React Player

• Audio player component that provides consistent UI/UX on different browsers.
• Written in TypeScript.
• Flexbox css with SVG icons. Mobile friendly.
• I18n and a11y supported, keyboards events supported.
• Super customizable layout
• Support Media Source Extensions (MSE) and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)

Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge

Keyboard shortcuts (When audio player focused)

They can be turned off by setting hasDefaultKeyBindings prop to false

Key binding	Action
Space	Play/Pause
←	Rewind
→	Forward
↑	Volume up
↓	Volume down
L	Toggle loop
M	Toggle mute

Props

HTML Audio Tag Native Attributes

Props	Type	Default	Note
src	string	''
preload	'auto' | 'metadata' | 'none'	'auto'
autoPlay	boolean	false	Won't work on most mobile devices
loop	boolean	false
muted	boolean	false
volume	number	1.0	Won't work on most mobile devices
crossOrigin	string	undefined
mediaGroup	string	undefined

More native attributes detail: MDN Audio element

The controls attribute defaults to false and should never be changed to true because this library is already providing UI.

UI/UX Props

Props	Type	Default	Note
showSkipControls	boolean	false	Show Previous/Next buttons
showJumpControls	boolean	true	Show Rewind/Forward buttons
showDownloadProgress	boolean	true	Show download progress over progress bar
showFilledProgress	boolean	true	Show filled (already played) area on progress bar
showFilledVolume	boolean	false	Show filled volume area on volume bar
hasDefaultKeyBindings	boolean	true	Whether has default keyboard shortcuts
autoPlayAfterSrcChange	boolean	true	Play audio after src is changed, no matter autoPlay is true or false
volumeJumpStep	number	0.1	Indicates the volume jump step when pressing up/down arrow key, volume range is 0 to 1
progressJumpStep	number	5000	Deprecated, use progressJumpSteps. Indicates the progress jump step (ms) when clicking rewind/forward button or left/right arrow key
progressJumpSteps	object	{ backward: 5000, forward: 5000 }	Indicates the progress jump step (ms) when clicking rewind/forward button or left/right arrow key
progressUpdateInterval	number	20	Indicates the interval (ms) that the progress bar UI updates,
listenInterval	number	1000	Indicates the interval (ms) to call the onListened prop during playback
defaultCurrentTime	ReactNode	'--:--'	Default display for audio's current time before src's meta data is loaded
defaultDuration	ReactNode	'--:--'	Default display for audio's duration before src's meta data is loaded
timeFormat	'auto' | 'mm:ss' | 'hh:mm:ss'	'auto'	Time format for both current time and duration. 'auto' means when duration is greater than one hour, time format is hh:mm:ss, otherwise it's mm:ss
header	ReactNode	null	Header of the audio player
footer	ReactNode	null	Footer of the audio player

Event Props

Supported media events: onPlay, onPause, onEnded, onSeeking, onSeeked, onAbort, onCanPlay, onCanPlayThrough, onEmptied, onError, onLoadStart, onLoadedMetaData, onLoadedData, onPlaying, onSuspend, onWaiting, onVolumeChange

Docs: Media Events | MDN

Note: onTimeUpdate is not supported. Please use onListen with listenInterval for better performance.

Other events

Props	Type	Default	Note
onClickPrevious	Function (Event)	null	Called when click Previous button
onClickNext	Function (Event)	null	Called when click Next button
onListen	Function (Event)	null	Called every listenInterval milliseconds during playback
onPlayError	Function (Error)	null	Called when there's error invoking audio.play(), it captures error that onError won't catch
onChangeCurrentTimeError	Function ()	null	Called when dragging progress bar or press rewind/forward while the audio hasn't loaded yet

UI Overwrites

Besides using props to change UI, React H5 Audio Player provides built-in class names and SASS/LESS variables for developers to overwrite.

Access to the audio element

You can get direct access to the underlying audio element. First get a ref to ReactAudioPlayer:

this.player = createRef()

<ReactAudioPlayer ref={this.player} />

Then you can access the audio element like this:

this.player.current.audio.current

Media Source Extensions and Encrypted Media Extensions

You can use Media Source Extensions and Encrypted Media Extensions with this player. You need to provide the complete duration, and also a onSeek and onEncrypted callbacks. The logic for feeding the audio buffer and providing the decryption keys (if using encryption) must be set in the consumer side. The player does not provide that logic.

How to contribute

Issues and PR's are welcome.