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What’s new

  • Playback speed adjustment in the User Interface

  • Multi-audio support for a single video, allowing viewers to switch between different audio streams

    • Multiple languages & audio descriptions can be added for the videos

  • New share menu in VMPro for more control when sharing videos. Video managers can decide to

    • show or hide ‘Title’ and ‘description’ on the share page

    • share video from a specific time

    • New share page design for unified viewing experience on shared pages

  • Responsive i-frame toggle to make your i-frames responsive to automatically adjusts its dimensions to fit the container it's placed in

  • Barrier free (accessibility) The player comes with a barrier free design in accordance with BITV 2.0 / EN 301 549

Please note that while the new player comes with added features, it is currently lacks some configuration options in comparison to the current player. However, these missing options are actively being worked on

Onscreen elements

Consult the screenshot below for the onscreen elements available in the new player.

Number

Description

1

Play/Pause button (overlay)

2

Play/Pause button

3

Volume

4

Current time display | video duration

5

Loop

6*

Toggle audio stream in a different language or subtitles

7*

Playback settings (speed and quality)

8

Full screen mode

*By clicking on the text box icon(6), you will see both options for the audio language and subtitles. Similarly, by clicking settings icon (7), you will see the playback settings

Keyboard shortcuts

To ensure player accessibility, each of the following keyboard shortcuts is accompanied by a specific interaction feedback.

Here, the feedback takes the form of an icon:

Keyboard shortcuts

Up arrow

Volume up by 10%

Down arrow

Volume down by 10%

Left arrow

Rewind by 5 seconds

Right arrow

Forward by 5 seconds

j

Rewind by 10 seconds

l

Forward by 10 seconds

m

Mute/unmute

f

Enter/exit full-screen mode

Esc

Escape full-screen mode

Space bar

Play/pause video

Tab

Toggle between player elements


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