<a-video>

Note: This documentation is for the old 0.2.0 version of A-Frame. Check out the documentation for the current 1.6.0 version

The video primitive displays a video on a flat plane as a texture. It is an entity that prescribes the geometry with its geometric primitive set to plane.

Example

<a-scene>
<a-assets>
<video id="penguin-sledding" autoplay loop="true" src="penguin-sledding.mp4">
</a-assets>

<!-- Using the asset management system. -->
<a-video src="#penguin-sledding" width="16" height="9" position="0 0 -20"></a-video>

<!-- Defining the URL inline. Not recommended but more comfortable for web developers. -->
<a-video src="airbending.mp4"></a-video>
</a-scene>

Attributes

Note that the video primitive inherits common mesh attributes.

Attribute Component Mapping Default Value
height geometry.height 1.75
width geometry.width 3

Caveats

iOS has a lot of restrictions on playing videos in the browser. To play an inline video texture, we must:

  • Set the <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> meta tag (will be injected if missing).
  • Set the webkit-playsinline attribute to the video element.
  • Pin the webpage to the iOS homescreen.