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Buffering Animation

Often an overlapping circle array or a dotted spinner indicating that a media stream has paused to download more data.

Live Demo

Movie scene

What It Is

Often an overlapping circle array or a dotted spinner indicating that a media stream has paused to download more data.

When to Use

  • Video players
  • Audio players
  • Live streams

When NOT to Use

  • Standard API data fetching

Configuration Tips

  • 01Keep it slightly translucent so it doesn't completely block the paused frame of the video

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Prompt Templates

Copy and paste these prompts into your AI coding assistant.

Create a buffering spinner like YouTube's.

Code Example (Tailwind CSS)

export function BufferingAnimationDemo() {}