Pillarbox Web Player

About

The Pillarbox Web Player is a web-based video player that extends Video.js to enable playback of SRGSSR content through a custom data provider. This player is designed to enhance the viewing experience of SRGSSR content, making it more accessible and feature-rich.

Quick Start

To get started with Pillarbox, add the @srgssr registry in your .npmrc file:

//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=TOKEN
@srgssr:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com

Generate a personal access token on the Personal Access Tokens page. For more information on using tokens with GitHub packages, visit: Authenticating with a Personal Access Token.

You can now install it through npm the following command:

npm install --save @srgssr/pillarbox-web

In your HTML file, add the following code to initialize Pillarbox:

<video-js id="my-player" class="pillarbox-js" controls crossorigin="anonymous"></video-js>

Import the CSS file in your HTML to apply Pillarbox default theme:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/@srgssr/pillarbox-web/dist/pillarbox.min.css"/>

Finally, import Pillarbox and set up the player:

import Pillarbox from '@srgssr/pillarbox-web';

const player = new Pillarbox('my-player', {/* options... */ });
player.src({ src: 'urn:swi:video:48115940', type: 'srgssr/urn' });

Documentation

For detailed information on how to use the Pillarbox Web Player, checkout the API Documentation.

A live demo of the player is available here: Pillarbox Web Demo.

To expand the features that Pillarbox offers out of the box, visit the Pillarbox Web Suite. You are welcome to contribute and share your own components there.

You can create your own theme with the Pillarbox Theme Editor.

Pillarbox flavours

Pillarbox comes in two variants:

• pillarbox-core: is the core library that provides a rich set of features on top of the Video.js API. It does not include any SRGSSR-specific business logic, so it can be used by any developer who wants to customize their own video player.
• pillarbox is the complete package that includes the core library as well as the SRGSSR data provider and analytics. It is designed for SRGSSR applications that need to integrate with the SRGSSR media platform and tracking behavior.

TypeScript Support

TypeScript is a language that extends JavaScript with static types and other features. It helps to write more reliable and maintainable code. Pillarbox is written in plain JavaScript, but it provides type declarations for TypeScript users. These declarations are carefully generated and included in the bundled package.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, you are welcome to do so. Please follow the code style and linting rules defined in this project. You can use the following commands to check and fix your code:

Check your javascript code:

npm run eslint

Check your CSS and SCSS code:

npm run stylelint

Fix your CSS and SCSS code:

npm run stylelint:fix

This project also has a pre-commit hook that runs the linting check automatically before you commit your changes. You can enable this hook by running the prepare script: npm run prepare.

Before submitting a pull request, please make sure that your code builds successfully. You can use the following commands to build the project:

npm run build

If you want to enhance our demo application you can get involved here: https://github.com/SRGSSR/pillarbox-demo To contribute to the theme editor go to : https://github.com/SRGSSR/pillarbox-web-theme-editor

License

See the LICENSE file for more information.