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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by mrkramer on Thursday February 06, 2025 @07:08AM (#42961596)
I'm surprised that there isn't a standardized open source web video player which all websites use so users have the same video player experience and features across the web. Usually commercial or "free" video players are bad like JW player or whatever freemium players there are.

There are open source HTML players tho but they are not as powerful and feature rich as YouTube player.

I remember watching IGN gaming videos on their website's player and the experience was horrible. Tbh idk what's the best open source video player out there right now.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by pjc50 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:27AM (#42963260)
Video.js does a pretty good job. Most of these places seem to choose to have a bad experience, by not understanding what they're doing and getting a terrible vendor solution. Often triggered by DRM panic.
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