HTML5 Video Player Framework By Microsoft Media Platform

Player Framework is an open source video player framework for HTML5, Silverlight, Windows Phone and other application platforms. A comprehensive list of features including easy customization of the UI, plugin models, advertising standards support, W3C timed text (TTML) support for captions and more.

It offers a JavaScript API for controlling the player where the API methods are the same on both the HTML5 and Silverlight versions.

HTMl5 Video Player Framework Features

• JavaScript API for both the HTML5 video tag and the Silverlight player
• Pure JavaScript initialization by injecting the Player into a web page without pre-existing video or object tags.
• Accessible functionality through the use of alt and title tags and tabbable controls.
• Playlist support using an array of media items or using a link to a Media RSS feed.
• Closed Captions support using the TTML/DFXP specification
• Styleable controls
• Interactive timeline
• Volume control
• Mute control
• Full screen control
• Poster support
• Support for mobile platforms
• No other 3rd-party JavaScript libraries required
• Pre-load UI
• Error handling

Such a consistency is very handy for using any of the versions as a fallback of the other with almost no extra coding.

Website: http://playerframework.codeplex.com/
Demo: http://playerframework.codeplex.com/documentation