Question

I would like to display a video from a Javascript Blob/File object in the HTML5 video tag.

This code only works for small videos :

var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(e) {
    document.getElementById("video").src=reader.result;
 }
reader.readAsDataURL(vid);

I cannot use this for big videos (> 10MB).
Is there a solution to display a big video from a blob object in HTML 5?

Answer 1

I’ve found. It was so simple that I didnt even see it…

/**
 * @param {Blob} videoFile
 * @param {HTMLVideoElement} videoEl 
 * @returns {void}
 */
function display( videoFile, videoEl ) {

    // Preconditions:
    if( !( videoFile instanceof Blob ) ) throw new Error( '`videoFile` must be a Blob or File object.' ); // The `File` prototype extends the `Blob` prototype, so `instanceof Blob` works for both.
    if( !( videoEl instanceof HTMLVideoElement ) ) throw new Error( '`videoEl` must be a <video> element.' );
    
    // 

    const newObjectUrl = URL.createObjectURL( videoFile );
        
    // URLs created by `URL.createObjectURL` always use the `blob:` URI scheme: https://w3c.github.io/FileAPI/#dfn-createObjectURL
    const oldObjectUrl = videoEl.currentSrc;
    if( oldObjectUrl && oldObjectUrl.startsWith('blob:') ) {
        // It is very important to revoke the previous ObjectURL to prevent memory leaks. Un-set the `src` first.
        // See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/createObjectURL

        videoEl.src = ''; // <-- Un-set the src property *before* revoking the object URL.
        URL.revokeObjectURL( oldObjectUrl );
    }

    // Then set the new URL:
    videoEl.src = newObjectUrl;

    // And load it:
    videoEl.load(); // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/load
    
}