Videojs Warn Player.tech--.hls Is Deprecated. Use Player.tech--.vhs Instead !!hot!! May 2026

The "player.tech().hls is deprecated" warning in Video.js indicates a transition to the newer Video.js HTTP Streaming (VHS) engine for handling HLS and DASH formats. To resolve this, developers must replace references of player.tech().hls player.tech().vhs

What if you can’t find .hls in your code?

Don’t panic. The warning could be coming from: The "player

The Deprecation Warning

const player = videojs('my-video', sources: [ src: 'stream.m3u8', type: 'application/x-mpegURL' ] ); sources: [ src: 'stream.m3u8'

videojs('my-player', html5: hls: overrideNative: true ); Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard New: javascript type: 'application/x-mpegURL' ] )