Players
Players define how media is presented and played back. They control the UI, behavior, features, security, and sharing options for videos, playlists, podcasts, and live streams.
From the Players module, you can centrally manage all player configurations. Using our Player SDK is recommended when working with a large number of videos or when you want to tightly integrate the player with your frontend and control it via methods and events. The player automatically fetches the configured settings from our backend. If needed, you can override specific parameters by passing them to the SDK during initialization.
Player overview
The Players view lists all available players with:
Title
Project scope (Global or Project-specific)
Description
Creation date
You can search, sort, and switch between All Players, Global Players, and Project-Specific Players.
Create & manage players
Click Create Player to define a new player configuration. Players can be:
Global – available across all projects
Project-specific – restricted to a single project
One player can be marked as the default player for a project or globally.
Player settings
Player configuration is organized into clear sections.
Basics
Define general metadata and availability:
Title & Description
UI language
Project availability
Default player selection
Settings
Control playback behavior and appearance:
Accent color
Autoplay options (muted, scroll-based, etc.)
Initial audio & subtitle language
Initial video quality
Metadata display preferences
End-of-playback behavior (loop, recommendations, continuous playback)
Features
Enable or disable advanced functionality:
Analytics collection
Trick-play (playback speed control)
Searchable Transcript
Picture-in-Picture
Pop-out / sticky playback
Advertising support
Sharing services
Embed code generation
Additional feature groups include:
Playlist / Podcast settings (shuffle, media library, max items)
Live settings (comments, reactions, timeshift behavior)
Enhanced functionality (special feature extensions)
Security
We recommend protecting your player to ensure that only authorized users can access your content. For more information on integrating the player with token protection, please refer to our player documentation.
Protect your content with:
Token protection
Domain restrictions
AES encryption
Playback preview limits
Remote playback controls
Visual & playback enhancements
Badges
Badges are overlays permanently displayed on the player:
Upload a badge image
Choose position
Add titles or links
Commonly used for branding or labels
Bumpers
Bumpers allow intro/outro media:
Intro bumper (before main content)
Outro bumper (after playback)
Supports video or audio files
Optional UI hiding and skip behavior
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