Shadcn registry

Use the Video.js Shadcn registry when your application should own and edit its skin source. The registry provides skin blocks for React and HTML, Tailwind CSS 4 and vanilla CSS, plus individual styled React UI components.

Players and media remain package imports. A skin block accepts media as children, so you can combine it with any compatible media implementation without generating every Player and media combination.

Initialize Shadcn

Initialize Shadcn if the project does not have a components.json file:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest init

Add the @videojs namespace for your framework and styling choice:

For example, a React + Tailwind project adds this to components.json:

{
  "registries": {
    "@videojs": "https://shadcn.videojs.org/r/react/{name}.json"
  }
}

The public host will serve these paths when the registry launches. Repository tests exercise the same paths against a local static server.

Install a skin

Install the Default Video Skin:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @videojs/video

Install Minimal Video instead:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @videojs/video-minimal

Default names have no suffix. Minimal is a distinct skin block because its layout differs, while shared UI components and theme primitives keep stable names and paths. Framework and styling are selected by the namespace URL, not repeated in item names.

Shadcn places the installed source under components/videojs/. For example, Video Skin installs to components/videojs/skins/video/; Minimal Video Skin installs to components/videojs/skins/video/minimal/. Shared UI dependencies install under components/videojs/ui/.

React composition

import { HlsJsVideo } from '@videojs/react/media/hlsjs-video';
import { VideoPlayer } from '@videojs/react/video';

import { DefaultVideoSkin } from '@/components/videojs/skins/video/skin';

export function Player({ src }: { src: string }) {
  return (
    <VideoPlayer>
      <DefaultVideoSkin className="aspect-video w-full">
        <HlsJsVideo src={src} />
      </DefaultVideoSkin>
    </VideoPlayer>
  );
}

HTML composition

<script type="module">
  import '@videojs/html/video/player';
  import '@videojs/html/media/hls-video';
  import './components/videojs/skins/video/skin.ts';
</script>

<video-player>
  <!-- Paste the installed skin.html markup here. -->
  <hls-video src="https://example.com/video.m3u8"></hls-video>
</video-player>

HTML skin blocks keep the copy-owned light-DOM markup explicit. They do not hide it behind a runtime skin element.

Install one React component

React catalogs also publish individual styled UI components:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @videojs/play-button

import { PlayButton } from '@/components/videojs/ui/play-button';

Each component imports its own shared component and style dependencies. CSS installs reuse stable concern files such as styles/buttons.css; adding another button does not install a second copy or require a global stylesheet edit. Tailwind components use the project’s existing Tailwind build and the installed Video.js theme definitions.

Inspect and update source

The standard Shadcn commands work with the namespace:

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest search @videojs --query volume
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest view @videojs/volume-popover
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @videojs/volume-popover --dry-run
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @videojs/volume-popover --diff

Installed files belong to your application. Review the diff before replacing customized source. Do not use --overwrite without reviewing that diff.

Registry catalog

The links below open the exact item JSON consumed by Shadcn.

Skin blocks

Skin blocks install editable UI source for the current React docs. Players and media remain direct package imports.

React UI components

Individual React UI components install to stable paths under components/videojs/ui. Choose the styling catalog used by your project.

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