Overlay HTML over video player

Overlay HTML element on top of the video object

by Sahil Kashyap

HTML

<video id="v" controls>
    <source id='mp4'
    src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4"
    type='video/mp4'>
    <source id='webm'
    src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.webm"
    type='video/webm'>
    <source id='ogv'
    src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.ogv"
    type='video/ogg'>
    <p>Your user agent does not support the HTML5 Video element.</p>


  </video>
  <div id="overlay">This is HTML overlay on top of the video! </div>

CSS

#overlay {
  position: absolute; 
  top: 100px; 
  color: #FFF; 
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 20px;
  background-color: rgba(221, 221, 221, 0.3);
  width: 640px;
  padding: 10px 0;
  z-index: 2147483647;
}

#v {
  z-index: 1;
}

JavaScript

var overlay= document.getElementById('overlay');
  var video= document.getElementById('v');
  video.addEventListener('progress', function() {
    var show= video.currentTime>=5 && video.currentTime<10;
    overlay.style.visibility= show? 'visible' : 'visible';
  }, false);