scericson/covervid
Make your HTML5 video behave like a background cover image with this lightweight Javascript plugin / jQuery extension observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4506
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1361
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1037 stars · 177 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A lightweight (~800 byte) JavaScript plugin and jQuery extension that makes HTML5 video elements scale like a CSS background image with background-size: cover. It is no longer maintained because modern browsers support the object-fit and object-position CSS properties.
Use cases
- make an html5 video behave like a background cover image
- add a fullscreen looping background video to a hero section
- scale a video to cover any parent container size
- use background-video style cover behavior in older browsers
- apply cover scaling to video with jquery
When to choose
- you must support legacy browsers lacking object-fit support
- you want a tiny dependency-free cover-video solution in an older jQuery-era codebase
When to avoid
- you target modern browsers - just use CSS object-fit and object-position
- you need a maintained library with ongoing support
- you need features beyond cover scaling such as playback controls
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
ui-components animation web-development frontend browser jquery-plugin html5-video background-video cover-scaling vanilla-javascript javascript
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/scericson/covervid · fetched 2026-08-28 · c94c21a5bcf3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| scericson/covervid | main | 10 |
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