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HTML Extending the Media Player

Daven Hietala
Daven Hietala
8,040 Points
Posted by Daven Hietala
Daven Hietala
8,040 Points

Skipback function not working. File path may be off.

I have downloaded the mediaelement-plugins-master. I created a skip-back file. I linked the skip-back-i18n.js, skip-back.min.css, and the skip-back.min.js file into the skip-back folder. I also linked the skipback.svg file into the css folder.

here are my scripts/links..

    <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="js/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="js/mediaelement-and-player.min.js"></script>
    <link href="css/mediaelementplayer.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="skip-back/skip-back.min.js"></script>
    <script src="skip-back/skip-back-i18n.js"></script>
    <script src="skip-back/skipback.svg"></script>
    <link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="skip-back/skip-back.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="css/skipback.svg" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

and here is the one at the bottom..

    <script>
      $('video, audio').mediaelementplayer({
        features: ['playpause', 'tracks', 'progress', skipback],
        startLanguage: 'en',
        skipBackInterval: 4
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

There are no controls on my video after I refresh the page with the new code above.

Sidenote.. When I look at the documentation on github, I find it odd that in the features section there is no mention of the 'skipback' feature. i.e. "List of features/plugin to use in the player; some will be included in the control bar (by default IN STRICT ORDER: playpause, current, progress, duration, tracks, volume, fullscreen)"

Here is what the console is telling me in Chrome..

(index):45 Uncaught ReferenceError: skipback is not defined at (index):45

/favicon.ico:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) Navigated to http://port-80-lmds9ndzgq.treehouse-app.com/ (index):17

Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type image/svg+xml: "http://port-80-lmds9ndzgq.treehouse-app.com/css/skipback.svg". (index):45 Uncaught ReferenceError: skipback is not defined at (index):45 (anonymous) @ (index):45

Resource interpreted as TextTrack but transferred with MIME type text/plain: "http://port-80-lmds9ndzgq.treehouse-app.com/bridge-captions.vtt". @ (index):1

What am I doing wrong here? Please help!

Daven Hietala

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Put skipback in quotes

features: ['playpause', 'tracks', 'progress', 'skipback'],
Daven Hietala
Daven Hietala
8,040 Points
Daven Hietala
Daven Hietala
8,040 Points

hahahaha! OMG... Thank you kindly