There are far more video and audio player designs than what we know as the standard from youtube and vimeo. We’ve collected 57 examples of interesting multimedia player designs

All multimedia players share three fundamental elements: combined play/pause button, volume control, and progress bar. The more advanced also have social functions such as embed, like, rate, and other sharing tools.

The most common callout for playback is a big (often transparent) play icon on top of the video.

Enjoy our new collection of multimedia player designs

Anders Toxboe Author

Based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, Anders Toxboe is a Product Discovery coach and trainer, helping both small and big clients get their product right. He also founded UI-Patterns.com and a series of other projects. Follow Anders at @uipatternscom.

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  • Best Webste Designer on Dec 21, 2010

    I never thought that there are so many audio and video players available. This is a huge list. Thanks for sharing this information with us.

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