Plyr: A simple HTML5 media player with custom controls and WebVTT captions

Sam Potts let us know about a new HTML5 media player released by the Selz team.

The call it Plyr, and its feature list is impressive:

• Accessible - full support for captions and screen readers.
• Lightweight - just 4KB minified and gzipped.
• Customisable - make the player look how you want with the markup you want.
• Semantic - uses HTML5 form inputs for volume (range) and progress element for playback progress.
• No dependencies - written in native JS.
• API - easy to use API.
• Fallback - if there's no support, the native players are used.
• Fullscreen - options to run the player full browser or the user can toggle fullscreen.

Check out the demo to see the captioning in full effect. Thanks for the ping, Sam!