Video player for flutter web & mobile devices, pod player supports playing video from Youtube and Vimeo
pod player is a simple and easy-to-use video player. Its video controls are similar to Youtube player (with customizable controls) and also can play videos from Youtube and Vimeo (By providing url/video_id).
This plugin built upon flutter's official video_player plugin
PLATFORM
AVAILABLE
Android
✅
IOS
✅
WEB
✅
Features
Play youtube videos (using video URL or ID)
Play vimeo videos (using video ID [with ou without hash])
Play vimeo private videos (using video ID [with ou without hash], access token)
Video overlay similar to youtube
Double tap to seek video.
On video tap show/hide video overlay.
Auto hide overlay
Change playback speed
Custom overlay
Custom progress bar
Custom labels
Change video quality (for vimeo and youtube)
Enable/disable full-screen player
support for live youtube video
[TODO] support for video playlist
Features on web
Double tap on Video player to enable/disable full-screen
Mute/unMute volume
Video player integration with keyboard
SPACE play/pause video
M mute/unMute video
F enable/disable full-screen
ESC enable/disable full-screen
-> seek video forward
<- seek video backward
Double tap on video (enable/disables full-screen)
Demo
Playing videos from youtube
Vimeo player and custom video player
Change quality and playback speed
Control video from any where
Controls similar to youtube
with overlay
without overlay (alwaysShowProgressBar = true)
On Double tap
Custom progress bar
Usage
Installation
In your pubspec.yaml file within your Flutter Project:
dependencies:
pod_player: <latest_version>
Android
If you are using network-based videos, ensure that the following permission is present in your Android Manifest file, located in <project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:
<uses-permission android:name ="android.permission.INTERNET" />
If you need to access videos using http (rather than https) URLs.
Located inside application tag
<application
- - -
- - - - - -
android:usesCleartextTraffic ="true"
Ios
Add permissions to your app's Info.plist file,
located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist
<key > NSAppTransportSecurity</key >
<dict >
<key > NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key >
<true />
</dict >
Web ( Not recommended in production)
if u are using youtube or vimeo player on web, then there will be some issue with CORS only in web,
so use this flutter_cors package
using flutter_cors package to enable or disable CORS
To Enable CORS (run this command )
dart pub global activate flutter_cors
fluttercors --enable
To Disable CORS (run this command )
fluttercors --disable
How to use
import 'package:pod_player/pod_player.dart' ;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart' ;
class PlayVideoFromNetwork extends StatefulWidget {
const PlayVideoFromNetwork ({Key ? key}) : super (key: key);
@override
State <PlayVideoFromNetwork > createState () => _PlayVideoFromNetworkState ();
}
class _PlayVideoFromNetworkState extends State <PlayVideoFromNetwork > {
late final PodPlayerController controller;
@override
void initState () {
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .network (
'https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerFun.mp4' ,
),
)..initialise ();
super .initState ();
}
@override
void dispose () {
controller.dispose ();
super .dispose ();
}
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (controller: controller),
);
}
}
Configure pod player
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .youtube ('https://youtu.be/A3ltMaM6noM' ),
podPlayerConfig: const PodPlayerConfig (
autoPlay: true ,
isLooping: false ,
videoQualityPriority: [720 , 360 ]
)
)..initialise ();
Add Thumbnail
PodVideoPlayer (
controller: controller,
videoThumbnail: const DecorationImage (
image: NetworkImage ('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1569317002804-ab77bcf1bce4?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8MXx8dW5zcGxhc2h8ZW58MHx8MHx8&w=1000&q=80' ,
),
fit: BoxFit .cover,
),
),
Add PodPlayerLabels (custom labels)
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (
controller: controller,
podPlayerLabels: const PodPlayerLabels (
play: "Play label customized" ,
pause: "Pause label customized" ,
...
),
),
);
}
How to play video from youtube
import 'package:pod_player/pod_player.dart' ;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart' ;
class PlayVideoFromYoutube extends StatefulWidget {
const PlayVideoFromYoutube ({Key ? key}) : super (key: key);
@override
State <PlayVideoFromYoutube > createState () => _PlayVideoFromYoutubeState ();
}
class _PlayVideoFromYoutubeState extends State <PlayVideoFromYoutube > {
late final PodPlayerController controller;
@override
void initState () {
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .youtube ('https://youtu.be/A3ltMaM6noM' ),
)..initialise ();
super .initState ();
}
@override
void dispose () {
controller.dispose ();
super .dispose ();
}
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (controller: controller),
);
}
}
How to play video from vimeo
import 'package:pod_player/pod_player.dart' ;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart' ;
class PlayVideoFromVimeo extends StatefulWidget {
const PlayVideoFromVimeo ({Key ? key}) : super (key: key);
@override
State <PlayVideoFromVimeo > createState () => _PlayVideoFromVimeoState ();
}
class _PlayVideoFromVimeoState extends State <PlayVideoFromVimeo > {
late final PodPlayerController controller;
@override
void initState () {
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .vimeo ('518228118' ),
)..initialise ();
super .initState ();
}
@override
void dispose () {
controller.dispose ();
super .dispose ();
}
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (controller: controller),
);
}
}
How to play video from vimeo with hash
import 'package:pod_player/pod_player.dart' ;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart' ;
class PlayVideoFromVimeo extends StatefulWidget {
const PlayVideoFromVimeo ({Key ? key}) : super (key: key);
@override
State <PlayVideoFromVimeo > createState () => _PlayVideoFromVimeoState ();
}
class _PlayVideoFromVimeoState extends State <PlayVideoFromVimeo > {
late final PodPlayerController controller;
@override
void initState () {
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .vimeo ('518228118' , hash: '7cc595e1f8' ),
)..initialise ();
super .initState ();
}
@override
void dispose () {
controller.dispose ();
super .dispose ();
}
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (controller: controller),
);
}
}
How to play video from vimeo private videos
import 'package:pod_player/pod_player.dart' ;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart' ;
class PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideo extends StatefulWidget {
const PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideo ({Key ? key}) : super (key: key);
@override
State <PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideo > createState () =>
_PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideoState ();
}
class _PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideoState
extends State <PlayVideoFromVimeoPrivateVideo > {
late final PodPlayerController controller;
@override
void initState () {
String videoId = 'your private video id' ;
String token = 'your access token' ;
final Map <String , String > headers = <String , String >{};
headers['Authorization' ] = 'Bearer ${token} ' ;
controller = PodPlayerController (
playVideoFrom: PlayVideoFrom .vimeoPrivateVideos (
videoId,
httpHeaders: headers
),
)..initialise ();
super .initState ();
}
@override
void dispose () {
controller.dispose ();
super .dispose ();
}
@override
Widget build (BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold (
body: PodVideoPlayer (controller: controller),
);
}
}
Options
Normal player option
Vimeo player option
Change quality of video
Example
Please run the app in the example/ folder to start playing!