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

setup

Fetch latest from the npm registry:

npm install @thewhodidthis/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)