---
title: Third party librarys
sidebar_position: 7
slug: /libraries
---

## Overview

-   With the option `customType`, it is easy to integrate third-party video decoding libraries.
    When there are multiple decoders, you can add them to `customType`. When the decoding library is too large, you can also use `js` to dynamically import

-   By default, the player will parse the video type of the `url` option (such as `m3u8`, `flv`, `mpd`).
    If the correct video type cannot be parsed, you can add the `type` option to indicate the video type

```js
// Now this player can play: m3u8, flv, mpd
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.m3u8',
    type: 'm3u8', // Optional, but it is better to fill in
    customType: {
        m3u8: async function (video, url) {
            const { default: Hls } = await import('hls.js');
        },
        flv: async function (video, url) {
            const { default: flvjs } = await import('flv.js');
        },
        mpd: async function (video, url) {
            const { default: dashjs } = await import('dash.js');
        },
    },
});

// You can switch to a new video address
art.url = '/assets/sample/video-new.m3u8';

// You can also switch new video type
art.type = 'flv';
art.url = '/assets/sample/video.flv';

art.type = 'mpd';
art.url = '/assets/sample/video.mpd';
```

:::tip Tip

If `customType` is used, the previous decoder instance must be destroyed before switching url, otherwise memory leakage will occur

:::

```js
var hls = null;
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: '/assets/sample/video.m3u8',
    type: 'm3u8',
    customType: {
        m3u8: async function (video, url) {
            const { default: Hls } = await import('hls.js');

            // Destroy the last decoder instance before switching url
            if (hls) {
                hls.destroy();
            }

            // When the player is destroyed, the decoder instance must also be destroyed
            art.on('destroy', () => {
                if (hls) {
                    hls.destroy();
                }
            });

            hls = new Hls();
            hls.loadSource(url);
            hls.attachMedia(video);
        },
    },
});

// Switch to a new video address
art.url = '/assets/sample/video-new.m3u8';
```

## flv.js

-   Homepage: [https://github.com/Bilibili/flv.js](https://github.com/Bilibili/flv.js)

<div className="run-code" data-libs="https://unpkg.com/flv.js@1.6.2/dist/flv.js">
    ▶ Run Code
</div>

```js
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    autoplay: true,
    url: '/assets/sample/video.flv',
    customType: {
        flv: function (video, url) {
            if (flvjs.isSupported()) {
                const flvPlayer = flvjs.createPlayer({
                    type: 'flv',
                    url: url,
                });
                flvPlayer.attachMediaElement(video);
                flvPlayer.load();
            } else {
                art.notice.show = 'Does not support playback of flv';
            }
        },
    },
});
```

## hls.js

-   Homepage: [https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js](https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js)

<div className="run-code" data-libs="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hls.js/8.0.0-beta.3/hls.min.js">
    ▶ Run Code
</div>

```js
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    autoplay: true,
    url: 'https://test-streams.mux.dev/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8',
    customType: {
        m3u8: function (video, url) {
            if (Hls.isSupported()) {
                const hls = new Hls();
                hls.loadSource(url);
                hls.attachMedia(video);
            } else if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
                video.src = url;
            } else {
                art.notice.show = 'Does not support playback of m3u8';
            }
        },
    },
});
```

## dash.js

-   Homepage: [https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js](https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js)

<div className="run-code" data-libs="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dashjs/2.6.3/dash.all.min.js">
    ▶ Run Code
</div>

```js
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    autoplay: true,
    url: 'https://dash.akamaized.net/envivio/EnvivioDash3/manifest.mpd',
    customType: {
        mpd: function (video, url) {
            var player = dashjs.MediaPlayer().create();
            player.initialize(video, url, true);
        },
    },
});
```

## shaka-player

-   Homepage: [https://github.com/google/shaka-player](https://github.com/google/shaka-player)

<div className="run-code" data-libs="https://unpkg.com/shaka-player@3.3.1/dist/shaka-player.compiled.js">
    ▶ Run Code
</div>

```js
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    autoplay: true,
    url: '//storage.googleapis.com/shaka-demo-assets/angel-one/dash.mpd',
    customType: {
        mpd: function (video, url) {
            shaka.polyfill.installAll();
            var player = new shaka.Player(video);
            player.load(url);
        },
    },
});
```

## webtorrent

-   Homepage: [https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent](https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent)

<div className="run-code" data-libs="https://unpkg.com/webtorrent@1.8.1/index.js">
    ▶ Run Code
</div>

```js
var art = new Artplayer({
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    autoplay: true,
    url: 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6a9759bffd5c0af65319979fb7832189f4f3c35d&dn=sintel.mp4&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.btorrent.xyz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.fastcast.nz&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openwebtorrent.com&tr=wss%3A%2F%2Ftracker.webtorrent.io&ws=https%3A%2F%2Fwebtorrent.io%2Ftorrents%2Fsintel-1024-surround.mp4',
    type: 'torrent',
    customType: {
        torrent: function (video, url, art) {
            var client = new WebTorrent();
            art.loading.show = true;
            client.add(url, function (torrent) {
                var file = torrent.files[0];
                file.renderTo(video, {
                    autoplay: true,
                });
            });
        },
    },
});

art.on('ready', () => {
    art.template.$video.controls = false;
});
```