How can I set preview of video file, selecting from input type='file'

Question

In one of my module, I need to browse video from input[type='file'], after that I need to show selected video before starting upload.

I am using basic HTML tag to show. but it is not working.

Here is code:

$(document).on("change",".file_multi_video",function(evt){
  
  var this_ = $(this).parent();
  var dataid = $(this).attr('data-id');
  var files = !!this.files ? this.files : [];
  if (!files.length || !window.FileReader) return; 
  
  if (/^video/.test( files[0].type)){ // only video file
    var reader = new FileReader(); // instance of the FileReader
    reader.readAsDataURL(files[0]); // read the local file
    reader.onloadend = function(){ // set video data as background of div
          
          var video = document.getElementById('video_here');
          video.src = this.result;
      }
   }
  
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<video width="400" controls >
              <source src="mov_bbb.mp4" id="video_here">
            Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
          </video>


 <input type="file" name="file[]" class="file_multi_video" accept="video/*">

Answer 1

@FabianQuiroga is right that you should better use createObjectURL than a FileReader in this case, but your problem has more to do with the fact that you set the src of a <source> element, so you need to call videoElement.load().

$(document).on("change", ".file_multi_video", function(evt) {
  var $source = $('#video_here');
  $source[0].src = URL.createObjectURL(this.files[0]);
  $source.parent()[0].load();
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<video width="400" controls>
  <source src="mov_bbb.mp4" id="video_here">
    Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

<input type="file" name="file[]" class="file_multi_video" accept="video/*">

Ps: don't forget to call URL.revokeObjectURL($source[0].src) when you don't need it anymore.

Answer 2

Do not forget that it uses jquery library

Javascript

$ ("#video_p").change(function () {
   var fileInput = document.getElementById('video_p');
   var fileUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(fileInput.files[0]);
   $(".video").attr("src", fileUrl);
});

Html

< video controls class="video" >
< /video >

Answer 3

Here is an easy peasy solution

document.getElementById("videoUpload").onchange = function(event) {
  let file = event.target.files[0];
  let blobURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
  document.querySelector("video").style.display = 'block';
  document.querySelector("video").src = blobURL;
}

<input type='file'  id='videoUpload'/>

<video width="320" height="240" style="display:none" controls autoplay>
  Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>

the solution is using vanilla js so you don't need JQuery with it, tested and works on chrome, Goodluck

Answer 4

If you are facing this issue. Then you can use the below method to resolve the above issue.

Here is the html code:

//input tag to upload file
<input class="upload-video-file" type='file' name="file"/>

//div for video's preview
 <div style="display: none;" class='video-prev' class="pull-right">
       <video height="200" width="300" class="video-preview" controls="controls"/>
 </div>

Here is the JS function below:

$(function() {
    $('.upload-video-file').on('change', function(){
      if (isVideo($(this).val())){
        $('.video-preview').attr('src', URL.createObjectURL(this.files[0]));
        $('.video-prev').show();
      }
      else
      {
        $('.upload-video-file').val('');
        $('.video-prev').hide();
        alert("Only video files are allowed to upload.")
      }
    });
});

// If user tries to upload videos other than these extension , it will throw error.
function isVideo(filename) {
    var ext = getExtension(filename);
    switch (ext.toLowerCase()) {
    case 'm4v':
    case 'avi':
    case 'mp4':
    case 'mov':
    case 'mpg':
    case 'mpeg':
        // etc
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

function getExtension(filename) {
    var parts = filename.split('.');
    return parts[parts.length - 1];
}

Answer 5

Lets make it easy

HTML:

<video width="100%" controls class="myvideo" style="height:100%">
<source src="mov_bbb.mp4" id="video_here">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

---

JS:

function readVideo(input) {

    if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
        var reader = new FileReader();   
        reader.onload = function(e) {
            $('.myvideo').attr('src', e.target.result);
        };

        reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
    }
}

---

Answer 6

Preview an video before uploading using by jQuery

$(function(){
    $('#videoFileInput').on('change',function(){
        var file = this.files[0];
        var reader = new FileReader();
        reader.onload = viewer.load;
        reader.readAsDataURL(file);
    });
    var viewer = {
        load : function(e) {
            $('#preview').show();
            $('#preview').attr('src',e.target.result);
        },
    }
});

<input type="file" name="video_file" class="form-control" accept="video/mp4" id="videoFileInput">

<video id="preview" width="600" controls style="display: none;margin-top: 25px;">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

Answer 7

This is example on VUE JS: preview PICTURE

Example SOURCE CODE - DRAG-DROP _part

Example with RENDERing & createObjectURL() using VIDEO.js

p.s. i just want to improve "Pragya Sriharsh" solution:

const = isVideo = filename =>'m4v,avi,mpg,mov,mpg,mpeg'
.split(',')
.includes( getExtension(filename).toLowerCase() )

And .. please don't use JQuery, it's now 2k19:-);

-> So:

const getExtension = filename => {
    const parts = filename.split('.');
    return parts[parts.length - 1];
}

... And let the rest of the work will be done by Webpack 4!