lottie-player.js or jlottie-player.js?

[alolalo]

Hello fine animation people at LottieFiles!

I was wondering two things;

• Does the CDN point to the new jlottie-player? In the package I downloaded, they both exist yet jlottie is the latest imo.

If so and it should point to jlottie, could you please update this doc and make sure all code generators do so too, or it will simply spread an old standard.

• Does the new version accept dot.lottie-format since I haven't seen anyone implement it, just using the .json-format. If the dot.lottie format is not supported, or will be, could you please have the docs reflect this?

Thank you

[samuelOsborne]

Hi @alolalo !

I think there seems to be some confusion. The current repository we're on with this issue is lottie-player, the cdn is as such:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@lottiefiles/lottie-player@0.4.0/dist/lottie-player.js"></script>

And jLottie's CDN is :

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@lottiefiles/jlottie@latest/dist/jlottie.min.js" type="module"></script>

lottie-web and jLottie are two different Lottie players, lottie-web being your general-purpose lottie player but bigger in size. And jLottie targeting specifically micro-animations and comes in a smaller package size.

The lottie-player does not support playing dotLottie animations, nor does jLottie, you can find the dotLottie player here:

https://github.com/dotlottie/player-component

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions!

Cheers!

[alolalo]

This explains a lot, thank you! I had the "illusion" that they are different versions, but didn't know they are just stand-alone lottie implementations. I'm writing this is up for myself and a blogpost too so thanks for clearing this out for others in advance.

[samuelOsborne]

No problem @alolalo. Please do share with us your blog post when it is finished. If you have any more questions about the players or Lottie as a whole, It'll be easier to talk over on our Discord

You can also email me at: sam@lottiefiles.com

Have a great day :-)