaulted options: project, preset, skin, source-url, media, extensions, template. ## Reproduce or change these instructions ```sh npx @videojs/cli agents init --method cdn --framework html --project existing --preset video --skin default --media html5-video --extensions none --source-url https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM/highest.mp4 --template none ``` ## Load Video.js Add these module scripts to the page head. Module scripts are deferred, so they wait for the page. ### `index.html` (head) _Merge this into the page ``._ ```html ``` ## Add your player Add this markup inside the page body where the player should appear. ### `index.html` (body) _Merge this into the page `` where the player should appear._ ```html ``` > These are instructions only. Review and run the commands in your project; no files were modified. That’s it! You now have a working Video.js player without installing Video.js packages. ## Own the UI Packaged skins keep their controls and layout inside Video.js. When you need to add, remove, rearrange, or deeply restyle controls, use Shadcn to add the skin source to your project. Its components, layout, styles, and interactions become local files you can change. - [Install Video.js with Shadcn](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/shadcn?framework=html#choose-how-to-install): Add editable skin source and build a working React or HTML player ## Choose what to do next ### Customize - [Customize skins](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/customize-skins#style-a-packaged-skin): Change colors, typography, sizing, and poster presentation - [Install with Shadcn](https://videojs.org/docs/guides/installation/shadcn?framework=html): Add editable skin source and build a working React or HTML player - [Internationalize the player](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/internationalization): Load another locale or add your own translations ### Deploy - [CDN files and URLs](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/cdn): Understand CDN URLs, bundles, stylesheets, locales, and shared chunks - [Browser support](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/browser-support): Check supported browsers and rendering environments - [Content Security Policy](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/content-security-policy): Configure Content Security Policy for your player - [Self-host the player](https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/guides/self-hosting): Serve the player from your own origin for offline or restricted-network deployments --- HTML documentation: https://videojs.org/docs/framework/html/llms.txt All documentation: https://videojs.org/llms.txt