Configuring new player

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.

1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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