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4<title>About JW Player</title>
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22<h1>About JW Player</h1>
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25
26<p>The JW Player is the world's most popular HTML5/Flash embeddable media player for websites. It supports a wide array of (mobile) platforms and media formats. It is open-source and easy to configure, customize and extend.</p>
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28
29<h2>Browser &amp; Media Support</h2>
30
31<p>Since the JW Player leverages both HTML5 &lt;video&gt; and Adobe Flash, it supports a wider range of browsers/devices and audio/video formats than is possible with HTML5 or Flash alone. Here is an overview:</p>
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33<table><tr>
34    <th>Browser</th>
35    <th>Video</th>
36    <th>Audio</th>
37    <th>YouTube</th>
38    <th>Streaming</th>
39</tr><tr>
40    <td>Internet Explorer</td>
41    <td>MP4, FLV</td>
42    <td>AAC, MP3</td>
43    <td>Yes</td>
44    <td>HLS, RTMP</td>
45</tr><tr>
46    <td>Chrome</td>
47    <td>MP4, FLV, WebM</td>
48    <td>AAC, MP3, Vorbis</td>
49    <td>Yes</td>
50    <td>HLS, RTMP</td>
51</tr><tr>
52    <td>Firefox</td>
53    <td>MP4, FLV, WebM</td>
54    <td>AAC, MP3</td>
55    <td>Yes</td>
56    <td>HLS, RTMP</td>
57</tr><tr>
58    <td>Safari</td>
59    <td>MP4, FLV</td>
60    <td>AAC, MP3</td>
61    <td>Yes</td>
62    <td>HLS, RTMP</td>
63</tr><tr>
64    <td>iOS</td>
65    <td>MP4</td>
66    <td>AAC, MP3</td>
67    <td>Yes <sup>1</sup></td>
68    <td>HLS</td>
69</tr><tr>
70    <td>Android</td>
71    <td>MP4, WebM <sup>2</sup></td>
72    <td>AAC, MP3, Vorbis <sup>2</sup></td>
73    <td>-</td>
74    <td>HLS <sup>2</sup></td>
75</tr><tr>
76    <td>Opera</td>
77    <td>MP4, FLV, WebM</td>
78    <td>AAC, MP3, Vorbis</td>
79    <td>Yes</td>
80    <td>HLS, RTMP</td>
81</tr><tr>
82    <td>Windows Phone</td>
83    <td>MP4</td>
84    <td>AAC, MP3</td>
85    <td>-</td>
86    <td>-</td>
87</tr></table>
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90<ol>
91<li>Limited support leveraging the player fallback option.</li>
92<li>WebM, Vorbis, HLS supported as of Android 4.0</li>
93</ol>
94
95
96<p>JW Player automatically selects whether to use HTML5 or Flash based upon the media format(s) you embed and the browser or device a visitor uses to view your site.</p>
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98
99<h2>Feature Overview</h2>
100
101<p>JW Player is a mature (since 2004) player with a complete and robust set of features:</p>
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103<ul>
104<li>A slick and intuitive interface that looks and works the same <a href="formats.html">across browsers and devices</a>.</li>
105<li>An automated and elegant model for <a href="modes.html">selecting HTML5 or Flash</a> for rendering the media.</li>
106<li>An extensive list of options for easily <a href="embedding.html">configuring layout and behavior</a> of the player.</li>
107<li>Comprehensive <a href="playlists.html">playlist support</a> for loading multiple media items, file formats and quality levels.</li>
108</ul>
109
110<p>JW Player can be customized and extended beyond its existing feature set. A <a href="">Skinning Model</a> is available to completely match the player's look and feel to a website and a <a href="">Scripting API</a> is available to add new functionalities or build rich player-page interactions.</p>
111
112<h3>Advanced Features</h3>
113
114<p>JW Player includes support for many advanced use cases not commonly found in other media players:</p>
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116<ul>
117<li>Live and adaptive streaming through the <a href="">Apple HLS</a> and <a href="">Adobe RTMP</a> protocols.</li>
118<li>Display of <a href="">captions or subtitles</a> using MP4 or external SRT/DFXP files.</li>
119<li>In-stream advertising using the <a href="">Vast/VPaid standards</a> or <a href="">Google's IMA platform</a>.</li>
120<li>Analytics callbacks to <a href="">Google Analytics</a> or any custom analytics backend.</li>
121<li>Content discovery through the display of <a href="">Related Videos</a> or <a href="">Social Sharing</a> options.</li>
122<li>Extensive integrations with the popular <a href="">Drupal CMS</a> and <a href="">WordPress CMS</a>.</li>
123</ul>
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