Add remark-videos to list of plugins

[Chailotl]

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Description of changes

I added a link to the remark-videos plugin that I developed.

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[remcohaszing]

Thanks!

Some suggestions:

• Generating HTML is better done in a rehype plugin.
• It would be nice if the plugin accept an option to allow different file extensions.
• It would be nice if the plugin handles alt descriptions.

[Chailotl]

Generating HTML is better done in a rehype plugin.

I saw some remark plugins that generate HTML, such as remark-callouts, and to me it logically makes more sense as a remark plugin because it operates on markdown syntax, but I'll give it some thought.

It would be nice if the plugin accept an option to allow different file extensions.

The <video> tag already works with any video extension. This plugin just puts the video file link into the src attribute.

It would be nice if the plugin handles alt descriptions.

That's a fair suggestion, I'll look into adding it.

[ChristianMurphy]

Welcome @Chailotl!
Thanks for sharing!

The <video> tag already works with any video extension.

The <video> tag does, this plugin currently only works for MP4.
https://github.com/Chailotl/remark-videos/blob/851c332993210e6f091453f7ed887be24492bcee/index.js#L7
There are a lot more, consider leveraging https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-video or https://github.com/sindresorhus/video-extensions

I saw some remark plugins that generate HTML, such as remark-callouts

Those add new syntax features to markdown, they need to integrate with the parser.
This plugin does not, it can work on the HTML syntax tree.

[Chailotl]

Oh- right, my plugin only checks for the .mp4 extension 😅 I wrote the plugin well past midnight so forgive my memory

[ChristianMurphy]

No worries!

Some other ideas:

1. consider adding more automation like:
   1. adding some test cases with node:test to make it easier to confirm the plugin works and easier for others to contribute
   2. leveraging lint and formatting tools like xo and prettier for code style and structure consistency
   3. using GitHub actions to automatically run tests and lint checkers for new contributions
2. consider leveraging JSDoc + TypeScript for automated option checking and better autocomplete https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsdoc-supported-types.html (this also benefits non-typescript users leveraging an IDE)
3. consider annotating the project as side effect free for better optimization from build tools https://webpack.js.org/guides/tree-shaking/#mark-the-file-as-side-effect-free

It would be nice if the plugin handles alt descriptions

Adding on to this.
Images have both alt and title text

![alternate text](http://example.com/url "title text")

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There could be an opportunity to offer some combination of:

• SRT/webVTT track as an alternate to audio https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/Multimedia#video_text_tracks
• fallback if video is not supported https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Accessibility/Multimedia#accessible_audio_and_video_controls
• multiple video source tracks

[wooorm]

Closing this as it seems abandoned. This also makes more sense as a rehype plugin I think!