Introduction

Today we are going to learn how to create a Windows Store App for Video Playlist using JavaScript. I assume, you can create a simple Windows Store App using JavaScript. For more help visit Simple Windows Store Apps using JavaScript.

To start the creation of the app, add two JavaScript pages by right-clicking on the js folder in the Solution Explorer and select Add > new item > JavaScript Page and then give an appropriate name. In the same way, add one HTML page to your project.

Write the following code in default.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta charset="utf-8" />

<title>app</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/css/ui-light.css" />

<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/base.js"></script>

<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/ui.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/default.css" />

<script src="/js/scrtipt1.js"></script>

<script src="/js/default.js"></script>

</head>

<body role="application" style="background-color: lightcoral">

<center><div id="rootGrid">

<div id="content">

<h1 id="featureLabel"></h1>

<div id="contentHost"></div>

</div>

</div></center>

</body>

</html>

Write the following code in default.js:

(function () {

"use strict";

var appTitle = "";

var pages = [

{ url: "page.html", title: "Stereo 3D" }

];

function activated(eventObject) {

if (eventObject.detail.kind === Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind.launch) {

eventObject.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll().then(function () {

var url = WinJS.Application.sessionState.lastUrl || pages[0].url;

return WinJS.Navigation.navigate(url);

}));

}

}

WinJS.Navigation.addEventListener("navigated", function (eventObject) {

var url = eventObject.detail.location;

var host = document.getElementById("contentHost");

host.winControl && host.winControl.unload && host.winControl.unload();

WinJS.Utilities.empty(host);

eventObject.detail.setPromise(WinJS.UI.Pages.render(url, host, eventObject.detail.state).then(function () {

WinJS.Application.sessionState.lastUrl = url;

}));

});

WinJS.Namespace.define("App", {

appTitle: appTitle,

pages: pages,

videoOnError: function (error) {

switch (error.target.error.code) {

case error.target.error.MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED:

App.displayError("You aborted the video playback.");

break;

case error.target.error.MEDIA_ERR_NETWORK:

App.displayError("A network error caused the video download to fail part-way.");

break;

case error.target.error.MEDIA_ERR_DECODE:

App.displayError("The video playback was aborted due to a corruption problem or because the video used features your browser did not support.");

break;

case error.target.error.MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED:

App.displayError("The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.");

break;

default:

App.displayError("An unknown error occurred.");

break;

}

},

displayStatus: function (msg) {

WinJS.log && WinJS.log(msg, null, "status");

},

displayError: function (msg) {

WinJS.log && WinJS.log(msg, null, "error");

}

});

WinJS.Application.addEventListener("activated", activated, false);

WinJS.Application.start();

})();


Write the following code in page.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title></title>

<script src="/js/script.js"></script>

</head>

<body>

<div data-win-control="App.pageInput">

<button class="action" id="multitrackStart">

Play</button>

<button class="action" id="multitrackStartChannel1">

English</button>

<button class="action" id="multitrackStartChannel2">

Hindi</button>

<button class="action" id="multitrackStartChannel3">

Chinese</button>

<button class="action" id="multitrackStartChannel4">

Polish</button>

<button class="action secondary" id="multitrackStop">

Pause</button>

<br />

<br />

</div>

<div data-win-control="App.pageOutput">

<video id="multitrackVideo" src="/vidio/LadyWashington_MultiLang.mp4" style="position: relative; width: 50%;" poster="images/images.jpeg" loop>

</video>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Write the following code in script.js:

(function () {

"use strict";

var page = WinJS.UI.Pages.define("page.html", {

ready: function (element, options) {

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStart").listen("click", multitrackStart);

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStartChannel1").listen("click", getMultitrackFunction("en"));

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStartChannel2").listen("click", getMultitrackFunction("hi"));

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStartChannel3").listen("click", getMultitrackFunction("zh"));

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStartChannel4").listen("click", getMultitrackFunction("pl"));

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackStop").listen("click", multitrackStop);

WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackVideo").listen("error", App.videoOnError);

},

unload: function () {

multitrackStop();

}

});

function multitrackStart() {

App.displayError("");

var vid = WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackVideo")[0];

vid.play();

}

function getMultitrackFunction(channel) {

return function () {

App.displayError("");

var vid = WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackVideo")[0];

for (var ch = 0; ch < vid.audioTracks.length; ch++) {

vid.audioTracks[ch].enabled = (vid.audioTracks[ch].language === channel);

}

};

}

function multitrackStop() {

var vid = WinJS.Utilities.query("#multitrackVideo")[0];

if (!vid.paused) {

vid.pause();

}

}

})();


Write the following code in script1.js:

(function () {

var pageOutput = WinJS.Class.define(

function (element, options) {

element.winControl = this;

this.element = element;

new WinJS.Utilities.QueryCollection(element)

.setAttribute("role", "region")

.setAttribute("aria-labelledby", "outputLabel")

.setAttribute("aria-live", "assertive");

element.id = "output";

this._addOutputLabel(element);

this._addStatusOutput(element);

}, {

_addOutputLabel: function (element) {

var label = document.createElement("h2");

label.id = "outputLabel";

label.textContent = "Output";

element.parentNode.insertBefore(label, element);

},

_addStatusOutput: function (element) {

var statusDiv = document.createElement("div");

statusDiv.id = "statusMessage";

element.insertBefore(statusDiv, element.childNodes[0]);

}

}

);

var currentpageUrl = null;

WinJS.Navigation.addEventListener("navigating", function (evt) {

currentpageUrl = evt.detail.location;

});

WinJS.log = function (message, tag, type) {

var statusDiv = document.getElementById("statusMessage");

};

function activated(e) {

WinJS.Utilities.query("#featureLabel")[0].textContent = App.appTitle;

}

WinJS.Application.addEventListener("activated", activated, false);

WinJS.Namespace.define("App", {

pageOutput: pageOutput

});

})();


Output:

playlist-window-store-app.jpg

multitrack-in-windows-store-apps.jpg

Summary

In this article I described how to create a Windows Store App for video Playlist using JavaScript. I hope this article has helped you in understanding this topic. Please share it. If you know more about this, your feedback and constructive contributions are welcome.