# Player.js

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Also called: playerjs, Player JS

An [open-source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) [JavaScript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/javascript) library that lets a web page control embedded video players, such as play, pause and seek, through one common set of commands.

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) uses Player.js to pause an embedded video when a viewer opens a quiz.

Official site: <https://github.com/embedly/player.js>

## Connects to (4)

- [JavaScript](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/javascript): The programming language that runs in every web browser, and also on servers.
- [Front end](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/front-end): The part of an app or website that people see and tap, running in their browser or on their phone.
- [Video.js](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/video-js): An open-source web video player.
- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.

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