API

This chapter lists information about the OvenPlayer API, which you can control with OvenPlayerInstance.

API Reference

getVersion()

playerInstance.getVersion()

This command returns OvenPlayer version information.

getConfig()

playerInstance.getConfig()

This command returns the configured option value when OvenPlayer is initialized.

Type

Memo

null

Attribute

Type

Memo

autoStart

Boolean

browser

Object

controls

Boolean

loop

Boolean

mediaContainer

DOMElement

mute

Boolean

playbackRate

Number

playbackRates

Array Of Numbers

playlist

Array Of playlist

timecode

Boolean

volume

Number

example

{
    autoStart: false
    browser: {screen: "1440 x 900", browser: "Chrome", browserVersion: "73.0.3683.103", browserMajorVersion: 73, mobile: false, …}
    controls: true
    loop: false
    mediaContainer: div.ovp-media-element-container
    mute: false
    playbackRate: 0.5
    playbackRates: [0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2]
    playlist: [{…}, {…}]
    timecode: true
    volume: 100
}

load()

playerInstance.load(playlist)

This command initializes OvenPlayer with a new playlist.

Type

Memo

Array

playlist or sources

example

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"
                            }]
                }
 ];
 
or 

sources = [
{
        type : "mp4", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
        framerate : 30,
        label : "360P"
    },
    {
        type : "mp4", 
        file :  "https://path.to/your_video", 
        framerate : 30,
        label: "480P"
    },
    
    {
        type : "mp4", 
        file : "https://path.to/your_video", 
        framerate : 30,
        label : "720p",
        default : "true"
    }
];

getMediaElement()

const videoElement = playerInstance.getMediaElement()

Type

Memo

HTML Video Element

getState()

playerInstance.getState()

This command gets information about what OvenPlayer is currently doing.

Type

Memo

null

getBrowser()

playerInstance.getBrowser()

This command returns the analyzed information from the user agent. However, this information is not necessarily correct because the user agent can hide or misleading information.

Type

Memo

null

Type

Memo

Object

User Agent Information

example

{
        browser: "Chrome",
        browserMajorVersion: 73,
        browserVersion: "73.0.3683.103",
        cookies: true,
        flashVersion: "no check",
        mobile: false,
        os: "Mac OS X",
        osVersion: "10_14_0",
        screen: "1440 x 900",
        ua: "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36",
        webview: false
}

setTimecodeMode()

playerInstance.setTimecodeMode(isShow)

You can use this command to set whether the time-code or frame-code is displayed in the OvenPlayer control bar. However, if you want to use frame-code, the source must contain frame rate information.

Type

Memo

Boolean

isTimecodeMode()

playerInstance.isTimecodeMode()

This command checks whether OvenPlayer is currently running in time-code or frame-code.

Type

Memo

null

getFramerate()

playerInstance.getFramerate()

This command gets the frame-rate value of playing video. However, if you want to see frame-rate, the source or playlist must have information about frame-rate.

Type

Memo

null

seekFrame()

playerInstance.seekFrame(frameCount)

This command moves the playback to frameCount.

Type

Memo

Number

frameCount to move

getDuration()

playerInstance.getDuration()

This command gets the duration of the content.

Type

Memo

null

getPosition()

playerInstance.getPosition()

This command gets the current playing time of content.

Type

Memo

null

getVolume()

playerInstance.getVolume()

This command gets the volume value set in OvenPlayer.

Type

Memo

null

setVolume()

playerInstance.setVolume(volume)

You can use this command to control volume in OvenPlayer.

Type

Memo

Number

0 ~ 100

getMute()

playerInstance.getMute()

This command gets if OvenPlayer is currently muted (or volume: 0).

Type

Memo

null

setMute()

playerInstance.setMute(isMute)

You can use this command to set mute.

Type

Memo

Boolean

play()

playerInstance.play()

This command plays OvenPlayer.

If OvenPlayer is not ready to play, OvenPlayer will wait until it is prepared and then play.

Type

Memo

null

pause()

playerInstance.pause()

This command pauses the playing content.

Type

Memo

null

seek()

playerInstance.seek(position)

This command moves the playback to a position.

Type

Memo

Number

Seconds

getPlaybackRate()

playerInstance.getPlaybackRate()

This command gets the playback speed information of content.

Type

Memo

null

setPlaybackRate()

playerInstance.setPlaybackRate(playbackRate)

You can use this command to adjust the playback speed in OvenPlayer.

Type

Memo

Number

Playback speed to change

getPlaylist()

playerInstance.getPlaylist()

This command gets a registered playlist.

Type

Memo

null

Type

Memo

Array

example

[
        {
                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"
                    }]
        },
...
 ]

getCurrentPlaylist()

playerInstance.getCurrentPlaylist()

This command gets the index information of the playlist currently playing.

Type

Memo

null

setCurrentPlaylist()

playerInstance.setCurrentPlaylist(playlistIndex)

This command changes the playlist currently playing.

Type

Memo

Number

getSources()

playerInstance.getSources()

This command gets information about sources from the playlist or sources of a single content currently playing.

Type

Memo

null

getCurrentSource()

playerInstance.getCurrentSource()

This command gets the index information of the currently playing source.

Type

Memo

null

setCurrentSource()

playerInstance.setCurrentSource(index)

This command changes the source of the playing content. It depends on your settings, but the protocol and video quality (resolution) will change by default.

Type

Memo

Number

getQualityLevels()

playerInstance.getQualityLevels()

This command gets a list of resolutions if the metadata in the playing content contains quality information. And it is available when using the MPEG-DASH protocol.

Type

Memo

null

getCurrentQuality()

playerInstance.getCurrentQuality()

This command gets the index of the current video quality information.

Type

Memo

null

setCurrentQuality()

playerInstance.setCurrentQuality(index)

You can use this command to set to play as index quality.

Type

Memo

Number

isAutoQuality()

playerInstance.isAutoQuality()

This command checks whether the video quality has been set to change automatically based on internet status, condition, and more.

Type

Memo

null

setAutoQuality()

playerInstance.setAutoQuality(isAuto)

You can use this command to set whether to change the video quality automatically.

Type

Memo

Boolean

getCaptionList()

playerInstance.getCaptionList()

It reads the list of registered subtitles in the current playlist.

Type

Memo

null

getCurrentCaption()

playerInstance.getCurrentCaption()

This command gets the index of the using subtitle in the current playlist.

Type

Memo

null

setCurrentCaption()

playerInstance.setCurrentCaption(index)

You can use this command to set the subtitle of the current playlist to the caption of the index.

Type

Memo

Number

addCaption()

playerInstance.addCaption(track)

You can use this command to add subtitles to the current playlist.

Type

Memo

Object

{
    kind: "captions",
    file: captionUrl,
    label: "KO vtt"
}

removeCaption()

playerInstance.removeCaption(index)

You can use this command to remove the subtitle corresponding to the index from the current playlist.

Type

Memo

Number

stop()

playerInstance.stop()

This command stops playing and moves the playback position to 0.

Type

Memo

null

showControls()

playerInstance.showControls(show)

This API can show or hide the player's control area.

Type

Memo

Boolean

set true or false to show or hide controls

remove()

playerInstance.remove()

This command removes the player and releases all resources.

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API Reference

getVersion()

getConfig()

load()

getMediaElement()

getState()

getBrowser()

setTimecodeMode()

isTimecodeMode()

getFramerate()

seekFrame()

getDuration()

getPosition()

getVolume()

setVolume()

getMute()

setMute()

play()

pause()

seek()

getPlaybackRate()

setPlaybackRate()

getPlaylist()

getCurrentPlaylist()

setCurrentPlaylist()

getSources()

getCurrentSource()

setCurrentSource()

getQualityLevels()

getCurrentQuality()

setCurrentQuality()

isAutoQuality()

setAutoQuality()

getCaptionList()

getCurrentCaption()

setCurrentCaption()

addCaption()

removeCaption()

stop()

showControls()

remove()

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