# johnpolacek/BigVideo.js

The jQuery Plugin for Big Background Video (and Images)

Repository: https://github.com/johnpolacek/BigVideo.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bigvideojs
Homepage: http://johnpolacek.github.io/BigVideo.js/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-08-06T20:22:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5132, "days_push": 2218, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2225, forks 404 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:28.021893+00:00)

## What it is
BigVideo.js is a jQuery plugin for adding fit-to-fill fullscreen background video (and images) to websites, built on top of Video.js. It supports silent ambient background video, playlists, and background image fallbacks for devices without autoplay.

## Use cases
- add fullscreen background video to a website
- play ambient looping background video on a landing page
- show a video playlist as a fullscreen player
- display large background images as fallback for mobile devices
- implement video hero sections with jQuery

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery-era site that already uses jQuery and Video.js
- you need a quick fullscreen background video with playlist support in an old stack

## When to avoid
- starting a new modern project - use native HTML5 video or CSS-based solutions
- you need active maintenance or support
- your project does not use jQuery or Bower-era tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, background-video, videojs, ambient-video, legacy, bower, javascript

## Member repositories
- johnpolacek/BigVideo.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.021893+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:55.518494+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnpolacek/BigVideo.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.021893+00:00, sha 5df60d38ac3f)
  - homepage: http://johnpolacek.github.io/BigVideo.js/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:25:33.894577+00:00, sha 5220a8c9a8c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.