This neat project brings the cool MediaElement.js (HTML5/Flash/Silverlight video player) to the Rails asset pipeline. NOTE: This gem requires jquery, which shouldn't be an issue.

Add the gem to the list of required gems in your Gemfile:

# ...
gem "mediaelement_rails"
# ...

Load the Mediaelement Javascript in your application.js:

//= require mediaelement_rails

Load the Mediaelement CSS in your application.css:

/*
 *= require mediaelement_rails
 * and optionally:
 *= require mediaelement_rails/mejs-skins
 */

This is easy as hell too! Don't include any CSS and include the following in your application.js to get it working:

//= require mediaelement_rails/rails

Nothing special! This project includes all assets you might need.

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.