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With 91% of businesses using video as a marketing tool<\/span><\/a>, online video has become a fundamental part of digital advertising. Are you a publisher looking to stream and monetize video content on your site? Welcome to the second edition of our video player comparison series! In our fist article we measured Fluid Player against JW Player<\/span><\/a>. On this occasion we have 2 free HTML video players compared: Fluid Player and Video.JS, both popular HTML5 open source video players, completely free of use. To help you choose which video player is best for you, we have compared their key features in the table below:<\/p>\n

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Having the 2 free HTML video players compared, you can see how both players support Streaming and VR formats, are fully responsive, and allow subtitles, amongst other features. However, there are some key differences. Video.JS is infinitely more customizable than most players in the market, however the customization process can be relatively complex. Fluid Player has less customization options, however it comes with great default settings that can get you effortlessly sharing and monetizing video content from day 1 – Continue reading for more details!<\/p>\n

2 free HTML video players compared: Fluid Player, the lightweight free player<\/b><\/h2>\n

Let’s have the first one of the 2 f<\/span>ree HTML video players compared: <\/span>Fluid Player<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is easy to integrate, has got out of the box video monetization tools, allows more than 1 player per page, and features lots of keyboard shortcuts that are also customizable. You can find the downloadable files on GitHub, through self-hosted CDN for an easy setup. It has advanced VAST and VPAID capabilities and it comes with its own design, which is easily and quickly customizable to your site\u2019s style. The formats supported are m3u8, MPEG-DASH, HLS, MP4, and VR.<\/p>\n

A player for everyone, ready to use from minute 1!<\/b><\/h3>\n

Fluid Player can be used on your site straight away after a quick setup, without any extra customization, so that you can start streaming and monetizing video content asap without bothering with huge amounts of code or spending time adding extra plugins – It already looks great out of the box!<\/p>\n

Or maybe you want to tailor it to fit your brand\u2019s needs, which you can easily do using optional parameters to change the player\u2019s style. For instance, you can change the color of the player\u2019s buttons, the progress bar, add a poster image before the video plays, change where the play button will show on the player, enable or disable a play \/ pause animation, enable or disable autoplay, play around with the keyboard controls, set a timeline preview, and many more. Want to see how easy it is to customize the player and its functionalities as a Video.js alternative that won’t take much time and resources to customize? Learn how to use The Builder here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Out of the box VAST and VPAID standards advanced capabilities<\/b><\/h3>\n

VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) specification is a universal XML schema defined and released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)<\/span><\/a> that sets a standard for communication requirements between ad servers and video players – Basically, it makes it possible for an ad provider to serve ads to various video players using the same universal language. Bear in mind that not all players do support VAST, yet this standard is crucial to monetize video content on your site.<\/p>\n

Fluid Player supports VAST out of the box, which you can benefit from straight away and effortlessly. Some of Fluid Player\u2019s VAST capabilities are:<\/p>\n