mux-video

Video element for Mux-hosted HLS streams

Video element for playing Mux-hosted HLS streams. Built on hls.js with Mux-specific optimizations.

Load a source

The source param builds the URL for you from a playback ID, an optional custom domain, and playback params. Playback params are just camelCased Mux playback query params; for example, max_resolution becomes maxResolution.

<MuxVideo
  source={{ 
    playbackId: 'BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM',
    customDomain: 'media.example.com',
    playback: { maxResolution: '1080p' }
  }} 
/>

If for some reason you need a bit more control, you can use the src param with a plain ’ol URL, too:

<MuxVideo
  src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM.m3u8"
/>

MuxVideo fires a sourcechange event when the source actually changes. Setting the same values again, like a fresh object on a React re-render, doesn’t fire it.

MuxVideo takes Mux content two ways: a stream URL through src, or a structured source object.

<mux-video src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM.m3u8"></mux-video>

The source object builds the URL for you from a playback ID, an optional custom domain, and playback params. Playback params are just camelCased Mux playback query params; for example, max_resolution becomes maxResolution.

const video = document.querySelector('mux-video');
video.source = {
  playbackId: 'BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM',
  customDomain: 'media.example.com',
  playback: { maxResolution: '1080p' },
};

MuxVideo fires a sourcechange event when the source actually changes. Setting the same values again doesn’t fire it.

Thumbnails and storyboards

thumbnail and storyboard default to URLs derived from source: the poster image and the storyboard VTT that drives hover previews on the time slider. MuxVideo injects the storyboard <track> automatically, skipping it for live streams. Set either prop to a URL to override the derived one.

Signed playback

For signed playback, put the playback token on source.playback.token. The token replaces every other playback param, so bake modifiers like resolution and time bounds into the token when you sign it.

Thumbnail and storyboard URLs need their own audience-scoped tokens, source.thumbnail.token (aud: 't') and source.storyboard.token (aud: 's'). Without a matching image token, MuxVideo derives no thumbnail or storyboard URL, since an unsigned request would be rejected.

<MuxVideo
  source={{
    playbackId: 'BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM',
    playback: { token: playbackToken },
    thumbnail: { token: thumbnailToken },
    storyboard: { token: storyboardToken },
  }}
/>

const video = document.querySelector('mux-video');
video.source = {
  playbackId: 'BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM',
  playback: { token: playbackToken },
  thumbnail: { token: thumbnailToken },
  storyboard: { token: storyboardToken },
};

Analytics and casting

MuxVideo plays Mux streams. It doesn’t monitor them or cast them — Mux Data and Google Cast are separate components you add to the player alongside it. Mux Data needs no environment key here, since Mux attributes the views to the environment that owns the playback ID:

import { GoogleCast } from '@videojs/react/media/google-cast';
import { MuxData } from '@videojs/react/media/mux-data';
import { MuxVideo } from '@videojs/react/media/mux-video';

<MuxVideo source={{ playbackId: 'BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM' }} playsInline />
<MuxData playerSoftwareName="mux-video" />
<GoogleCast />

<mux-video src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM.m3u8" playsinline></mux-video>
<mux-data player-software-name="mux-video"></mux-data>
<google-cast></google-cast>

Mux Data

Metadata, options, and configuration

Google Cast

Receivers, load requests, and session state

Examples

Basic Usage

import { MuxVideo } from '@videojs/react/media/mux-video';

export default function BasicUsage() {
  return (
    <MuxVideo
      className="mux-video"
      src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM.m3u8"
      autoPlay
      muted
      playsInline
      loop
      crossOrigin="anonymous"
    />
  );
}

.mux-video {
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}

<media-container class="media-container">
    <mux-video
        src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM.m3u8"
        autoplay
        muted
        playsinline
        loop
        crossorigin="anonymous"
    ></mux-video>
</media-container>

.media-container {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}

import '@videojs/html/media/container';
import '@videojs/html/media/mux-video';

API Reference

Attributes

Forwards these standard media attributes to the internal <video>. See the MDN media element reference: autopictureinpictureautoplaycontrolscontrolslistcrossorigindisablepictureinpicturedisableremoteplaybackloadingloopmutedplaysinlineposterpreloadsrc

These Video.js-specific attributes configure media behavior:

Attribute	Type	Default	Details
`stream-type`	`StreamType`	`'unknown'`
Description Current stream type (`'on-demand'` / `'live'` / `'unknown'`).

Properties

Property	Type	Default
`audioRenditions`	`AudioRenditionListLike \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only. Selectable audio variants, populated only while the hls.js (MSE) engine is active; otherwise `undefined`.
`audioTracks`	`AudioTrackListLike \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only. Populated only while the hls.js (MSE) engine is active; otherwise `undefined`.
`config`	`HlsMediaConfig`	`{}`
Description Playback configuration: a preferred playback path, an explicit content type, and options forwarded to hls.js. Reassigning reloads the engine when an engine-relevant option changes.
`engine`	`Hls \| null`	`—`
Description Read-only. Underlying playback engine — the hls.js `Hls` instance when playing via MSE, otherwise `null`. An advanced escape hatch for direct engine access; normal playback is driven through this element's own properties and methods.
`error`	`(ErrorLike & MediaError) \| null`	`—`
Description Read-only.
`isFullscreen`	`boolean`	`—`
Description Read-only.
`isPictureInPicture`	`boolean`	`—`
Description Read-only.
`liveEdgeStart`	`number`	`—`
Description Read-only. Presentation time marking the start of the Live Edge Window. Derived from the delegate on every read; `NaN` when no delegate is attached or the stream is not live.
`preload`	`PreloadType`	`'metadata'`
Description Preload type (`'none'` / `'metadata'` / `'auto'`).
`source`	`MuxSource \| null`	`null`
Description Structured Mux source. Setting it derives `src` from the playback ID, custom domain, and `playback` params (appended as `snake_case` query params). A `playback.token` replaces all other params — signed URLs bake them into the token.
`src`	`string`	`''`
Description Media source URL. Setting a Mux stream URL (`https://stream.mux.com/<playback-id>.m3u8?...`) extracts the playback ID and query params into `source`; other URLs pass through unchanged.
`storyboard`	`string`	`''`
Description Storyboard (thumbnail sprite) VTT URL. Falls back to one derived from `source`.
`streamType`	`StreamType`	`'unknown'`
Description Current stream type (`'on-demand'` / `'live'` / `'unknown'`).
`targetLiveWindow`	`number`	`—`
Description Read-only. Seekable range size for live content. `0` for standard live, `Infinity` for DVR, `NaN` for on-demand or unknown. Fires `targetlivewindowchange` when the value changes (bridged from the delegate).
`thumbnail`	`string`	`''`
Description Thumbnail image URL. Falls back to one derived from `source`.
`videoRenditions`	`VideoRenditionListLike \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only. Selectable quality levels, populated only while the hls.js (MSE) engine is active; otherwise `undefined`.
`videoTracks`	`VideoTrackListLike \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only. Populated only while the hls.js (MSE) engine is active; otherwise `undefined`.
`webkitCurrentPlaybackTargetIsWireless`	`boolean \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only.
`webkitPresentationMode`	`WebKitPresentationMode \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only.
`webkitSetPresentationMode`	`((mode: WebKitPresentationMode) => void) \| undefined`	`—`
Description Read-only.

Also exposes these properties from the native media API. See HTMLVideoElement for details: autoplaybufferedcontrolscrossOrigincurrentSrccurrentTimedefaultMuteddefaultPlaybackRatedisablePictureInPicturedisableRemotePlaybackdurationendedloopmutedpausedplaybackRateplayedplaysInlineposterreadyStateremoteseekableseekingtextTrackstitlevideoHeightvideoWidthvolume

Methods

Supports these media methods. See HTMLVideoElement for details: addTextTrackcanPlayTypeexitFullscreenexitPictureInPictureloadpauseplayrequestFullscreenrequestPictureInPicture

Events

Re-dispatches these standard media events from the internal media element: abortaddtrackcanplaycanplaythroughchangedurationchangeemptiedendedenterpictureinpictureerrorleavepictureinpictureloadeddataloadedmetadataloadstartpauseplayplayingprogressratechangeremovetrackresizeseekedseekingstalledsuspendtimeupdatevolumechangewaiting

Also emits these Video.js-specific events:

Event	Description
`sourcechange`	Fired when `source` changes, either directly or by parsing a new `src`. Read `source` for the new value.
`streamtypechange`	Fired when the detected stream type changes. Read `streamType` for the new value.
`targetlivewindowchange`	Fired when the target live window changes. Read `targetLiveWindow` for the new value.

CSS custom properties

Variable	Details
`--media-video-border-radius`
Description Border radius of the video element.
`--media-object-fit`
Description Object fit for the video.
`--media-object-position`
Description Object position for the video.
`--media-caption-track-duration`
Description Duration of the caption track transition.
`--media-caption-track-delay`
Description Delay before the caption track transition.
`--media-caption-track-y`
Description Vertical offset of the caption track.