Shaka Player Alternatives

Shaka Player is described as 'Open-source JavaScript library for adaptive media. It plays adaptive media formats (such as DASH and HLS) in a browser, without using plugins or Flash. Instead, Shaka Player uses the open web standards MediaSourc Extensions and EME' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to Shaka Player for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Google Chrome, TYPO3 and JavaScript apps. The best Shaka Player alternative is FastStream, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shaka Player are Video.js, MediaElement.js, Accessible HTML5 Video Player and Indigo Player.

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  1. FastStream icon
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    Stream videos without buffering in the browser. An extension that replaces bad video players on the internet with a better, accessible video player designed for your convenience.

    25 FastStream alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  2. Video.js icon
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    Video.js is the open-source HTML5 video player for the modern web: embed html5 video easily, support all major formats, and style it your way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.

    27 MediaElement.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems
     
  4. A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.

    27 Accessible HTML5 Video Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  5. Indigo Players is a highly extensible, modern, TypeScript/JS video player. It handles MPEG-Dash / HLS / MPEG-4 and is built on top of the HTML5 video element.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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