Initialization

This section describes how to run OvenPlayer and explains various configuration options. Also, it includes a way to access an OvenPlayer instance.

Instance Methods

Running OvenPlayer

You need to obtain the OvenPlayer Instance to use the OvenPlayer API. You can typically use the OvenPlayer Instance returned after OvenPlayer.create(). However, we will inform you of some ways to access the OvenPlayer Instance in debugging or unexpected situations.

create()

const player = OvenPlayer.create(container, options);

Request

Accessing default instance

You run the player with the DOM Element and Options with ID. It returns the Instance of the player.

const player = OvenPlayer.create(...);
...
player.play();

Viewing all instances within a web page

OvenPlayer.getPlayerList()
(3) [{…}, {…}, {…}]
0: {on: ƒ, trigger: ƒ, off: ƒ, once: ƒ, init: ƒ, …}
1: {on: ƒ, trigger: ƒ, off: ƒ, once: ƒ, init: ƒ, …}
2: {on: ƒ, trigger: ƒ, off: ƒ, once: ƒ, init: ƒ, …}
length: 3

example

for(let i = 0 ; i < OvenPlayer.getPlayerList().length; i++){
    OvenPlayer.getPlayerList()[i].pause();
}

Querying a single instance using an index

OvenPlayer.getPlayerByIndex(0)
{on: ƒ, trigger: ƒ, off: ƒ, once: ƒ, init: ƒ, …}

// example

if(OvenPlayer.getPlayerByIndex(0)){
    OvenPlayer.getPlayerByIndex(0).pause();
}

Querying a single instance using the DOM Element ID

OvenPlayer.getPlayerByContainerId("player")
{on: ƒ, trigger: ƒ, off: ƒ, once: ƒ, init: ƒ, …}

Setting the log

You set up to show all logs that occur in the OvenPlayer that is on the web page.

OvenPlayer.debug(true);

Options

You can use the following options to initialize the player:

aspectRatio

You can set the aspect ratio of the player to match the aspect ratio of the video playing. Any aspect ratio can be set such as "21: 9", "4: 3", "1: 1".

title

You can display a title.

waterMark

You can set the watermark image on the player. See the following for detailed settings.

Using watermark Image

// watermark example
var player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    waterMark: {
        image: '/path/to/watermark/image.png',
        position: 'top-left',
        y: '20px',
        x: '20px',
        width: '40px',
        height: '30px',
        opacity: 0.7
    },
    sources: [...]
});

waterMark.image

Sets the URL of the watermark image.

Using watermark text

// watermark example
var player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    waterMark: {
        text: 'Text for water mark',
        font: {
            'font-size': '20px',
            'color': '#fff',
            'font-weight': 'bold'
        }
        position: 'bottom-right'
    },
    sources: [...]
});

waterMark.text

Sets the text of the watermark.

waterMark.font

Sets the font style of the watermark text. All Font CSS key-value available (e.g. font-size, font-weight, color...)

Watermark common settings

waterMark.position

Sets the location where the watermark is placed. top-right, top-left, bottom-right, bottom-left are available.

waterMark.y

Sets the distance from the top or bottom specified by waterMark.position. All CSS value available (e.g. 10px, 5%, 1rem...)

waterMark.x

Sets the distance from the left or right specified by waterMark.position. All CSS value available (e.g. 10px, 5%, 1rem...)

waterMark.width

Sets the width of the watermark image. The default value auto means set to the original width of the image. All CSS value available (e.g. 10px, 5%, 1rem...)

waterMark.height

Sets the height of the watermark image. The default value auto means set to the original height of the image. All CSS value available (e.g. 10px, 5%, 1rem...)

waterMark.opacity

Sets the URL of the watermark image.

autoStart

You can choose whether to play OvenPlayer automatically when the source is loaded. However, depending on the Browser Policy, it may restrict autoplay at any time.

autoFallback

If set to true, if playback fails when multiple playback sources are set, the playback source set to the next will be played automatically.

controls

If you don't want to show the control bar on OvenPlayer, change this option to false.

loop

You can play a video repeatedly using this option.

showBigPlayButton

You can choose whether to show or hide the big play button.

disableSeekUI

You can disable users to seek using a progress bar or keyboard interaction.

showSeekControl

You can choose whether to show or hide the quick seek buttons.

seekControlInterval

You can set seek interval of the quickly seek button.

expandFullScreenUI

You can enable users to enter or exit the full screen with double click the player.

iOSFakeFullScreen

You can use fake full screen ui (Make player full size on screen) on iOS.

mute

If you set this option to true, it will run in mute mode.

timecode

You set whether to display time or frame information in the control bar on OvenPlayer. Of course, framerate information is required when registering sources to display the correct frame information.

playbackRate

You can set the playback speed with this option.

playbackRates

You can set the range of video playback speed. The playback speed range is 0.25 to 4x.

currentProtocolOnly

It shows only current protocols. (*If you want to show only quality information when there are various protocols and various quality information together, please use it.)

sources

source

You can register the URL of the content playback URL as shown below:

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    type : "mp4", 
    file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
    label : "360P"
});

sources

If you have multiple protocols or multiple resolutions for a single content, you can register them at once using sources. Also, multiple protocols can support a broader range of browsers, and multiple resolutions allow viewers to select video quality.

OvenPlayer will play a video in the order of the protocol or resolution you entered in sources and will automatically play the next source if playback fails.

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {sources : [
    {
        type : "mp4", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
        label : "360P"
    },
    {
        type : "mpd", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video.mpd", 
        label: "360P DASH"
    },
    {
        type : "hls", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video.m3u8", 
        label: "360P HLS"
    },
    {
        type : "rtmp", 
        file :  "rtmp://path.to/your_video", 
        label: "360P RTMP"
    }
] });

tracks

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {sources : {
    type : "mp4", 
    file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
    label : "360P"
}});

You can register the URL information of the subtitle file shown with a video. OvenPlayer supports *.vtt, *.srt, and *.smi as subtitle file formats.

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {sources : {
        type : "mp4", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
        label : "360P"
    ],
    tracks : [
        {
            kind : "captions", 
            file :  "https://path.to/your_caption.vtt", 
            label : "KO vtt"
        },
        {
            kind : "captions", 
            file :  "https://path.to/your_caption.srt", 
            label : "KO srt"
        },
        {
            kind : "captions", 
            file :  "https://path.to/your_caption.smi", 
            label : "KO smi"
        }
    ] 
});

section

You can cut the playback before the time of sectionStart and cuts the playback after the time of sectionEnd. The example below will only play between 300 seconds to 600 seconds of the stream.

sources: [
    {
        type: 'hls',
        file: 'https://test-streams.mux.dev/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8',
        sectionStart: 300,
        sectionEnd: 600,
    }
]

overrideNative

You can prevent the use of some browser's native HLS capabilities by setting the flag overrideNative to the video source. This forces the use of Media Source Extensions to provide a more consistent experience between browsers.

sources: [
    {
        type: 'hls',
        file: 'https://test-streams.mux.dev/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8',
        overrideNative: true,
    }
]

volume

You can set the initial volume when a user plays a video in OvenPlayer.

adTagUrl

You can set the URL of the Video Ad Serving Template (VAST) to play in OvenPlayer. Also, OvenPlayer supports VAST 4, VAST 3, VAST 2, VPAID 2 (HTML 5), and VMAP 1.0.1.

For more information, see Support and Compatibility.

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    adTagUrl : "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?...",
    sources : {
        type : "mp4", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
        label : "360P"
    ]
});

adClient

Sets whether to Google IMA or Simple VAST the Ads client when player initialize. "googleima" or "vast".

image

You can set the URL of a poster image / thumbnail. The image file is displayed prior to the player showing the first frames of the video.

playlist

playlist has multiple sources mentioned above. You can explore between playlists, and it automatically plays the next content. Also, you can assign ads and captions for each playlist.

example

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    playlist : [
        {
            title : "01",
            adTagUrl : "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?...",
            image : "https://path.to/your_video_thumbnail.jpeg",
            duration : 7343,
            sources: [    
                {
                    type : "mp4", 
                    file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
                    label : "360P"
                }
            ],
            tracks: [
                {
                    kind : "captions", 
                    file :  "https://path.to/your_caption.vtt", 
                    label : "KO vtt"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            title : "02",
            adTagUrl : "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?...",
            image : "https://path.to/your_video_thumbnail2.jpeg",
            duration : 8333,
            sources: [    
                {
                    type : "mp4", 
                    file :  "https://path.to/your_video2", 
                    label : "360P"
                },
                {
                    type : "mpd", 
                    file :  "https://path.to/your_video.mpd", 
                    label: "360P DASH"
                }
            ],
            tracks: [
                {
                    kind : "captions", 
                    file :  "https://path.to/your_caption2.vtt", 
                    label : "KO vtt"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
});

hidePlaylistIcon

You can set whether to show or hide the playlist button when the playlist is initialized.

webrtcConfig

When playing WebRTC, you can set WebRTC specific configurations.

webrtcConfig.timeoutMaxRetry & webrtcConfig.connectionTimeout

Set the timeout from the start of signaling until it is connected with OvenMediaEngine. connectionTimeout sets the maximum allowable time until a connection is established. timeoutMaxRetry sets the number of times the player will automatically retry the connection when the maximum allowed time has elapsed. When retrying a connection due to a timeout, the player does not display an error message. If the connection fails after retries for timeoutMaxRetry, the player throws a timeout error. If timeoutMaxRetry is set to 0, no timeout processing is performed.

webrtcConfig.playoutDelayHint

Set the play out delay hint for WebRTC playback. If the browser supports it, the initial playback will be delayed by the set value.

webrtcConfig.iceServers

You can set a list of STUN or TURN servers.

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    sources : [
        {
            type : "webrtc", 
            file : "ws://source"
        }
    ],
    webrtcConfig: {
        iceServers: [
            {
                "urls": [
                    "stun:64.233.189.127:19302",
                    "stun:[2404:6800:4008:c07::7f]:19302"
                ]
            },
            {
                "urls": [
                    "turn:108.177.125.127:19305?transport=udp",
                    "turn:[2404:6800:4008:c01::7f]:19305?transport=udp",
                    "turn:108.177.125.127:19305?transport=tcp",
                    "turn:[2404:6800:4008:c01::7f]:19305?transport=tcp"
                ],
                "username": "username",
                "credential": "credential"
            }
        ]
    }
);

webrtcConfig.iceTransportPolicy

You can ice transport policy, which can limit the transport policies of the ICE candidates to be considered during the connection process.

let player = OvenPlayer.create("player", {
    sources : [
        {
            type : "webrtc", 
            file : "ws://source"
        }
    ],
    webrtcConfig: {
        iceTransportPolicy: "all"
    }
);

hlsConfig

When playing HLS, you can set hls.js detailed tuning options (https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/blob/master/docs/API.md#fine-tuning).

dashConfig

When playing DASH, you can set configuration(https://cdn.dashjs.org/latest/jsdoc/module-Settings.html) parameters of Dash.js MediaPlayer.