Current mi-player vs new player comparison
  • 08 Aug 2024

Current mi-player vs new player comparison


Article summary

The below tables provides a snapshot of existing or upcoming functionalities of the new player when compared to the current player.

Functionality

Current Player

New Player

Browser and Platform independence

Available

Available

Responsive player

Available

Available

Player type selection

Available

Available

Automatic player tech selection

Available

Available

Support of video and audio formats

Available

Available

Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (HLS)

Available

Available

Video aspect ratios

Available

Available

Player configuration and controls

Colouring and styling

Available

Available

Player controls

Available

Available

  • Play/Pause

Available

Available

  • Progress bar

Available

Available

  • Volume

Available

Available

  • Mute/unmute

Available

Available

  • Loop

Not available

Available

  • Subtitle selection

Available

Available

  • Audio track selection

Not available

Available

  • Quality selection

Available

Available

  • Playback speed

Not available

Available

  • Fullscreen

Available

Available

  • Big play button

Available

Available

Fixed width

Available

Removed

Viewport breakpoints (manual defined)

Available

Removed

viewport breakpoints (auto defined)

Not available

Available

Fix player controls

Available

Removed

Hide player controls

Available

Available

Small player controls

Available

Available

Subtitles on by default

Available

August

Keyboard controls

Available

Available

BITV 2.0 compliance

Limited

Available

Javascript API

Available

Replaced, In progress

Player SDK

-

Available

Player behaviour

Auto-play

Available

Available

Lazy loading

Available

TBD

Subtitle default setting

Available

August

Player aspect ratio

Available

Removed

Default quality HTML5 (progressive download)

Available

Removed

Default quality for streaming

Available

TBD

Sharing

Sharing via DIV embedcode

Available

Available

Sharing via HTML5 embedcode

Available

Removed

Sharing via Video/ShareURL

Available

Available

Integration with Corporate tube

Available

Q3/Q4

Tracking and analytics

Minimal Tracking without a Consent

Available

Available

Full Tracking incl. Consent Dialog for ShareURL

Available

Available

In-player consent dialog

Available

Removed

Full Tracking incl. Consent Dialog for EmbedCode

Available

Removed

  • Method to send the consent

Available

Available

Platform features

Individual thumbnail

Available

Available

Multilingual videos with several audio tracks

Not available

Available

Subtitles

Available

Available

Chapter navigation

Available

Q4

Interactive overlays

Available

Will be replaced

End screen with Related videos

Available

Planning

Ad support (VAST 3.0)

Available

Removed

Download menu

Available

Available

Security

Token protection

Available

Available

Referer protection

Available

Available

IP range protection

Available

Available

Geo-protection

Available

Available

SSO-protection

Not available

Available

SSO-protection incl. authorisation

Not available

Planning

Migration Support - On request

Redirect from VideoURL/ShareURL to new WatchURL

June

Redirect from DIV-embedcode to new player

June

Redirect from HTML5-embedcode to new player

June

Redirect from JS based integration to new player

June

Redirect to new player in CorporateTube

Q4

Note: The above table only provides overview of available or planned functionalities for the new player in comparison to the current player. Further functionalities could and will be added progressively, and the details here will be updated accordingly.


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