Shaka Player Alternatives

Shaka Player is described as 'Open-source JavaScript library for adaptive media. It plays adaptive media formats (such as DASH and HLS) in a browser, without using plugins or Flash. Instead, Shaka Player uses the open web standards MediaSourc Extensions and EME' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to Shaka Player for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Google Chrome, TYPO3 and JavaScript apps. The best Shaka Player alternative is FastStream, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Shaka Player are VideoJS, MediaElement.js, Accessible HTML5 Video Player and Indigo Player.

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  1. FastStream icon
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    Stream videos without buffering in the browser. An extension that replaces bad video players on the internet with a better, accessible video player designed for your convenience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • FastStream is the most popular Web-based alternative to Shaka Player.

    • FastStream is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Shaka Player.

    • FastStream is Free and Open SourceShaka Player is also Free and Open Source
    • FastStream is Privacy focusedShaka Player is not according to our users
  2. VideoJS icon
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    VideoJS is an HTML5 Video Player, built with Javascript and CSS, with a fallback to a Flash video player for when the browser doesn't support HTML5 video.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • VideoJS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Shaka Player.

    • VideoJS is Free and Open SourceShaka Player is also Free and Open Source
    • VideoJS is Lightweight and CustomizableShaka Player is not according to our users
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    HTML5 video player with Flash and Silverlight fallbacks making it compatible with any browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • TYPO3
    • Drupal
    • Joomla
    • BlogEngine.NET
    • Plone
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • RubyGems
     
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    A lightweight HTML5 video player which includes support for captions and screen reader accessibility. For details, read the blog post Introducing an Accessible HTML5 Video Player on the PayPal Engineering blog.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
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    Indigo Players is a highly extensible, modern, TypeScript/JS video player. It handles MPEG-Dash / HLS / MPEG-4 and is built on top of the HTML5 video element.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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