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There is also cssvid (https://github.com/AndyTheGiant/cssVid). It does the same but with background positioning instead of drawing on a canvas.

Why use javascript though? Here's my crude attempt at a CSS only implementation (Using CSS3 animations).

Nice! Would love to see a benchmark

awesome! I would like to see a performance test with canvid, cssvid and your solution :)