# scericson/covervid

Make your HTML5 video behave like a background cover image with this lightweight Javascript plugin / jQuery extension

Repository: https://github.com/scericson/covervid
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/covervid
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, jquery, video
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-12-12T02:06:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4506, "days_push": 1361, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1037, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.494803+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, html5-video, background-video, cover-scaling, vanilla-javascript, javascript

## Member repositories
- scericson/covervid (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.494803+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 2026-08-30T07:04:24.387492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scericson/covervid (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.494803+00:00, sha c94c21a5bcf3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.