- 05 Aug 2024
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Configuring new player
- Updated on 05 Aug 2024
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Overview
This guide provides detailed instructions for configuring a new video player using the VideoManager Pro (VMPro) platform. The key configuration sections include Player Theme and Player Controls, ensuring the player meets specific aesthetic and functional needs.
Player Theme
Customise the player's appearance with options for dark or light themes, and specific color configurations for primary elements, control bar backgrounds, and icon colours.
Steps
Navigate to the ‘Player Generator’ section
Select or create a new player
Choose 'Player Theme' and configure:
Color Theme: Choose between predefined dark or light themes to set the overall appearance
Primary Color: Select the primary color which affects key elements such as the player button and progress bar
Control Bar Background: Set the background gradient for the control bar
Icons Color: Define the color for on-screen elements, with active icons adopting the primary color.
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Player controls
Configure how viewers interact with the player by selecting the UI controls appropriate for different screen sizes.
Steps
Accessing Player Controls
In the ‘Player Generator’ section, click on 'Player Controls'
Selecting Controls
For players with a width greater than 360px, all controls are available for selection
For players with a width less than 360px, only a maximum of 4 controls can be selected
Available Controls
Control
Function
Play/Pause Button
Toggles playback
Mute/Unmute
Allows use of mute/unmute button
Subtitles/audio
When available, Opens a menu to select subtitles and audios
Fullscreen mode
Expands the player to fullscreen mode
Progress Bar
Shows video progress and allows seeking
Playback Settings
Accesses quality and subtitle options
Loop video
Video plays in loops
Video length
Shows video length in control bar
Bigplay button
Central button to click and play video
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Additional settings
Configure more playback and viewers intercations to customize player bheaviour at intialization
Autoplay video
Automatically starts video playback immediately after page load.
Please note, browsers allow video auto-play based on certain criterias. The player first tries to play the video with audio, if the browser blocks it then the video is played muted.
Show Download Menu
Enables viewers to download the video source file in desired quality by showing download menu in the player. When enabled, a download icon is shown in the player that when clicked opens the download menu from which the viewer can selected the desired video quality.
Note: The download menu will be shown in the player only if the played video has ‘Download release’ enabled in Security settings in VMPro
Show consent dialog
Shows a consent dialog on the share page to seek user consent to enable full tracking. When diabled only number of plays are tracked, to adhere to GDPR guidelines
Notes:
To get full analytics for the shared page links, please keep the option enabled.
Primary color selected in the ‘Player Theme’ settings is applied as highlight color to consent dialog
Applying changes
Once you have selected the desired configuration, click on ‘Apply’ under the preview player to save your changes