LT Player

The LT Player is a custom video player tailored for the Latest Thinking GmbH digital ecosystem, designed to enhance user
engagement and provide a seamless video viewing experience. Built on the robust Vidstack framework, it supports diverse
video formats and offers advanced features such as rich metadata embedding and infinite scrolling for mobile users.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing
purposes.

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- Node.js (LTS version recommended)
- npm

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1. Clone the repository:

``bash
git clone ssh://git@git.welink.ro:2424/project/external/lt/player.git
`

2. Navigate to the project directory:

`bash
cd player
`

3. Install dependencies:

`bash
npm install
`

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To start the development server:

`bash
npm run dev
`

This command will start a local development server and open up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without
having to restart the server.

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To build the project for production:

`bash
npm run build
`

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To preview the production build:

`bash
npm run preview
`

Running the Tests

To run the configured tests:

`bash
npm test
`

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see
the tags on this repository.

Authors

Welink

Acknowledgments

- Vidstack for the core video player framework.

Player config

The JSON below is an example configuration that should be provided by any client who wants to initialize a LT Player:

`json
{
"version": 3,
"body": {
"title": "Video Title",
"author": "Author Name",
"sources": [
{
"src": "http://www.example.com/path/to/video.m3u8",
"type": "application/x-mpegURL"
},
{
"src": "http://www.example.com/path/to/video.mp4",
"type": "video/mp4"
}
],
"duration": 320.37,
"poster": "http://www.example.com/path/to/poster.jpg",
"chapters": [
{
"timestamp": 7.205,
"name": "Question"
},
{
"timestamp": 77.205,
"name": "Method"
}
],
"tracks": [
{
"kind": "subtitles",
"label": "English",
"srclang": "en",
"src": "http://www.example.com/path/to/subtitles.vtt",
"default": true
},
{
"kind": "subtitles",
"label": "Romanian",
"srclang": "ro",
"src": "http://www.example.com/path/to/romanian-subtitles.vtt"
},
{
"kind": "subtitles",
"label": "German",
"srclang": "de",
"src": "http://www.example.com/path/to/german-subtitles.vtt"
}
],
"share": {
"canonicalUrl": "http://www.example.com/path/to/video",
"embedUrl": "http://www.example.com/embed/path/to/video"
},
"metadata": {
"bio": {
"title": "Author Name",
"description": "Author description"
},
"abstract": {
"title": "Modal Title",
"description": "Video description"
},
"institution": {
"title": "Institution Name",
"description": "Institution description"
}
},
"type": "full|main|beyond|expert|short",
"showLogo": true,
"isEmbedded": true,
"theme": "light|dark",
"background": true
}
}
``