A Player (i.e., a media file player) is essential for your media when you integrate the latter on your Infomaniak VOD/AOD space to offer them to your viewers and internet users.

Create a Player

To create a Player:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned:
   
3. Click on Players in the left sidebar menu.
4. Click the blue button to add a new Player:
   
5. You then arrive on the configuration page and tabs (or menus) allow you to manage various aspects of the Player, such as the playback bar at the bottom and sharing icons:
   

A. Playback tab

This is where you can name the Player and customize the elements that should or should not be included:

• playback bar (with or without disappearance after X seconds of inactivity)
• Fast forward and Rewind button
• display of playback progress and if so, display of thumbnails on the playback bar
• volume control
• media duration
• Full screen display
• Chromecast (if you display it, the option can be enabled by a viewer using the Chrome browser and having a Chromecast on the same network)
• Infomaniak logo
• "Skip intro" button and if so, at which timecode to send the viewer

It is also possible to choose the MPEG-DASH playback mode instead of the default HLS, to automatically start playback (autoplay) when the media is loaded, and to force the display of subtitles (which the viewer can always disable if they wish).

B. Appearance tab

This is where you can choose the colors and styles (templates) of the Player, as well as a logo and the display of the title and description of the media.

C. Sharing tab

This is where you can choose the permissions regarding sharing and integration of the Player on other sites.

D. End Screen tab

This is where you can define an overall behavior for the Player's end screen (e.g., suggesting the next video to watch based on what is in the same folder). You can also adjust these settings individually for each video.

E. Advertising tab

The Pre-roll, Mid-roll, and Post-roll are managed here. Refer to this other guide on this topic.

F. Thumbnails tab

This is where you can choose the images visible when the media is loading or unavailable/restricted (this does not replace the video thumbnail).

Modify a Player

To modify and access the settings of an existing Player:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on Players in the left sidebar menu.
4. Click directly on the name assigned to the Player in question:
   

Fullscreen button

It is not possible to automatically display the media directly in fullscreen at the start of playback.

You need to click to start playback and then click on the fullscreen button, having added it beforehand to your Player on the Playback tab: