Bitmovin Player instance members.

interface PlayerAPI {
    adaptation: AdaptationAPI;
    ads: PlayerAdvertisingAPI;
    analytics: Bitmovin8Adapter;
    buffer: PlayerBufferAPI;
    drm: DrmAPI;
    exports: PlayerExports;
    lowlatency: LowLatencyAPI;
    manifest: PlayerManifestAPI;
    subtitles: PlayerSubtitlesAPI;
    version: string;
    vr: PlayerVRAPI;
    addMetadata(metadataType, metadata): boolean;
    castStop(): void;
    castVideo(): void;
    clearQueryParameters(): void;
    destroy(): Promise<void>;
    getAspectRatio(): number;
    getAudio(): AudioTrack;
    getAudioBufferLength(): number;
    getAudioQuality(): AudioQuality;
    getAvailableAudio(): AudioTrack[];
    getAvailableAudioQualities(): AudioQuality[];
    getAvailableSegments(): SegmentMap;
    getAvailableVideoQualities(): VideoQuality[];
    getBufferedRanges(): TimeRange[];
    getConfig(mergedConfig?): PlayerConfig;
    getContainer(): HTMLElement;
    getCurrentTime(mode?): number;
    getDownloadedAudioData(): DownloadedAudioData;
    getDownloadedVideoData(): DownloadedVideoData;
    getDroppedVideoFrames(): number;
    getDuration(): number;
    getManifest(): string;
    getMaxTimeShift(): number;
    getPlaybackAudioData(): AudioQuality;
    getPlaybackSpeed(): number;
    getPlaybackVideoData(): VideoQuality;
    getPlayerType(): PlayerType;
    getSeekableRange(): TimeRange;
    getSnapshot(type?, quality?): Snapshot;
    getSource(): SourceConfig;
    getStreamType(): StreamType;
    getSupportedDRM(): Promise<string[]>;
    getSupportedTech(mode?): Technology[];
    getThumbnail(time): Thumbnail;
    getTimeShift(): number;
    getTotalStalledTime(): number;
    getVideoBufferLength(): number;
    getVideoElement(): HTMLVideoElement;
    getVideoQuality(): VideoQuality;
    getViewMode(): ViewMode;
    getVolume(): number;
    hasEnded(): boolean;
    isAirplayActive(): boolean;
    isAirplayAvailable(): boolean;
    isCastAvailable(): boolean;
    isCasting(): boolean;
    isDRMSupported(drmSystem): Promise<string>;
    isLive(): boolean;
    isMuted(): boolean;
    isPaused(): boolean;
    isPlaying(): boolean;
    isStalled(): boolean;
    isViewModeAvailable(viewMode): boolean;
    load(source, forceTechnology?, disableSeeking?): Promise<void>;
    mute(issuer?): void;
    off(eventType, callback): void;
    on(eventType, callback): void;
    pause(issuer?): void;
    play(issuer?): Promise<void>;
    preload(): void;
    seek(time, issuer?): boolean;
    setAspectRatio(aspectratio): void;
    setAudio(trackID): void;
    setAudioQuality(audioQualityID): void;
    setAuthentication(customData): void;
    setLogLevel(level): void;
    setPlaybackSpeed(speed): void;
    setPosterImage(url, keepPersistent): void;
    setQueryParameters(queryParameters): void;
    setVideoElement(videoElement): void;
    setVideoQuality(videoQualityID): void;
    setViewMode(viewMode, options?): void;
    setVolume(volume, issuer?): void;
    showAirplayTargetPicker(): void;
    timeShift(offset, issuer?): void;
    unload(): Promise<void>;
    unmute(issuer?): void;
}

Properties

adaptation: AdaptationAPI

The adaptation API namespace.

The advertising API namespace.

analytics: Bitmovin8Adapter

The Analytics API namespace.

The buffer API namespace.

drm: DrmAPI

The DRM API namespace.

exports: PlayerExports

Exports from the player core as a convenience fallback for non-modular code. It is recommended to use ES6 imports instead.

Usage:

import { Player } from 'bitmovin-player';
const player = new Player(...);
player.on(player.exports.Event.Loaded, () => ...);

Recommended approach:

import { Player, Event } from 'bitmovin-player';
const player = new Player(...);
player.on(Event.Loaded, () => ...);

Deprecated

It is recommended to use ES6 imports instead

lowlatency: LowLatencyAPI

The low latency API namespace.

The manifest API namespace.

The subtitles API namespace.

version: string

The version number of the player.

The VR API namespace.

Methods

  • Sends custom metadata to a remote receiver app (e.g. Chromecast).

    Parameters

    • metadataType: CAST

      The type of the metadata. Currently only 'CAST' is supported.

    • metadata: any

      The custom data to send to the receiver.

    Returns boolean

    True if it was successful.

    Since

    v4.0

  • Stops a running Cast session (i.e. isCasting returns true). Has no effect if isCasting returns false.

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Initiates casting the current video to a Cast-compatible device. The user has to choose the target device.

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Unloads the player and removes all inserted HTML elements and event handlers.

    Returns Promise<void>

    Promise resolves when the player has cleaned up all its event handlers & resources

    Since

    v8.0

  • Returns the current aspect ratio of the player, or 0 if there is no style module. Note: the default player aspect ratio is 16:9.

    Returns number

    A number indicating the player aspect ratio (e.g. 1.6 for 16:10).

    Since

    v8.74

  • Returns the currently used audio track, or null if no track is active.

    Returns AudioTrack

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the seconds of already buffered audio data or null if no audio source is loaded.

    Returns number

    Deprecated

    Use getLevel instead.

  • Returns an array of all available audio tracks.

    Returns AudioTrack[]

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns an array of all available audio qualities the player can adapt between.

    Returns AudioQuality[]

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns infos for segments that can be requested by the player

    Returns SegmentMap

    Since

    v7.2

  • Returns an array containing all available video qualities the player can adapt between.

    Returns VideoQuality[]

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the currently buffered time ranges of the video element.

    Returns TimeRange[]

    Since

    v6.1

  • Returns the config object of the current player instance.

    Parameters

    • Optional mergedConfig: boolean

      true to return the config expanded with all default values, false to return the user config passed to the player's constructor.

    Returns PlayerConfig

    The current user or merged player config.

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the html element that the player is embedded in, which has been provided in the player constructor.

    Returns HTMLElement

    Since

    v8.0

  • Returns the current playback time in seconds of the video.

    Parameters

    • Optional mode: TimeMode

      The mode to decide if the returned time should be absolute or relative, see TimeMode. Default mode is absolute.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the total number of dropped video frames since playback started.

    Returns number

    Since

    v8.0

  • Returns the total duration in seconds of the current video or Infinity if it’s a live stream.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the used DASH or HLS manifest file.

    Previous player versions (v4.2-v7.0) returned an object for DASH and a string for HLS, this has been corrected in v7.1.

    Returns string

    Since

    v7.1

  • Returns the limit in seconds for time shift. Is either negative or 0 and applicable to live streams only.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns data about the currently playing audio segment.

    Returns AudioQuality

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the current playback speed of the player. 1 is the default playback speed, values between 0 and 1 refer to slow motion and values greater than 1 refer to fast forward. Values less or equal zero are ignored.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns data about the currently playing video segment.

    Returns VideoQuality

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the time range that is currently valid for seeking.

    Returns TimeRange

    Since

    v7.1

  • Creates a snapshot of the current video frame. Snapshots cannot be taken from DRM protected content.

    Parameters

    • Optional type: string

      The type of image snapshot to capture. Allowed values are 'image/jpeg' and 'image/webp'.

    • Optional quality: number

      A number between 0 and 1 indicating the image quality.

    Returns Snapshot

    Since

    v4.0

  • Gets the source that was loaded via a successfully finished load call or null if no source is loaded or a load is in progress.

    Returns SourceConfig

    the loaded source or null if no source is loaded

  • Returns the currently used streaming technology. See StreamType for details of the valid values.

    Returns StreamType

    Since

    v4.0

  • Tests and retrieves a list of all supported DRM systems in the current user agent.

    Returns Promise<string[]>

    A Promise that resolves to an array of strings with the supported DRM systems after fulfillment. Should never be rejected.

    Since

    v4.1

  • Returns an array of objects denoting a player and streaming technology combination. By default, this returns the combinations supported on the current platform (Platform), ordered by descending priority which will be used to play a stream.

    Parameters

    Returns Technology[]

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns a thumbnail image for a certain time or null if there is no thumbnail available. Requires a configured thumbnails track in thumbnailTrack.

    Parameters

    • time: number

      the media time for which the thumbnail should be returned

    Returns Thumbnail

    A thumbnail if a thumbnails track is configured and a thumbnail exists for the specified time, else null

    Since

    v8.0

  • Returns the current time shift offset to the live edge in seconds. Only applicable to live streams.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the stalled time in seconds since playback started.

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns the seconds of already buffered video data or null if no video source is loaded.

    Returns number

    Deprecated

    Use getLevel instead.

  • Returns the used HTML5 video element.

    Returns HTMLVideoElement

    The HTML5 video element which is used by the player

  • Returns the currently selected video quality, if the user manually selected one. In this case it returns one of the elements of getAvailableVideoQualities.

    In case the user did not select a video quality it returns auto.

    Returns VideoQuality

    Since

    v7.3.1

  • Returns the player’s volume between 0 (silent) and 100 (max volume).

    Returns number

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns true if the video has ended.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Checks if Apple Airplay is enabled.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v7.8.4

  • Checks if Apple AirPlay support is available.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v7.1

  • Returns true if casting to another device (such as a ChromeCast) is available, otherwise false. Please note that this function only returns true after the CastAvailable event has fired.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v5.2

  • Returns true if the video is currently casted to a device and not played in the browser, or false if the video is played locally.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Checks if a DRM system is supported in the current user agent.

    Parameters

    • drmSystem: string

      A KeySystem string to test against

    Returns Promise<string>

    Resolves with the DRM system string if it is supported, or rejects with an error message if not

    Since

    v4.1

  • Return true if the displayed video is a live stream.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns true if the player has been muted.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns true if the player has started playback but is currently paused.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns true if the player is currently playing, i.e. has started and is not paused.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Returns true if the player is currently stalling due to an empty buffer.

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Tests if a particular ViewMode is available for selection with setViewMode.

    Parameters

    • viewMode: ViewMode

      the view mode to test

    Returns boolean

    true if the tested view mode is available, else false

    Since

    v8.0

  • Sets a new video source and returns a promise which resolves to the player.

    Parameters

    • source: SourceConfig

      The source the player should load.

    • Optional forceTechnology: string

      Forces the player to use the specified playback and streaming technology. The specified technologies have to be separated by a period (e.g. 'html5.hls'). A list of valid combinations can be retrieved by calling getSupportedTech.

    • Optional disableSeeking: boolean

      If set, seeking will be disabled

    Returns Promise<void>

    Since

    v4.0

  • Mutes the player if an audio track is available. Has no effect if the player is already muted.

    Parameters

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Removes a handler for a player event. This method was called removeEventHandler in previous player versions.

    Parameters

    Returns void

    Since

    v7.8

  • Subscribes an event handler to a player event. This method was called addEventHandler in previous player versions.

    Parameters

    • eventType: PlayerEvent

      The type of event to subscribe to.

    • callback: PlayerEventCallback

      The event callback handler that will be called when the event fires.

    Returns void

    Since

    v7.8

  • Pauses the video if it is playing. Has no effect if the player is already paused.

    Parameters

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Starts playback or resumes after being paused. No need to call it if the player is setup with autoplay attribute (autoplay). Has no effect if the player is already playing.

    Parameters

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns Promise<void>

    a Promise which resolves as soon as playback has actually started. This promise can reject if play is prohibited by the browser (a missing user interaction for example)

    Since

    v4.0

  • Starts preloading the content of the currently loaded source.

    Returns void

    Since

    v6.1

  • Seeks to the given playback time specified by the parameter time in seconds. Must not be greater than the total duration of the video. Has no effect when watching a live stream as seeking is not possible.

    Parameters

    • time: number

      The time to seek to

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v4.0

  • Modifies the current aspect ratio of the player. Can be used to override the aspectratio that is optionally passed during player initialization. Has no effect if the player has also been configured to have a fixed width and height: in general, no more than two options among width, height, and aspectratio should be provided to the player.

    Parameters

    • aspectratio: string | number

      The desired aspect ratio for the player. It can be a string (e.g. '16:9' or '16/9'), or a number (e.g 1.6 for 16:10).

    Returns void

    Since

    v8.74

  • Sets the audio track to the ID specified by trackID. Available tracks can be retrieved with getAvailableAudio.

    Parameters

    • trackID: string

      The ID of the audio track to activate

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Manually sets the audio stream to a fixed quality, identified by ID. Has to be an ID defined in the MPD or the keyword 'auto'. Auto resets to dynamic switching. A list with valid IDs can be retrieved by calling getAvailableAudioQualities.

    Parameters

    • audioQualityID: string

      The ID of the desired audio quality or 'auto' for dynamic switching

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Sets authentication data which is sent along with the licensing call. Can be used to add more information for a 3rd party licensing backend. The data be any type or object as needed by the 3rd party licensing backend.

    Parameters

    • customData: any

      Data which should be sent with the licensing call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.2

  • Sets the level of player log outputs.

    Parameters

    • level: LogLevel

      Log level, allowed values are "debug", "log", "warn", "error" and "off"

    Returns void

    Since

    v6.1

  • [HTML5 only] Sets the playback speed of the player. Fast forward as well as slow motion is supported. Slow motion is used by values between 0 and 1, fast forward by values greater than 1.

    Parameters

    • speed: number

      A playback speed factor greater than 0

    Returns void

    See

    getPlaybackSpeed

    Since

    v4.0

  • Sets a poster image. Will be displayed immediately, even if a video stream is playing.

    Parameters

    • url: string

      The URL to the poster image

    • keepPersistent: boolean

      Flag to set the poster image persistent so it is also displayed during playback (useful for audio-only playback)

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.3

  • Adds GET parameters to all request URLs (e.g. manifest, media segments, subtitle files, …). The queryParameters should be an object with key value pairs, where the keys are used as parameter name and the values as parameter values.

    Parameters

    • queryParameters: QueryParameters

      The list of query parameter key/value pairs

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.1

  • Passes an HTML video element to the player, which should be used in case of Html5 or Native playback. Needs to be called before load.

    Parameters

    • videoElement: HTMLElement

      The HTML video element to use

    Returns void

    Since

    v5.1

  • Manually sets the video stream to a fixed quality, identified by ID. Has to be an ID defined in the MPD or the keyword 'auto'. Auto resets to dynamic switching. A list with valid IDs can be retrieved by calling getAvailableVideoQualities.

    Parameters

    • videoQualityID: string

      ID defined in the MPD or 'auto'

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Sets the player to a particular ViewMode. Will only work if the selected view mode is available and isViewModeAvailable returns true, else this call will be ignored. If successful, a ViewModeChanged will be fired.

    Parameters

    • viewMode: ViewMode

      the view mode to switch the player into

    • Optional options: ViewModeOptions

      additional optional parameters for view modes

    Returns void

    Since

    v8.0

  • Sets the player’s volume in the range of 0 (silent) to 100 (max volume). Unmutes a muted player.

    Parameters

    • volume: number

      The volume to set between 0 and 100

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Shows the airplay playback target picker.

    Returns void

    Since

    v7.1

  • Shifts the time to the given offset in seconds from the live edge. Has to be within getMaxTimeShift (which is a negative value) and 0. Only works in live streams. [new in v4.3]: The offset can be positive and is then interpreted as a UNIX timestamp in seconds. The value has to be within the timeShift window as specified by getMaxTimeShift.

    Parameters

    • offset: number

      The offset to timeshift to

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0

  • Unloads the current video source.

    Returns Promise<void>

    Since

    v4.0

  • Unmutes the player if muted.

    Parameters

    • Optional issuer: string

      The issuer of the API call that will be passed to events triggered by this call

    Returns void

    Since

    v4.0