Plate is an HTML skin for Video.js 10. It draws the player the way quickflow.dev draws everything else: a numbered head with a status word, the picture framed by corner marks, a chapter index beside it, a ruler for a timeline and text keys underneath. A player is a diagram of a video's time, so I drew it like one.

What it does

Every chapter cue gets a button in the index, with its own frame from Mux's storyboard. Video.js has no chapter navigation control yet, so a small custom element reads the cues from the player store. Below 760px the index turns into a strip that scrolls with the video.

The time slider is a ruler, with a numbered mark where each chapter starts.

The keys are words you can read. Speed, Quality, Captions and Audio open Video.js menus. Space, K, M, the arrows, J and L, 0 to 9, < and >, F, C and I all work from the keyboard, and every control shows a focus ring.

In fullscreen the picture goes edge to edge, the controls fade while it plays, and an Index key opens the chapters as a side panel.

It comes in three themes (Night, Blueprint, Signal), takes your colours, fonts and corners through public custom properties, and speaks seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Romanian, Russian and Arabic, right to left included. It follows reduced motion, higher contrast, reduced transparency and forced colors.

The workbench at plate.quickflow.dev lets you try it on your own video, change every property, watch contrast and control names in a live accessibility readout, and download the CSS for your theme.

Plate plays the showreel on quickflow.dev. The code is open source under Apache 2.0.

Showcase: https://quickflow.dev/work/plate/ Workbench: https://plate.quickflow.dev/ Code: https://github.com/alexandru-quickflow/videojs-skin-plate

does the chapter index stay visible in fullscreen or does it tuck away?

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS — A Cinematic Video.js Experience

Between Two Worlds is a cinematic video player experience built with Video.js v10, designed to transform video playback into an immersive visual journey.

Inspired by the mystery of crossing between two worlds, the project combines a deep purple and gold aesthetic, elegant typography, atmospheric animation, and a customized Video.js interface.

Rather than presenting a conventional video player, I wanted to create an experience where the visual identity begins before playback and continues through the player controls.

Key features:

Customized Video.js controls with purple and gold styling.

A cinematic animated introduction with smooth transitions.

A coordinated video poster and visual identity.

Responsive styling and familiar playback functionality.

A live, interactive experience accessible directly in the browser.

The goal was to demonstrate how thoughtful visual design can make a video player feel like an integral part of a story, rather than simply a tool for watching it.

Starting the visual identity before playback even begins, with a cinematic animated introduction, is what sells the whole idea — the player doesn't just decorate the film, it opens the story. And carrying that same purple-and-gold identity through the controls keeps the two...