Introduction

OvenPlayer is an Open-Source and JavaScript-based WebRTC Player for OvenMediaEngine.

Features

• Supports WebRTC Signaling from OvenMediaEngine for Sub-Second Latency Streaming

• Various protocols: WebRTC, HLS, Low Latency MPEG-DASH (LLDASH), MPEG-DASH

• Customizable UI

• Supports streaming regardless of browser and media type

• Receives the Signaling Protocol from OME (Signaling Protocol conforms to the OME specification)

• Automatically Fallback using HLS, MPEG-DASH

• Easily create profit by adding Ads in various formats

• Supports various subtitle formats: SMI, VTT, SRT

• Responsive player regardless of screen size

Installation

There are several ways to install OvenPlayer. Use the one you are comfortable with.

Download from GitHub

You can download it from OvenPlayer GitHub.

If you have access to OvenPlayer GitHub, you can download the latest version in development by pressing the Clone or Download button and clicking Download ZIP in the menu that appears.

You can also download specific version of OvenPlayer by from OvenPlayer GitHub Release.

When you download and decompress it, you will see:

OvenPlayer
└── dist/
     ├── ovenplayer.js
     └── ovenplayer.js.map
...

ovenplayer.js uses UMD (Universal Module Definition) pattern that various module loaders can import (e.g., Plain HTML, AMD, CommonJS).

ovenplayer.js.map is the source map for debugging to see what's going on in OvenPlayer.

Just put ovenplayer.js in your static directory of a web server and load ovenplayer.js in your HTML, you're ready to use OvenPlayer.

<script src="your_path_to/ovenplayer.js"></script>

Use CDN

You can also download the ovenplayer.js and source map via CDN.

Latest version

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

Version specified

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer@0.10.0/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

Install via npm

For more advanced workflows, installing via npm is recommended.

Latest version

$ npm install ovenplayer

Version specified

$ npm install ovenplayer@0.10.0

Vuejs component

$ npm install ovenplayer-vue3

React component

$ npm install ovenplayer-react

Quick Start

Below is a list of simple OvenPlayer initialization methods for each situation. For detailed options when initializing the OvenPlayer, please refer to the Initialization chapter.

Basic Concept

HTML

You need an HTML element where the OvenPlayer will be initialized.

<div id="player_id"></div>

Specifying the size or position of the player is possible by changing the style of the wrapper element.

<!-- Wrapper element for sizing or positioning the player -->
<div class="player-wrapper">
    <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element. -->
    <div id="player_id"></div>
</div>

The width of the OvenPlayer is set equal to the width of the container. So with style below, the OvenPlayer will have a width of 1280px.

.player-wrapper {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 1280px;
}

JavaScript

You can import ovenplayer.js and initialize OvenPlayer by calling OvenPlayer.create() as shown below:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

<script>
    // Initialize OvenPlayer
    const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', options)
</script>

Alternatively, you can use OvenPlayer as an ES6 module as follows:

import OvenPlayer from 'ovenplayer';

// Initialize OvenPlayer
const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', options)

OvenPlayer for Vue.js

You can use OvenPlayer as a reusable Vue.js component.

<script setup>
import OvenPlayerVue3 from "ovenplayer-vue3";
</script>

<template>
    <OvenPlayerVue3
    ref="ovenplayer"
    :config="playerConfig"
    @ready="readyHandler"
    @error="errorHandler"
    >
    </OvenPlayerVue3>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      playerConfig: {
        sources: [
          {
            type: '...',
            file: '...',
          },
        ],
      },
    };
  },
  methods: {
    readyHandler(event) {
      //
    },
    errorHandler(event) {
      //
    },
    getQualityLevels() {
      return this.$refs.ovenplayer.playerInstance.getQualityLevels()
    }
  }
};
</script>

this component provides three exposed member:

• playerInstance: ovenplayer.js instance.

• createPlayer(): create player.

  • Note: please call removePlayer first, ensure there's no active instance.

• removePlayer(): remove player.

OvenPlayer for React

You can use OvenPlayer as a reusable React component.

import React from 'react'
import OvenPlayer from 'ovenplayer-react'

export default function App() {
  const config = {
    sources: [
      {
        type: 'hls',
        file: 'https://test-streams.mux.dev/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8',
      },
    ],
  }

  const handleReady = () => {
    console.log('Player is ready')
  }

  const handleError = (err) => {
    console.error('Error:', err)
  }

  return (
    <div style={{ width: '640px', margin: '20px auto' }}>
      <h1>OvenPlayer Demo</h1>
      <OvenPlayer
        config={config}
        onReady={handleReady}
        onError={handleError}
      />
    </div>
  )
}

This React component provides the same functionality as the Vue version, including:

• Props such as config (OvenPlayer configuration) and callbacks like onReady, onError, onStateChanged, etc.

• Internally, it creates and manages the OvenPlayer instance, listening to all relevant events. If you need direct access to the internal OvenPlayer instance or want to re-create/remove it programmatically, you can manage it via a React ref or by re-rendering the component with updated props.

Initialize for OME

To play Sub-Second Latency Stream of OvenMediaEngine, set the source type to webrtc and set the file to the WebRTC Signaling URL with OvenMediaEngine. An explanation of the WebRTC Signaling URL can be found here.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>OvenPlayer</title>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element. -->
    <div id="player_id"></div>

    <!-- Load OvenPlayer via CDN -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

    <script>

        // Initialize OvenPlayer
        const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', {
            sources: [
                {
                    label: 'label_for_webrtc',
                    // Set the type to 'webrtc'
                    type: 'webrtc',
                    // Set the file to WebRTC Signaling URL with OvenMediaEngine 
                    file: 'ws://ome_host:signaling_port/app/stream'
                }
            ]
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Initialize for Video File

This is a way to play video files in progressive download mode.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>OvenPlayer</title>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element. -->
    <div id="player_id"></div>

    <!-- Load OvenPlayer via CDN -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

    <script>

        // Initialize OvenPlayer
        const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', {
            sources: [
                {
                    label: 'label_for_video',
                    // Set the type to 'mp4', 'webm' or etc
                    type: 'mp4', 
                    file: 'https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenPlayer/raw/master/docs/assets/OCP_480.mp4'
                }
            ]
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Initialize for DASH

If you want to play MPEG-DASH, you need the dash.js.

You need to place the dash.js first, and then ovenplayer.js as shown below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>OvenPlayer</title>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element. -->
    <div id="player_id"></div>

    <!-- You need dash.js to play MPEG-DASH. -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dashjs@latest/dist/dash.all.debug.min.js"></script>

    <!-- Load OvenPlayer via CDN -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

    <script>

        // Initialize OvenPlayer
        const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', {
            sources: [
                {
                    label: 'label_for_dash',
                    // Set the type to 'dash'
                    type: 'dash',
                    file: 'https://dash.akamaized.net/akamai/bbb_30fps/bbb_30fps.mpd'

                }
            ]
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Initialize for HLS

If you want to play HLS, you need the hls.js.

You need to place the hls.js first, and then ovenplayer.js as shown below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>OvenPlayer</title>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element -->
    <div id="player_id"></div>

    <!-- You need hls.js to play HLS. -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest/dist/hls.min.js"></script>

    <!-- Load OvenPlayer via CDN -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

    <script>

        // Initialize OvenPlayer
        const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', {
            sources: [
                {
                    label: 'label_for_hls',
                    // Set the type to 'hls'
                    type: 'hls',
                    file: 'https://test-streams.mux.dev/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8'

                }
            ]
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Initialize for Ads

If you want to use Ads in OvenPlayer, you need the Google IMA.

You need to set the IMA first, and then ovenplayer.js, as shown below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>OvenPlayer</title>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- Wrapper element for resizing and positioning the player -->
    <div class="player-wrapper">
        <!-- OvenPlayer will be initialized inside this element. -->
        <div id="player_id"></div>
    </div>

    <script type="text/javascript" src="//imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js"></script>

    <!-- Load OvenPlayer via CDN -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ovenplayer/dist/ovenplayer.js"></script>

    <script>

        // Initialize OvenPlayer
        const player = OvenPlayer.create('player_id', {
            sources: [
                {
                    label: 'label_for_video',
                    // Set the type to 'mp4', 'webm' or etc
                    type: 'mp4',
                    file: 'https://github.com/AirenSoft/OvenPlayer/raw/master/docs/assets/OCP_480.mp4'
                }
            ],
            // Set the AD tag URL
            adTagUrl: "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/124319096/external/single_ad_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ct%3Dlinear&correlator="
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

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License

OvenPlayer is under the MIT license.