Change video source to URL rather than local file

[alasdairvzaar]

i tried to edit this to use, e.g. "http://view.vzaar.com/1152805/video" as the source rather than the existing path, filename and types but it's beyond my js ability. can anybody help?

[damonbauer]

You'll need to update the plugin code. On line 38 of jquery.backgroundvideo.js, change this:

html += '<source src="'+plugin.settings.path+plugin.settings.filename+'.'+plugin.settings.types[i]+'" type="video/'+plugin.settings.types[i]+'" />';

to:

html += '<source src="'+plugin.settings.filename+'" type="video/'+plugin.settings.types[i]+'" />';

In your plugin call, you should be able to do:

$(document).ready(function() {
    var videobackground = new $.backgroundVideo($('body'), {
      "align": "centerXY",
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720,
      "path": "media/",
      "filename": "http://urlofvideo.com/path/to/video.mp4",
      "types": ["mp4"]
    });
  });

[alasdairvzaar]

thanks so much.