A Player (i.e., a media file player) is essential for your media when you embed them in your Infomaniak VOD/AOD space to make them available to your viewers and internet users.

Create a Player

To create a Player:

1. Click here to access the management of your product in the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question:
   
3. Click on Players in the left-hand menu.
4. Click on the blue button to add a new Player:
   
5. You will then be taken to 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 the 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 disappearing after X seconds of inactivity)
• Forward and Rewind buttons
• display of playback progress and, if so, display of thumbnails on the playback bar
• volume control
• media duration
• display in full screen
• Chromecast (if you enable it, the option can be activated by a viewer using the Chrome browser and having a Chromecast on the same network)
• Infomaniak logo
• “Skip intro” button, and if so, the timecode to which the viewer should be sent

It is also possible to choose the MPEG-DASH playback mode instead of the default HLS, to start playback automatically (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 of the Player's interface (templates), as well as a logo and the display of the media title and description.

C. Sharing tab

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

D. End screen tab

This is where you can define a global behavior for the Player's end screen (for example, suggesting the next video to play based on what is in the same folder). You can also adjust these settings individually for each video.

E. Advertising tab

Pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll ads are managed here. Please refer to this other guide for more information.

F. Thumbnails (media preview) tab

This is where you can modify the preview image (thumbnail) that is visible on the player 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-hand menu.
4. Click directly on the name assigned to the Player in question:
   

Full-screen button

It is not possible to automatically display the media directly in full-screen mode when playback starts.

You must click to start playback and then click on the corresponding full-screen button, after adding it to your Player in the Playback tab: