How to pass textbox value to src link in HTML and javascript?

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I want to enter video name to textbox, press ENTER button then browser play video I have stored in my disk.
But I don't know how to get textbox value to HTML video src. Please help me. Thank you.

Here is my code:

JavaScript

function playVideo()
 {
        myVideo.play();
 }

HTML

<input name="txtText" type="text" id="txtText" size="20" maxlength="10"/>
 <video id="myVideo" width="640" height="360">
   <source src="love.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 
 </video>
 <input type="button" value="ENTER" width="20" height="20" onclick="playVideo();"/>

This src = "love.mp4" is fixed. How can I replace it with value I enter to textbox?

Posted 27-May-15 21:06pm

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Karthik Devaraj · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-27T22:35:00

Solution 1

Put ID to source tag

<video id="myVideo" width="640" height="360">
    <source id="VdoSrc" src="love.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 
</source></video>

You can get through javascript

var mp4Vid = document.getElementById('VdoSrc');
$(mp4Vid).attr('src', "/pathTo/love.mp4");

For more info check this Link

Posted 27-May-15 22:35pm

Karthik Devaraj

Updated 27-May-15 22:39pm

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Member 10390715 28-May-15 5:47am

I don't know jQuery, so I have solution like this. Thanks for your help
function changeValue()
{
var newVal = document.getElementById('txtText').value;
//document.getElementById("myVideo").innerHTML = '';
document.getElementById("myVideo").innerHTML = '';
//document.write(newVal+".mp4");
myVideo.load();
myVideo.play();
}

Karthik Devaraj 28-May-15 7:34am

Check this fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/Karthik_Dev/dmreqh62/

Member 10390715 28-May-15 21:48pm

thanks for your help