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JavaScript Setting Options for the Media Player

TzeYang Chew
TzeYang Chew
12,039 Points
Posted by TzeYang Chew
TzeYang Chew
12,039 Points

why is the tracks and startLanguage: 'en ' is not working 

<!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="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <script src="js/mediaelement-and-player.min.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mediaelementplayer.css">
    <link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>HTML Video and Audio</h1>

    <div class="wrapper">

      <h2>Video Example</h2>
     <!-- <video width="852" height="480" controls> -->

     <div class = "videoWrapper">
     <!-- <video width="852" height="480" class = "mejs__player"> -->
      <video width="852" height="480">
        <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>
      </div>

      <h2>Audio Example</h2>

      <!-- <audio controls> -->

      <div class="audioWrapper">
      <!-- <audio class = "mejs__player"> -->
      <audio>
        <source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
      </audio>
      </div>
    </div>
    <script>
      $('video, audio').mediaelementplayer({
        features: ['playpause', 'current', 'tracks', 'progress'],
        startLanguage: 'en'
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

ohboy
ohboy
2,232 Points
ohboy
ohboy
2,232 Points

Looks like you have the video element commented

<!-- <video width="852" height="480" controls> -->