Come together with the global Drupal community in Rotterdam, 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2026. Sessions, contribution, connection, and Early Bird savings until 8 June.Hi, is this module still maintained and development planned?
I guess it would still make sense to provide Plyr for Drupal 8 / 9 Core Media Video & Remote Video as formatter. What do you think? It could do a great job providing video controls and choose which controls are promoted to the Media entity maintainer and which are fixed for the field.
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it-cru@Anybody: Current 8.x-1.x-dev branch already includes very simple implementation for remote videos together with media core integration for Vimeo and YouTube as video providers.
Currently I'm testing latest release of Plyr JS library on my sites with it, because this fix some ugly bugs with YouTube videos.
My plan is to work on Plyr module for Drupal 8 / 9 on DrupalCon Europe 2021 next week during free contribution workshops to get a first alpha release ready which should support also non-remote videos and audio media entities. Feel free to join or test any new stuff when it is ready for testing :)
Comment #3
anybodyHi @IT-Cru,
very cool, of course I'll try and review that, while I can't join DrupalCon Europe this year :(
Perhaps it might make sense if you talked to @Rene Baks to join efforts on both plyr modules for Drupal 9? I also opened an issue there and he replied: #3220979: Drupal Core Media (remote & local) support instead of video_embed_field
What do you think?
As soon as I can, I'll help coding! :)
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it-cruI've adapted and extended Plyr controls from video_embed_field_plyr modul into Plyr module during Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2022.
So since 8.x-1.0-alpha1 the Ply module supports D8/9 core media entities like audio, remote_video and video with configurable Plyr controls.
Maybe we should discuss with maintainer of the video_embed_field_plyr to join Plyr module as a maintainer to get more stuff together done. Currently development of Plyr JS seems to be frozen for new Vidstack implementation. I also have an eye on this and maybe I will create a Drupal module for a Vidstack integration in the near future.
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anybodyHi @IT-Cru,
that's GREAT news! :) Sorry you didn't hear from us for such a long time. This is still on our TODO list, but still some urgent jobs to finish. We'll come back here for further review and assistance.
Are you planning to contact the video_embed_field_plyr? I think that would definitely make sense!
Thank you for your great work here!
Re Vidstack: Didn't know this yet, thank you! I'll read more about it.
Comment #9
anybodyHi @IT-Cru. Just saw the further progress in Plyr and Vidstack Libraries. Seems like Vidstack Player is the new default and plyr is dead.
https://github.com/vidstack/player
Does this mean a new Drupal vidstack project should be started and should it be started as copy of the plyr code to keep as much as possible and make the switch as simple as possible?
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anybodyPS: Our DROWL team would be highly interested to join the party and get things done.
Comment #11
it-cru@Anybody: Yes, I think we should start a new Drupal vidstack project. I haven't done this previously because vidstack player was not ready for Youtube and Vimeo.
Current question: Should we create this as vidstack or vidstack_player project, because I think Vidstack team also plans a lot of other stuff and not only their player.
Comment #12
anybodyHi @IT-Cru,
thank you for the reply :)
I thought the same and I think vidstack_player would be correct! What do you think about copying the plyr module as basis and keep the configuration logic perhaps for a smooth transition?
(Not relevant for us, as we didn't use plyr before, but might be for others)
Or better make a fresh start?
Comment #13
it-cru@Anybody: I've created drupal/vidstack_player module project, added you as co-maintainer and created #3415175: [meta] Discuss how we want to start for further discussions.
I need to check, if I could join Drupal Contribution Weekend 2024 this year.
Comment #14
anybodyThank you very very much @IT-Cru, that's perfect!
I've sent you a PM.
Perhaps a link to the new project should be added on the module page here?
We have no plans for Drupal Contribution Weekend 2024 yet, but that's a good idea. Sadly we're a bit stressed with projects currently.