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Posted by KnowledgeWoods Consulting
KnowledgeWoods Consulting
5,607 Points

HTML Player with option to choose between two different languages.

I want a HTML Player to play videos but with the option to choose between two different languages. Is it possible?

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

When you say choosing between two different languages, do you mean the audio tracks or captions?

KnowledgeWoods Consulting
KnowledgeWoods Consulting
5,607 Points

Audio Track

1 Answer

John Grillo
John Grillo
30,241 Points
John Grillo
John Grillo
30,241 Points

Question is a bit unclear, so here it goes....

I'm pretty sure you want a JavaScript option for that. The default for the <video> tag does just that; it displays a video for the webpage based on default settings. The video/audio HTML course goes over what I'm talking about here, so it may be worth checking out. The JavaScript option would be able to fix the features of the player to whatever you want them to be, but if you want LANGUAGE options, you essentially only two real choices.

1) Record the video with the dubbed language in the first place. Give the end user the chance to load either video upon command.

2) make a subtitle [.vtt file] and include it as a <track> option. You hae to type the transcription yourself though.

Hope that helps. But seriously, check out the video/audio track.