@sam_potts

Senior Design Engineer @muxhq. Previously @released_so, @Amazon, @SearchioHQ, @Selz. Built Plyr (acquired by Mux)

 Sydney, Australia
sampotts.dev
Joined October 2008
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Plyr is now officially deprecated and it's time to give Video.js 10 a whirl! plyr.io/ Thanks for all the support over the years! 🙏

Plyr, meet Video.js

The folks behind Plyr, Vidstack and Media Chrome have joined forces on Video.js: one modern, accessible player with the best of all three. Plyr is now deprecated, so give Video.js a try.

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Sam Potts retweeted
Steve Heffernan
@heff10h
Video.js is built into shadcn now. Cool!
Rahim
@mihar_2212h
you can now ship production-ready video players with @shadcn + @videojs 🎬 - dozens of components/themes - composable & typed like Base UI - easy to customize - accessible by default - 40% smaller bundles, new streaming engine - 21 media providers (video, hls.js, youtube, ...)
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Rahim
@mihar_2212h
you can now ship production-ready video players with @shadcn + @videojs 🎬 - dozens of components/themes - composable & typed like Base UI - easy to customize - accessible by default - 40% smaller bundles, new streaming engine - 21 media providers (video, hls.js, youtube, ...)
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Cult.Repo
@CultRepoOct 23
On 29 April 2010, Steve Jobs published "Thoughts on Flash", an open letter giving six reasons iPhones and iPads would not run Adobe's plugin. It changed how the web plays video. Jobs argued that flash was proprietary, crashed Macs, had a poor security record, drained batteries, relied on mouse hovers touchscreens lack, and put a third-party layer between Apple and its developers. Apple backed open web standards instead (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) and H.264 video. Critics noted H.264 was patented too. It didn't matter. Adobe dropped mobile Flash in 2011, YouTube made HTML5 its default in 2015, and Adobe ended Flash support on 31 December 2020. That left every site that wanted video on iPhones and iPads with a problem: play without a plugin, on an HTML5 video element that was new and inconsistent. Video.js, a weekend experiment by Steve Heffernan at Zencoder, was one of the first soltuions. Our upcoming film tells that story, and what happened in 2025, when Steve came back and Video.js started over. Video.js: The Documentary is coming... Trailer: Thursday 29 October at 11:30am PDT Premieres Live on 5 November on CultRepo YT at 10:30am PST @MuxHQ @videojs @heff @jondahl @mihar_22 @luwes @sam_potts
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Put in a load of self checkouts and then never have them open. Great policy @ALDIAustralia
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Someone needs to make a T3 Code that has the design and polish of Codex. I'd pay for that.
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I've been playing around with a way to compare different skins in @videojs . It'll be part of an upcoming post on how I think about designing skins.
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Apple finally decided it's my turn to fold a phone. So I spent the weekend seeing if I could rebuild Netflix's folded iPhone Duo player on the web. This is Video.js 10 in Safari. Pretty close! 🧵
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Video.js@videojsOct 6
Plyr has been one of the best-loved players on the web for years, and that's all Sam. We're lucky he brought that same care to Video.js 10. Thank you @sam_potts, and welcome Plyr folks. You'll feel at home 🫶
Sam Potts@sam_pottsOct 6
Plyr is now officially deprecated and it's time to give Video.js 10 a whirl! plyr.io/ Thanks for all the support over the years! 🙏

Plyr, meet Video.js

The folks behind Plyr, Vidstack and Media Chrome have joined forces on Video.js: one modern, accessible player with the best of all three. Plyr is now deprecated, so give Video.js a try.

plyr.io
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Video.js@videojsOct 2
Friends ran for 10 seasons. David Tennant was the 10th Doctor Who. The Great Longneck Migration was the 10th Land Before Time. VJS 10 is now GA. Smol, customizable, and plays nice with your agents so they can help you migrate like Littlefoot. videojs.org/blog/videojs-10

Video.js v10 is GA — let the migrations begin! | Video.js | Open Source Video Player

Video.js 10.0.0 is stable: a ground-up rebuild bringing together Video.js, Plyr, Vidstack, Media Chrome, and Mux Player, now with a redesigned install flow, Shadcn skin support, and an official skill...

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Probably Netscape Composer or Frontpage?
axhiii
@axhiii88547Sep 25
Be honest: what was your first code editor?
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Hey @ChatGPT, it'd be really awesome if this checkbox actually worked again at some point 😅
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Sam Potts@sam_pottsSep 10
🎉 Video.js 10 is now in RC: videojs.org/blog/videojs-v10…

Video.js v10 Release Candidate | Video.js | Open Source Video Player

Video.js v10 is now a release candidate, and it is ready for you to migrate real projects ahead of 10.0.0. With your feedback, we are looking forward to shipping 10.0.0 very soon.

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I prompt-injected the Waymo AI assistant into writing code for me
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🎉 Video.js 10 is now in RC: videojs.org/blog/videojs-v10…

Video.js v10 Release Candidate | Video.js | Open Source Video Player

Video.js v10 is now a release candidate, and it is ready for you to migrate real projects ahead of 10.0.0. With your feedback, we are looking forward to shipping 10.0.0 very soon.

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Play around with it in our sandbox: v10-sandbox.vercel.app
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Plyr just hit 30k stars 🤩 Thanks for all the support. A reminder that I've been putting my all of focus into Video.js 10. Give it a go...
Sam Potts@sam_pottsAug 14
I've put together a guide for migrating from Plyr to Video.js 10. We're almost ready for GA. Check it out and give us feedback. github.com/sampotts/plyr/dis…
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I've put together a guide for migrating from Plyr to Video.js 10. We're almost ready for GA. Check it out and give us feedback. github.com/sampotts/plyr/dis…
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Great point and not just designers either but developers too. It’s always good to sneak in some extra awesomeness.
joshpuckett
@joshpuckettJul 16
You need to be going rogue more as a designer.
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It's looking so much more refined and somewhat bearable on macOS/iOS 27. Worth jumping on the betas for that alone.
Josh Pigford
@ShpigfordJun 8
the thing i'm most excited about in macOS 27 is that they're doing away with that godforsaken floating liquid glass sidebar.
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