Video player: Captions

Add a <track> and VideoPlayerCaptionsButton. Captions are drawn by the player, so they move up while the controls show instead of hiding behind them. A cross-origin track needs crossOrigin on the video.

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import {
  VideoPlayer,
  VideoPlayerCaptionsButton,
  VideoPlayerContent,
  VideoPlayerControls,
  VideoPlayerFullscreenButton,
  VideoPlayerPlayButton,
  VideoPlayerSeekBar,
  VideoPlayerSpacer,
  VideoPlayerTime,
  VideoPlayerVolume,
} from "@/components/ui/video-player"

export function VideoPlayerCaptions() {
  return (
    <VideoPlayer className="max-w-xl">
      <VideoPlayerContent
        src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/friday.mp4"
        crossOrigin="anonymous"
        aria-label="Friday"
      >
        <track
          default
          kind="captions"
          srcLang="en"
          label="English"
          src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/examples/friday.vtt"
        />
      </VideoPlayerContent>
      <VideoPlayerControls>
        <VideoPlayerSeekBar />
        <VideoPlayerPlayButton />
        <VideoPlayerVolume />
        <VideoPlayerTime />
        <VideoPlayerSpacer />
        <VideoPlayerCaptionsButton />
        <VideoPlayerFullscreenButton />
      </VideoPlayerControls>
    </VideoPlayer>
  )
}

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This adds the example as components/examples/video-player/captions.tsx, together with the Video player component and the HextaUI theme tokens it needs.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/video-player-captions.json

To add only the component, follow the Video player installation.

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