Is there a srcset equivalent for HTML5 video? At present I have a grid of videos on a page, 3 in a row, in 5 rows (so 15 videos in total) all like this:
<video width="400" poster="14.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
<source src="14.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="14.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
The issue I'm having is that my page request is up to about 6mb. As the grid of videos I have are 3 wide...
<div class="row">
<video width="400" poster="13.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
<source src="13.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="13.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<video width="400" poster="14.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
<source src="14.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="14.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<video width="400" poster="15.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
<source src="15.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="15.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
</div>
...its pretty obvious that for a small device with a screen size of ~ 320px I don't need 3 400px video files, I could use smaller ones.
I'm just about to start refactoring to load my page like this:
<div class="row">
<video width="400" poster="13.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
</video>
<video width="400" poster="14.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
</video>
<video width="400" poster="15.jpg" loop="loop" autoplay="autoplay">
</video>
</div>
And then use JavaScript to essentially say:
if($(window).width() < 500){
$('#video13').append('<source src="13-SMALL-FILE.mp4" type="video/mp4">')
}else{
$('#video13').append('<source src="13-LARGE-FILE.mp4" type="video/mp4">')
}
Is that a good option or is there a better way or a library that already exists? After Googling a lot I haven't found very much helpful information.
Video and picture elements have long supported the media attribute, so you can do a variety of things, including:
<video playsinline muted preload="metadata">
<source src="" type="" media="(orientation: landscape)">
<source src="" type="" media="(orientation: portrait)">
</video>