# pupunzi/jquery.mb.YTPlayer

use a custom yutube player for a video as background on jQuery framework

Repository: https://github.com/pupunzi/jquery.mb.YTPlayer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jquerymbytplayer
Homepage: https://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.YTPlayer/demo/demo.html
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: youtube-api, video, javascript, background-video, youtube-player, youtube-player-api
Last push: 2026-05-18T16:13:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6018, "days_push": 107, "days_rel": 327, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1338, forks 403 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.771749+00:00)

## What it is
A jQuery component that lets you build a custom YouTube player or use any public YouTube video as a page background. It supports filters, autoplay, mute, and playback controls via the YouTube Player API.

## Use cases
- play a youtube video as a full-page background
- build a custom chromeless youtube player
- add background video with filters like grayscale or blur
- embed a customized youtube player on my website
- autoplay muted hero video from youtube
- start a youtube video at a specific timestamp

## When to choose
- you're already using jQuery and want a YouTube background video
- you need a customizable YouTube player with filters and controls
- you want a quick drop-in plugin rather than writing YouTube API code

## When to avoid
- your project doesn't use jQuery
- you need to host or self-host video files rather than YouTube
- you need modern framework (React/Vue) integration without wrappers
- you need guaranteed long-term maintenance, as the project has no explicit license file

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, media
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, youtube-player, background-video, html5-video, custom-player, javascript

## Member repositories
- pupunzi/jquery.mb.YTPlayer (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.771749+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 2026-08-30T04:44:01.154994+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pupunzi/jquery.mb.YTPlayer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.771749+00:00, sha 586bb401575c)
  - homepage: https://pupunzi.com/mb.components/mb.YTPlayer/demo/demo.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:32.014898+00:00, sha 0fb06d2c5b4b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jquery.mb.ytplayer (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:32.023860+00:00, sha efdeebab09ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.