FrameworkStyle

Skins

Packaged player designs that include both UI components and their styles.

<Player.Provider>
  <VideoSkin>
    {/* wraps the Media component */}
    <Video src="video.mp4"></Video>
  </VideoSkin>
</Player.Provider>

Packaged vs. ejected

When you choose a skin you have two options for how you use it: packaged or ejected . It’s usually easiest to start with a packaged skin and later eject its internal components into your project when you need more customization.

Packaged Ejected
Single component Many UI components
Limited customization Complete customization
Future design updates auto-applied by bumping the version Future design updates manually applied, or intentionally ignored
Read more about ejecting skins
Read more about UI Components

Example of packaged 

  <Player.Provider>
    <VideoSkin>
      {/* ...Media... */}
    </VideoSkin>
  </Player.Provider>

Example of ejected 

import { selectError } from '@videojs/core/dom';
import { type ComponentProps, forwardRef, type ReactNode, useRef, type PropsWithChildren, type CSSProperties } from 'react';

import { AlertDialog, Container, usePlayer, BufferingIndicator, CaptionsButton, Controls, FullscreenButton, MuteButton, PiPButton, PlayButton, PlaybackRateButton, Popover, SeekButton, Slider, Time, TimeSlider, Tooltip, VolumeSlider } from '@videojs/react';

export interface ErrorDialogClasses {
  root?: string;
  dialog?: string;
  content?: string;
  title?: string;
  description?: string;
  actions?: string;
  close?: string;
}

export function ErrorDialog({ classes }: { classes?: ErrorDialogClasses }): ReactNode {
  const errorState = usePlayer(selectError);
  const lastError = useRef(errorState?.error);
  if (errorState?.error) lastError.current = errorState.error;

  if (!errorState) return null;

  return (
    <AlertDialog.Root
      open={!!errorState.error}
      onOpenChange={(open) => {
        if (!open) errorState.dismissError();
      }}
    >
      <AlertDialog.Popup className={classes?.root}>
        <div className={classes?.dialog}>
          <div className={classes?.content}>
            <AlertDialog.Title className={classes?.title}>Something went wrong.</AlertDialog.Title>
            <AlertDialog.Description className={classes?.description}>
              {lastError.current?.message ?? 'An error occurred while trying to play the video. Please try again.'}
            </AlertDialog.Description>
          </div>
          <div className={classes?.actions}>
            <AlertDialog.Close className={classes?.close}>OK</AlertDialog.Close>
          </div>
        </div>
      </AlertDialog.Popup>
    </AlertDialog.Root>
  );
}

const SEEK_TIME = 10;

export type VideoSkinProps = PropsWithChildren<{ style?: CSSProperties; className?: string }>;

const Button = forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ComponentProps<'button'>>(function Button({ className, ...props }, ref) {
  return <button ref={ref} type="button" className={['media-button', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')} {...props} />;
});

const errorClasses = {
  root: 'media-error',
  dialog: 'media-error__dialog media-surface',
  content: 'media-error__content',
  title: 'media-error__title',
  description: 'media-error__description',
  actions: 'media-error__actions',
  close: 'media-button',
};

function PlayLabel(): ReactNode {
  const paused = usePlayer((s) => Boolean(s.paused));
  const ended = usePlayer((s) => Boolean(s.ended));
  if (ended) return <>Replay</>;
  return paused ? <>Play</> : <>Pause</>;
}

function CaptionsLabel(): ReactNode {
  const active = usePlayer((s) => Boolean(s.subtitlesShowing));
  return active ? <>Disable captions</> : <>Enable captions</>;
}

function PiPLabel(): ReactNode {
  const pip = usePlayer((s) => Boolean(s.pip));
  return pip ? <>Exit picture-in-picture</> : <>Enter picture-in-picture</>;
}

function FullscreenLabel(): ReactNode {
  const fullscreen = usePlayer((s) => Boolean(s.fullscreen));
  return fullscreen ? <>Exit fullscreen</> : <>Enter fullscreen</>;
}

export function VideoSkin(props: VideoSkinProps): ReactNode {
  const { children, className, ...rest } = props;

  return (
    <Container className={['media-default-skin media-default-skin--video', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')} {...rest}>
      {children}

      <BufferingIndicator
        render={(props) => (
          <div {...props} className="media-buffering-indicator">
            <div className="media-surface">
              <svg className="media-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><rect width="2" height="5" x="8" y=".5" opacity=".5" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="12.243" y="2.257" opacity=".45" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 13.243 4.757)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.125s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="12.5" y="8" opacity=".4" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.25s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="10.743" y="12.243" opacity=".35" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 13.243 13.243)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.375s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="8" y="12.5" opacity=".3" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.5s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="3.757" y="10.743" opacity=".25" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 4.757 13.243)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.625s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x=".5" y="8" opacity=".15" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.75s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="2.257" y="3.757" opacity=".1" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 4.757 4.757)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.875s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect></svg>
            </div>
          </div>
        )}
      />

      <ErrorDialog classes={errorClasses} />

      <Controls.Root className="media-surface media-controls">
        <Tooltip.Provider>
          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <PlayButton
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--play">
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--restart" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M9 17a8 8 0 0 1-8-8h2a6 6 0 1 0 1.287-3.713l1.286 1.286A.25.25 0 0 1 5.396 7H1.25A.25.25 0 0 1 1 6.75V2.604a.25.25 0 0 1 .427-.177l1.438 1.438A8 8 0 1 1 9 17"/><path fill="currentColor" d="m11.61 9.639-3.331 2.07a.826.826 0 0 1-1.15-.266.86.86 0 0 1-.129-.452V6.849C7 6.38 7.374 6 7.834 6c.158 0 .312.045.445.13l3.331 2.071a.858.858 0 0 1 0 1.438"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--play" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="m14.051 10.723-7.985 4.964a1.98 1.98 0 0 1-2.758-.638A2.06 2.06 0 0 1 3 13.964V4.036C3 2.91 3.895 2 5 2c.377 0 .747.109 1.066.313l7.985 4.964a2.057 2.057 0 0 1 .627 2.808c-.16.257-.373.475-.627.637"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--pause" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><rect width="5" height="14" x="2" y="2" fill="currentColor" rx="1.75"/><rect width="5" height="14" x="11" y="2" fill="currentColor" rx="1.75"/></svg>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">
              <PlayLabel />
            </Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <SeekButton
                  seconds={-SEEK_TIME}
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--seek">
                      <span className="media-icon__container">
                        <svg className="media-icon media-icon--seek media-icon--flipped" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M1 9c0 2.21.895 4.21 2.343 5.657l1.414-1.414a6 6 0 1 1 8.956-7.956l-1.286 1.286a.25.25 0 0 0 .177.427h4.146a.25.25 0 0 0 .25-.25V2.604a.25.25 0 0 0-.427-.177l-1.438 1.438A8 8 0 0 0 1 9"/></svg>
                        <span className="media-icon__label">{SEEK_TIME}</span>
                      </span>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">Seek backward {SEEK_TIME} seconds</Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <SeekButton
                  seconds={SEEK_TIME}
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--seek">
                      <span className="media-icon__container">
                        <svg className="media-icon media-icon--seek" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M1 9c0 2.21.895 4.21 2.343 5.657l1.414-1.414a6 6 0 1 1 8.956-7.956l-1.286 1.286a.25.25 0 0 0 .177.427h4.146a.25.25 0 0 0 .25-.25V2.604a.25.25 0 0 0-.427-.177l-1.438 1.438A8 8 0 0 0 1 9"/></svg>
                        <span className="media-icon__label">{SEEK_TIME}</span>
                      </span>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">Seek forward {SEEK_TIME} seconds</Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Time.Group className="media-time">
            <Time.Value type="current" className="media-time__value" />
            <TimeSlider.Root className="media-slider">
              <TimeSlider.Track className="media-slider__track">
                <TimeSlider.Fill className="media-slider__fill" />
                <TimeSlider.Buffer className="media-slider__buffer" />
              </TimeSlider.Track>
              <TimeSlider.Thumb className="media-slider__thumb" />

              <div className="media-surface media-preview media-slider__preview">
                <Slider.Thumbnail className="media-preview__thumbnail" />
                <TimeSlider.Value type="pointer" className="media-preview__timestamp" />
                <svg className="media-preview__spinner media-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><rect width="2" height="5" x="8" y=".5" opacity=".5" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="12.243" y="2.257" opacity=".45" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 13.243 4.757)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.125s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="12.5" y="8" opacity=".4" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.25s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="10.743" y="12.243" opacity=".35" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 13.243 13.243)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.375s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="8" y="12.5" opacity=".3" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.5s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="2" height="5" x="3.757" y="10.743" opacity=".25" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 4.757 13.243)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.625s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x=".5" y="8" opacity=".15" rx="1"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.75s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect><rect width="5" height="2" x="2.257" y="3.757" opacity=".1" rx="1" transform="rotate(45 4.757 4.757)"><animate attributeName="opacity" begin="0.875s" calcMode="linear" dur="1s" repeatCount="indefinite" values="1;0"/></rect></svg>
              </div>
            </TimeSlider.Root>
            <Time.Value type="duration" className="media-time__value" />
          </Time.Group>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <PlaybackRateButton
                  render={(props) => <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--playback-rate" />}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">Toggle playback rate</Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Popover.Root openOnHover delay={200} closeDelay={100} side="top">
            <Popover.Trigger
              render={
                <MuteButton
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--mute">
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--volume-off" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M.714 6.008h3.072l4.071-3.857c.5-.376 1.143 0 1.143.601V15.28c0 .602-.643.903-1.143.602l-4.071-3.858H.714c-.428 0-.714-.3-.714-.752V6.76c0-.451.286-.752.714-.752M14.5 7.586l-1.768-1.768a1 1 0 1 0-1.414 1.414L13.085 9l-1.767 1.768a1 1 0 0 0 1.414 1.414l1.768-1.768 1.768 1.768a1 1 0 0 0 1.414-1.414L15.914 9l1.768-1.768a1 1 0 0 0-1.414-1.414z"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--volume-low" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M.714 6.008h3.072l4.071-3.857c.5-.376 1.143 0 1.143.601V15.28c0 .602-.643.903-1.143.602l-4.071-3.858H.714c-.428 0-.714-.3-.714-.752V6.76c0-.451.286-.752.714-.752m10.568.59a.91.91 0 0 1 0-1.316.91.91 0 0 1 1.316 0c1.203 1.203 1.47 2.216 1.522 3.208q.012.255.011.51c0 1.16-.358 2.733-1.533 3.803a.7.7 0 0 1-.298.156c-.382.106-.873-.011-1.018-.156a.91.91 0 0 1 0-1.316c.57-.57.995-1.551.995-2.487 0-.944-.26-1.667-.995-2.402"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--volume-high" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M15.6 3.3c-.4-.4-1-.4-1.4 0s-.4 1 0 1.4C15.4 5.9 16 7.4 16 9s-.6 3.1-1.8 4.3c-.4.4-.4 1 0 1.4.2.2.5.3.7.3.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3C17.1 13.2 18 11.2 18 9s-.9-4.2-2.4-5.7"/><path fill="currentColor" d="M.714 6.008h3.072l4.071-3.857c.5-.376 1.143 0 1.143.601V15.28c0 .602-.643.903-1.143.602l-4.071-3.858H.714c-.428 0-.714-.3-.714-.752V6.76c0-.451.286-.752.714-.752m10.568.59a.91.91 0 0 1 0-1.316.91.91 0 0 1 1.316 0c1.203 1.203 1.47 2.216 1.522 3.208q.012.255.011.51c0 1.16-.358 2.733-1.533 3.803a.7.7 0 0 1-.298.156c-.382.106-.873-.011-1.018-.156a.91.91 0 0 1 0-1.316c.57-.57.995-1.551.995-2.487 0-.944-.26-1.667-.995-2.402"/></svg>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Popover.Popup className="media-surface media-popover media-popover--volume">
              <VolumeSlider.Root className="media-slider" orientation="vertical" thumbAlignment="edge">
                <VolumeSlider.Track className="media-slider__track">
                  <VolumeSlider.Fill className="media-slider__fill" />
                </VolumeSlider.Track>
                <VolumeSlider.Thumb className="media-slider__thumb media-slider__thumb--persistent" />
              </VolumeSlider.Root>
            </Popover.Popup>
          </Popover.Root>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <CaptionsButton
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--captions">
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--captions-off" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><rect width="16" height="12" x="1" y="3" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" rx="3"/><rect width="3" height="2" x="3" y="8" fill="currentColor" rx="1"/><rect width="2" height="2" x="13" y="8" fill="currentColor" rx="1"/><rect width="4" height="2" x="11" y="11" fill="currentColor" rx="1"/><rect width="5" height="2" x="7" y="8" fill="currentColor" rx="1"/><rect width="7" height="2" x="3" y="11" fill="currentColor" rx="1"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--captions-on" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M15 2a3 3 0 0 1 3 3v8a3 3 0 0 1-3 3H3a3 3 0 0 1-3-3V5a3 3 0 0 1 3-3zM4 11a1 1 0 1 0 0 2h5a1 1 0 1 0 0-2zm8 0a1 1 0 1 0 0 2h2a1 1 0 1 0 0-2zM4 8a1 1 0 0 0 0 2h1a1 1 0 0 0 0-2zm4 0a1 1 0 0 0 0 2h3a1 1 0 1 0 0-2zm6 0a1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0-2"/></svg>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">
              <CaptionsLabel />
            </Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <PiPButton
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon">
                      <svg className="media-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M13 2a4 4 0 0 1 4 4v2.035A3.5 3.5 0 0 0 16.5 8H15V6.273C15 5.018 13.96 4 12.679 4H4.32C3.04 4 2 5.018 2 6.273v5.454C2 12.982 3.04 14 4.321 14H6v1.5q0 .255.035.5H4a4 4 0 0 1-4-4V6a4 4 0 0 1 4-4z"/><rect width="10" height="7" x="8" y="10" fill="currentColor" rx="2"/></svg>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">
              <PiPLabel />
            </Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>

          <Tooltip.Root side="top">
            <Tooltip.Trigger
              render={
                <FullscreenButton
                  render={(props) => (
                    <Button {...props} className="media-button--icon media-button--fullscreen">
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--fullscreen-enter" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M9.57 3.617A1 1 0 0 0 8.646 3H4c-.552 0-1 .449-1 1v4.646a.996.996 0 0 0 1.001 1 1 1 0 0 0 .706-.293l4.647-4.647a1 1 0 0 0 .216-1.089m4.812 4.812a1 1 0 0 0-1.089.217l-4.647 4.647a.998.998 0 0 0 .708 1.706H14c.552 0 1-.449 1-1V9.353a1 1 0 0 0-.618-.924"/></svg>
                      <svg className="media-icon media-icon--fullscreen-exit" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path fill="currentColor" d="M7.883 1.93a.99.99 0 0 0-1.09.217L2.146 6.793A.998.998 0 0 0 2.853 8.5H7.5c.551 0 1-.449 1-1V2.854a1 1 0 0 0-.617-.924m7.263 7.57H10.5c-.551 0-1 .449-1 1v4.646a.996.996 0 0 0 1.001 1.001 1 1 0 0 0 .706-.293l4.646-4.646a.998.998 0 0 0-.707-1.707z"/></svg>
                    </Button>
                  )}
                />
              }
            />
            <Tooltip.Popup className="media-surface media-tooltip">
              <FullscreenLabel />
            </Tooltip.Popup>
          </Tooltip.Root>
        </Tooltip.Provider>
      </Controls.Root>

      <div className="media-overlay" />
    </Container>
  );
}

Skins, features, and presets

Each skin is built with specific features in mind. For example, a video skin renders fullscreen and picture-in-picture controls. An audio skin doesn’t. The features associated with a skin are called a feature bundle .

Feature bundle Available skins Import
videoFeatures <VideoSkin>, <MinimalVideoSkin> @videojs/react/video
audioFeatures <AudioSkin>, <MinimalAudioSkin> @videojs/react/audio
backgroundFeatures <BackgroundVideoSkin> @videojs/react/background

Want to learn more about skins and feature bundles? Check out the presets guide:

Learn more about presets

Styling

There are currently two options for styling:

  • Vanilla CSS where you import the stylesheet in your app. This is the default.
  • Tailwind where you eject the skin and use Tailwind classnames in your app.

Current limitations

  • In both style systems we assume a 16px root font size and we use rem units for sizing.
  • The default font stack includes Inter Variable and Inter (because it looks awesome) but we do not load them, as webfonts for you. If they are not available then system fonts are used.

Vanilla CSS

  • We use a BEM classname structure and every component classname is scoped with a media- prefix.

Tailwind

  • Currently we’re assuming you’re using the default configuration and that’s all that’s supported. With the release of our CLI, this will change, allowing you to specify a custom prefix to the Tailwind classnames. For now, you’ll need to edit the ejected skins yourself.
  • We’re assuming the latest version, currently 4.2.x.