Video Player + Poster + Lightbox ?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2026 6:27 pm
Hello All,
I've tried the default Video Player and also downloaded Plyr video player which have some nice features.
I didn't find much more on the extensions so I decided to ask here.
The website will contain lots of videos, lots of types, some we will upload to our server, some via YouTube.
I need some different solutions to make it works nice and look nicer.
I'm looking for FEW things at the moment:
- Auto-play ONLY when scrolling down and revealed (not when the page first loaded / preloaded)
- For the non auto-play videos I need a Poster (thumbnail) before clicking it and play
I believe Plyr has this but I did not see preload options.
- Not sure if that's the term: "Lightbox" but I'll describe what I'm looking for just in case:
Once clicking the POSTER (thumbnail) I would like it to first open a NEW OVERLAY WINDOW and start playing the current video.
I would like while the OVERLAY VIDEO is on top, the website on the background will be darken / unfocused. until closing the OVERLAY window.
- The player needs to support LOCAL (highest priority) but I also use YouTube.
I'm aware I can combine the Default Video Player (which have the option to not pre-load, but doesn't have poster (thumbnail)
While plyr have poster, but always pre-load which is not what I want (there will be lots of videos on our website, not all via YouTube but our own videos upload to our server)
--
Is there an up to date video player that does all the above?
or an extra way to do the "Lightbox" with lots of controls of how it will look?
If there is a TEMPLATE with such example, please direct me so I can just try a real-case and see for myself.
Thanks ahead!
I've tried the default Video Player and also downloaded Plyr video player which have some nice features.
I didn't find much more on the extensions so I decided to ask here.
The website will contain lots of videos, lots of types, some we will upload to our server, some via YouTube.
I need some different solutions to make it works nice and look nicer.
I'm looking for FEW things at the moment:
I believe Plyr has this but I did not see preload options.
Once clicking the POSTER (thumbnail) I would like it to first open a NEW OVERLAY WINDOW and start playing the current video.
I would like while the OVERLAY VIDEO is on top, the website on the background will be darken / unfocused. until closing the OVERLAY window.
I'm aware I can combine the Default Video Player (which have the option to not pre-load, but doesn't have poster (thumbnail)
While plyr have poster, but always pre-load which is not what I want (there will be lots of videos on our website, not all via YouTube but our own videos upload to our server)
--
Is there an up to date video player that does all the above?
or an extra way to do the "Lightbox" with lots of controls of how it will look?
If there is a TEMPLATE with such example, please direct me so I can just try a real-case and see for myself.
Thanks ahead!