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Helps control video elements with autoplay available down to iOS 8.

setup

Download from the npm registry:

# Add to package.json
npm install playah

usage

Feed with a <video> element as for example,

import createPlayer from "playah"

const video = document.createElement("video")

"playsinline loop autoplay".split(" ").forEach((v) => {
  video.setAttribute(v, "")
})

video.setAttribute("src", "BigBuckBunny.mp4")

// Instantiating past video setup is
// kind of important in this example
const { play, stop } = createPlayer(video)

let paused = 1

video.addEventListener("loadstart", () => {
  paused = 0
})

video.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
  e.preventDefault()

  paused = paused ? play() : stop()
}, false)

document.body.appendChild(video)