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12,029 PointsCan't seem to get the skin to show on the player. Getting the timestamps of the video showing under the video player as
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>HTML Video and Audio</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<script src="mejs/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="mejs/mediaelement-and-player.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mejs/mediaelemenetplayer.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mejs/mejs-skins.css">
</head> <body>
<h1>HTML Video and Audio</h1>
<div class="wrapper">
<h2>Video Example</h2>
<video width="852" height="480" controls>
<source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="bridge-captions.vtt" default>
</video>
<h2>Audio Example</h2>
<audio controls>
<source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
</audio>
</div>
<script>
$('audio,video').mediaelementplayer({
success: function(player, node) {
$('#' + node.id + '-mode').html('mode: ' + player.pluginType);
},
startLanguage: 'en',
translationSelector: true
});
</script>
</body> </html>
2 Answers
Michael Lorenzana
12,029 PointsI found the error in my code. Seems I do have everything right expect I misspelled mediaelementplayer.min.css in my href attribute.
Michael Lorenzana
12,029 PointsHi Paul,
Yes, sometimes I forget to even open the developer tools. It's such a great tool and definitely appreciate those words of wisdom.
Paul Cox
12,671 PointsPaul Cox
12,671 PointsHi Michael,
A good way to spot errors of this kind is to open the developer tools of your browser and check the network tab. Misspelt filenames will show as 404 requests.