Mark Howells-Mead

** This plugin is no longer maintained. **
Modifies the HTML output of any video players which have been embedded in the content area or in the site using the oEmbed technique. Any video player which is included on the page will only be loaded if/when it is/becomes visible within the current browser window.
This plugin relies on JavaScript in the frontend. The original player will be displayed (not lazy-loaded) if JavaScript is inactive on the page.
Please note that this plugin will not work in server environments running PHP versions older than 5.3.

Lazy load video players

Any video player which is included on the page will only be loaded if/when it is visible within the current browser window.

FolioVision

FV Player is a free, easy-to-use, and complete solution for embedding MP4 or HLS videos into your posts or pages. With MP4 videos, FV Player offers 98% coverage even on mobile devices.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Remembering video position for both guest users and members</li>
<li>Chromecast and Airplay support</li>
<li>Video playlists</li>
<li>Automated checking of video encoding for logged in admins</li>
<li>Totally Brandable. Stop selling YouTube and start selling yourself. Even design your own player</li>
<li>Full support for Amazon S3</li>
<li>YouTube support</li>
<li>Integration with the Bunny Stream video encoding service</li>
<li>Integration with the Coconut.co video encoding service – using a free addon plugin: https://foliovision.com/downloads/fv-player-coconut</li>
<li>API for custom video fields</li>
<li>iframe embed codes</li>
<li>Ultra-efficient player: just 41.8kB of Javascript. Rest is loaded later when user is going to play the video</li>
</ul>
Video presentation options:
<ul>
<li>Scroll autoplay with the sticky video option</li>
<li>Sticky video playback</li>
<li>Video lightbox (works for images and galleries too, using fancyBox 3)</li>
<li>Video links to point to exact time in the video</li>
</ul>
Video tracking options:
<ul>
<li>Built-in video play stats</li>
<li>Google Analytics 4</li>
<li>Matomo</li>
</ul>
Pro features using the commercial FV Player Pro:
<ul>
<li>easy AB looped playback for your visitors (great for teaching sites)</li>
<li>Encrypted video support</li>
<li>DRM watermark</li>
<li>Video Chapters</li>
<li>Full-featured Vimeo embedding</li>
<li>Support for URL tokens of different CDNs: Bunny CDN, CloudFront, StackPath and Universal CDN</li>
<li>Support for other video services: Vimeo, OK.ru, Odysee, PeerTube (incuding support for your own instance)</li>
<li>Autoplay video only once for each visitor</li>
<li>Interactive video transcript</li>
<li>Timeline previews</li>
</ul>
Other extensions:
<ul>
<li>Alternative Sources plugin for backup CDN configuration</li>
<li>Cloudflare Stream plugin</li>
<li>JW Player platform plugin</li>
<li>Pay Per View plugin for Easy Digital Downloads and WooCommerce</li>
<li>VAST plugin</li>
<li>Viloud Live Streaming platform support</li>
<li>Video Bookmarks and User Playlists plugin</li>
</ul>
Back to school special 25% off pro licenses until end of September.
Additional Documentation at Foliovision.com
<a href="https://foliovision.com/support/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a> | 
<a href="https://foliovision.com/player/changelog" rel="nofollow ugc">Change Log</a> | 
<a href="https://foliovision.com/player/installation" rel="nofollow ugc">Installation</a>| 
<a href="https://foliovision.com/player/user-guide" rel="nofollow ugc">User Guide</a> | 
<a href="https://foliovision.com/player/faq" rel="nofollow ugc">Detailed FAQ</a>
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<h3>External Services</h3>
FV Player uses the following external services all of which are optional:
<ul>
<li>FV Player Pro license checks via foliovision.com – only used if you click the button to install FV Player Pro extension</li>
<li>AWS – if you setup Amazon S3 with FV Player</li>
<li>DigitalOcean Spaces – if you setup DigitalOcean Spaces with FV Player</li>
<li>Google API via googleapis.com and gdata.youtube.com – if you setup YouTube API key to be able to obtain video splash screens, video titles and duration information when inserting videos from YouTube</li>
<li>Bunny Stream API via video.bunnycdn.com – only if you setup Bunny Stream</li>
<li>FV Video Checker on video-checker.foliovision.com – when you install the plugin you are prompted if you allow access to your video files to check for video encoding issues. This can also be disabled using the “Disable Admin Video Checker” setting later.</li>
<li>Wistia embed codes if you use post Wistia videos</li>
</ul>

FV Player 8

WordPress's most reliable, easy to use and feature-rich video player. Supports playlists, ads, stats and user video position saving.

Lazy load video players vs FV Player 8