Stop and Resume Video when out of Viewport
Written by 20 December 2022
A common use case for the Intersection Observer API is to manage a user's experience when viewing video while interacting with your website. For instant, if the user moves away from the browser window, ideally the video should pause or resume when the video is back in the viewport.
Code Snippet:
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<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Stop and Resume Video when out of viewport</title>
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<style>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;700&display=swap');
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:root, html{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-family: "Inter", arial, monospace;
--primary-color: #f45b69;
--secondary-color:#456990;
--background-color: white;
--button-color: black;
--button-bg-color: yellow;
--opacity: 0.75;
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height: 200%;
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margin: 0;
padding: 0;
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align-items: start;
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box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Inter", arial, monospace;
font-size: 1rem;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
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a{
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: 600;
color: var(--secondary-color);
}
a:hover{
color: var(--primary-color);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<main>
<video width="640" height="360" controls id="video" loop muted>
<source src="http://www.javascriptfreecode.com/files/video_player_manipulation_with_intersecting_observer/Water - 33696.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
</main>
<script>
/*
Tutorial Description
A common use case for the Intersection Observer API is to manage a user's experience when viewing video while interacting with your website. For instant, if the user moves away from the browser window, ideally the video should pause
or resume when the video is back in the viewport.
*/
window.onload = (event) => {
const video = document.querySelector("#video");
// intersection observer for resuming video when in viewport or pausing video otherwise
const target = document.querySelector("#video");
const options = {
root: null,
rootMargin:"0px",
threshold: [0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]
}
const callback = (entries, observer) => {
entries.forEach(entry => {
if(entry.isIntersecting){
// when the video is quarter visible, resume video playback
if(entry.intersectionRatio >= 0.25){
video.play();
}
}else{
// when the video is out of the viewport, pause the video
if(entry.intersectionRatio <= 0.05){
video.pause();
}
}
});
}
const observer = new IntersectionObserver(callback, options);
observer.observe(target);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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