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Configuration

Configuration parameters could be provided upon instantiation of the player instance.

var config = {
  // Configuration here
};
var player = playkit.core.loadPlayer(config);

Configuration Structure

{
  log: PKLogConfigObject,
  text: PKTextConfigObject,
  playback: PKPlaybackConfigObject,
  streaming: PKStreamingConfigObject,
  session: PKSessionConfigObject,
  network: PKNetworkConfigObject,
  customLabels: PKCustomLabelsConfigObject,
  abr: PKAbrConfigObject,
  drm: PKDrmConfigObject,
  dimensions: PKDimensionsConfig
}

Default Configuration Values

var config = {
  log: {
    level: 'ERROR'
  },
  text: {
    enableCEA708Captions: true,
    useNativeTextTrack: false,
    forceCenter: false,
    captionsTextTrack1Label: 'English',
    captionsTextTrack1LanguageCode: 'en',
    captionsTextTrack2Label: 'Spanish',
    captionsTextTrack2LanguageCode: 'es'
  },
  playback: {
    audioLanguage: '',
    textLanguage: '',
    captionsDisplay: false,
    additionalAudioLanguage: '',
    additionalTextLanguage: '',
    volume: 1,
    playsinline: true,
    preload: 'none',
    autoplay: false,
    loop: false,
    allowMutedAutoPlay: true,
    updateAudioDescriptionLabels: true,
    muted: false,
    pictureInPicture: true,
    options: {
      html5: {
        hls: {},
        dash: {},
        native: {}
      }
    },
    preferNative: {
      hls: false,
      dash: false
    },
    streamPriority: [
      {
        engine: 'html5',
        format: 'hls'
      },
      {
        engine: 'html5',
        format: 'dash'
      },
      {
        engine: 'html5',
        format: 'progressive'
      }
    ]
  },
  abr: {
    enabled: true,
    fpsDroppedFramesInterval: 5000,
    fpsDroppedMonitoringThreshold: 0.2,
    capLevelOnFPSDrop: false,
    capLevelToPlayerSize: false,
    restrictions: {
      minHeight: 0,
      maxHeight: Infinity,
      minWidth: 0,
      maxWidth: Infinity,
      minBitrate: 0,
      maxBitrate: Infinity
    }
  },
  drm: {
    keySystem: ''
  }
};

config.log

Type: PKLogConfigObject
{
  level: string,
  playerVersion: boolean,
  handler: ?LogHandlerType
}

config.log.level

Default: "ERROR"
Description: Defines the player log level.

Possible values: "DEBUG", "INFO", "TIME", "WARN", "ERROR", "OFF"

config.log.playerVersion

Default: true
Description: Whether to show or hide player verion in logs.

Possible values: true/false

config.log.handler

Type LogHandlerType
Description: Defines the player log handler.
function(messages: any[], context: Object)

(messages: any[], context: Object)

sources

Type: PKSourcesConfigObject
{
 dash: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>,
 hls: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>,
 progressive: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>,
 options: PKMediaSourceOptionsObject,
 type: string,
 dvr: boolean,
 vr?: Object,
 metadata: PKMetadataConfigObject,
 id?: string,
 poster?: string,
 duration?: number,
 captions?: Array<PKExternalCaptionObject>,
 thumbnails?: PKExternalThumbnailsConfig,
 startTime?: number
 seekFrom?: number
 clipTo?: number
}
Type PKMediaSourceObject
{
 mimetype: string,
 url: string,
 id: string, // optional
 bandwidth: number, // optional
 width: number, // optional
 height: number, // optional
 drmData: Array<PKDrmDataObject> // optional
}
Type PKDrmDataObject
{
 licenseUrl: string,
 scheme: string,
 certificate: string // optional
}
Type PKMediaSourceOptionsObject
{
 forceRedirectExternalStreams: boolean,
 redirectExternalStreamsHandler: ?Function,
 redirectExternalStreamsTimeout: ?number
}
Type PKMetadataConfigObject
{
 name?: string,
 description?: string
}
Type PKExternalCaptionObject
{
 url: string,
 label: string,
 language: string,
 default?: string,
 type?: string
}
Default:
{
 options: {
   forceRedirectExternalStreams: false
 }.
 metadata: {}
}
Description: Defines related sources configurations.

sources.hls

Type: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>
Default: []
Description: Defines the optional hls sources for playback.

Example:

var sources: {
  hls: [
    {
      mimetype: 'application/x-mpegurl',
      url: '//PATH/TO/MANIFEST.m3u8'
    }
  ]
};

sources.dash

Type: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>
Default: []
Description: Defines the optional dash sources for playback.

Example:

var sources: {
  dash: [
    {
      mimetype: 'application/x-mpegurl',
      url: '//PATH/TO/MANIFEST.mpd'
    }
  ]
};

sources.progressive

Type: Array<PKMediaSourceObject>
Default: []
Description: Defines the optional progressive sources for playback.

Example:

var sources: {
  progressive: [
    {
      mimetype: 'video/mp4',
      url: '//PATH/TO/FILE.mp4'
    }
  ]
};

sources.options

Type: PKMediaSourceOptionsObject
Default:
{
  forceRedirectExternalStreams: false;
}
Description: Defines the sources options.

sources.options.forceRedirectExternalStreams

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Enable workaround for some user-agents that don't allow redirects after a successful CORS-preflight request.

sources.options.redirectExternalStreamsHandler

Type: Function
Default: -
Description: The handler function which redirects the stream.

sources.options.redirectExternalStreamsTimeout

Type: number
Default: -
Description: The timeout for the redirect operation.

sources.type

Type: string
Default: -
Description: Defines the type of media being used.

Possible values: "Vod", "Live", "Image", "Audio", "Unknown".

sources.dvr

Type: boolean
Default: -
Description: Defines the dvr value.

Relevant only if the media type="Live".

sources.metadata

Type: PKMetadataConfigObject
Default: {}
Description: Defines the metadata of the media.

sources.metadata.name

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The name of the media.

sources.metadata.description

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The description of the media.

sources.id

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The id of the media.

sources.poster

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The poster url of the media.

sources.duration

Type: number
Default: -
Description: The duration of the media.

sources.captions

Type: Array<PKExternalCaptionObject>
Default: -
Description: An array of captions to be added to the media.

The following fields are mandatory: url, language and label.

Example:

var sources: {
  captions: [
    {
      url: 'www.path.to/your/captions/file',
      type: 'vtt',
      default: true,
      language: 'en',
      label: 'English'
    }
  ]
};

sources.thumbnails

Type: PKExternalThumbnailsConfig
Default: -
Description: vtt thumbnails to be added to the media.

The imgBaseUrl field is optional, if not provided - it would be resolved to the application domain.

Example:

var sources: {
  thumbnails: [
    {
      imgBaseUrl: 'www.path.to/your/resources/images',
      vttUrl: 'www.path.to/your/thumbnails/file.vtt'
    }
  ]
};

sources.startTime

Type: number
Default: -1
Description: Optional start time, in seconds, to begin playback.

Default -1 refer to automatic start time - 0 to VOD and live edge to live.

Note. startTime affects the ad playback, e.g. startTime: 10 will skip ads scheduled until 10.
To force playing ads scheduled before startTime, need to configure the ads plugin.
For example with IMA plugin, set adsRenderingSettings: {playAdsAfterTime: -1}.

sources.seekFrom

Type: number
Default: -
Description: Optional time, in seconds, to start the playback from, by cutting the video.

Unlike startTime, this configuration will cut and omit the part of the video that is before the configured seekFrom value and will start from there. This will affect the duration of the video.

sources.clipTo

Type: number
Default: -
Description: Optional time, in seconds, to end the playback, by cutting the video.

clipTo will cut and omit the part of the video that is after the configured value, and will end at this position. This will affect the duration of the video.

config.text

Type: PKTextConfigObject
{
 useNativeTextTrack: boolean,
 enableCEA708Captions: boolean,
 forceCenter: boolean,
 textTrackDisplaySetting: PKTextTrackDisplaySettingObject,
 textStyle: TextStyle,
 captionsTextTrack1Label: string,
 captionsTextTrack1LanguageCode: string,
 captionsTextTrack2Label: string,
 captionsTextTrack2LanguageCode: string
}
Default:
{
 useNativeTextTrack: false,
 enableCEA708Captions: true,
 forceCenter: false,
 captionsTextTrack1Label: "English",
 captionsTextTrack1LanguageCode: "en",
 captionsTextTrack2Label: "Spanish",
 captionsTextTrack2LanguageCode: "es"
}

config.text.useNativeTextTrack

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Determines whether to use native browser text tracks or not.

If set to True, the native browser captions will be displayed.

config.text.enableCEA708Captions

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Whether or not to enable CEA-708 captions.

config.text.forceCenter

Type: Object
Default: false
Description: set the forceCenter to true will override the position, align and size in textTrackDisplaySetting

config.text.textTrackDisplaySetting

Type: PKTextTrackDisplaySettingObject
Default: null
Description: set the textTrackDisplaySetting to override the vtt cues position
Config:
{
  line: string | number, // [-16 .. 16]
  lineAlign: string, // ['start', 'center', 'end']
  align: string, // ['start', 'center', 'end', 'left', 'right']
  position: number, //[0 .. 100]
  positionAlign: string, // ['line-left', 'center', 'line-right']
  snapToLines: boolean, // [true, false]
  vertical: string, //['', 'lr', 'rl']
  size: number //[0 .. 100]
}
line

The line defines positioning of the cue box

lineAlign

An alignment for the cue box’s line, one of start/center/end alignment

align

An alignment for all lines of text within the cue box, in the dimension of the writing direction

snapToLines

is a boolean indicating whether the line is an integer number of lines (using the line dimensions of the first line of the cue), or whether it is a percentage of the dimension of the video. The flag is set to true when lines are counted, and false otherwise.

position

The position defines the indent of the cue box in the direction defined by the writing direction

positionAlign

An alignment for the cue box in the dimension of the writing direction, describing what the position

snapToLines

is a boolean indicating whether the line is an integer number of lines (using the line dimensions of the first line of the cue), or whether it is a percentage of the dimension of the video. The flag is set to true when lines are counted, and false otherwise.

vertical

configures the cue to use vertical text layout rather than horizontal text layout. Vertical text layout is sometimes used in Japanese, for example. The default is horizontal layout

size

A number giving the size of the cue box, to be interpreted as a percentage of the video, as defined by the writing direction

instance_properties

config.text.textStyle

Type: TextStyle
Default: null
Description: set the styling for text tracks
Config:
{
  fontSize?: '50%' | '75%' | '100%' | '200%' | '300%' | '400%'
  textAlign?: string, // ['default', 'center', 'left', 'right']
  fontScale?: -2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4
  fontFamily?: string, // font family available in browser
  fontColor?: [number, number, number], // RGB
  fontOpacity?: number, // [0.0 .. 1.0]
  fontEdge?: Array<[number, number, number, number, number, number]>, //
								 TextStyle.EdgeStyles.NONE
								 TextStyle.EdgeStyles.RAISED
							 TextStyle.EdgeStyles.DEPRESSED
							 TextStyle.EdgeStyles.UNIFORM
							 TextStyle.EdgeStyles.DROP
  backgroundColor?: [number, number, number], // RGB
  backgroundOpacity?: number // [0.0 .. 1.0]
}
textAlign

An alignment for all lines of text within the cue box, in the dimension of the writing direction

fontSize

Percentage unit relative to the parent element's font

fontScale

Integer number representing the scaling factor relative to the parent element's font size

fontFamily

The font family

fontColor

Font color in RGB format

fontOpacity

The font opacity

fontEdge

Each inner array represents a shadow, and is composed of RGB values for the shadow color, followed by pixel values for x-offset, y-offset, and blur

backgroundColor

Background color in RGB format

backgroundOpacity

The background opacity

config.text.captionsTextTrack1Label

Type: string
Default: English
Description: Label for the CEA-708 captions track 1.

config.text.captionsTextTrack1LanguageCode

Type: string
Default: en
Description: RFC 3066 language code for the CEA-708 captions track 1.

config.text.captionsTextTrack2Label

Type: string
Default: Spanish
Description: Label for the CEA-708 captions track 2.

config.text.captionsTextTrack2LanguageCode

Type: string
Default: es
Description: RFC 3066 language code for the CEA-708 captions track 2.

config.playback

Type: PKPlaybackConfigObject
{
 audioLanguage: string,
 textLanguage: string,
 additionalAudioLanguage: string,
 additionalTextLanguage: string,
 captionsDisplay: boolean,
 volume: number,
 playsinline: boolean,
 crossOrigin: string,
 preload: string,
 autoplay: PKAutoPlayTypes,
 loop: boolean,
 autopause: boolean,
 allowMutedAutoPlay: boolean,
 updateAudioDescriptionLabels: boolean,
 muted: boolean,
 pictureInPicture: boolean,
 options: PKPlaybackOptionsObject,
 streamPriority: Array<PKStreamPriorityObject>,
 preferNative: PKPreferNativeConfigObject,
 inBrowserFullscreen: boolean,
 playAdsWithMSE: boolean,
 screenLockOrientionMode: string
}
Default:
{
 audioLanguage: "",
 textLanguage: "",
 additionalAudioLanguage: "",
 additionalTextLanguage: "",
 captionsDisplay: false,
 volume: 1,
 playsinline: true,
 preload: "none",
 autoplay: false,
 loop: false,
 allowMutedAutoPlay: true,
 updateAudioDescriptionLabels: true,
 muted: false,
 pictureInPicture: true,
 playAdsWithMSE: false,
 screenLockOrientionMode: ScreenOrientationType.NONE,
 options: {
   html5: {
     hls: {},
     dash: {}
   }
 },
 preferNative: {
   hls: false,
   dash: false
 },
 streamPriority: [
   {
     engine: "html5",
     format: "hls"
   },
   {
     engine: "html5",
     format: "dash"
   },
   {
     engine: "html5",
     format: "progressive"
   }
 ]
}
Description: Defines the playback options.

config.playback.audioLanguage

Type: string || "auto"
Default: ""
Description: Sets the default audio track language.

If an audio track with the defined language exists, this audio track will be selected as the initial audio track.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    audioLanguage: 'eng' // Start playback with english audio
  }
};

If the value "auto" is set, i.e:

var config = {
  playback: {
    audioLanguage: 'auto'
  }
};

If there is an audio track with the same language as the user's system locale language, this audio track will be selected.

config.playback.textLanguage

Type: string || "auto"
Default: ""
Description: Defines the default captions language

If captions for the defined language are available, this text track will be selected as the initial text track.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    textLanguage: 'heb' // Start playback with hebrew captions
  }
};

If the value "auto" is set, i.e:

var config = {
  playback: {
    textLanguage: 'auto'
  }
};

The player will choose the default captions language using the following logic:

  1. Locale language - If there is a text track with the same language as the user's system locale language, this text track will be selected.
  2. Manifest default language - If a default language is specified in the manifest file then this language will be selected.
  3. First language in manifest - The first language specified in the manifest file will be selected.
  4. If none of the above conditions have taken place, do not display captions.

config.playback.additionalAudioLanguage

Type: string
Default: ""
Description: Sets the default audio track language from the additionalAudioLanguage.

option to add the audioLanguage with additional code (should be the same language as the audioLanguage field). intended for cases where the 639-1 code is totaly different than the 639-2 code. for example: Spanish 639-1: 'es' 639-2: 'spa'

If an audio track with the defined language exists, this audio track will be selected as the initial audio track.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    additionalAudioLanguage: 'spa' // Start playback with Spanish audio
  }
};

config.playback.additionalTextLanguage

Type: string
Default: ""
Description: Defines the default captions language from the additionalTextLanguage

option to add the textLanguage with additional code. (should be the same language as the textLanguage field). intended for cases where the 639-1 code is totaly different than the 639-2 code. for example: Spanish 639-1: 'es' 639-2: 'spa'

If captions for the defined language are available, this text track will be selected as the initial text track.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    additionalTextLanguage: 'spa' // Start playback with Spanish captions
  }
};

config.playback.captionsDisplay

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: A Boolean attribute that indicates whether the captions are disabled or enabled by default.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    captionsDisplay: true
  }
};

config.playback.volume

Type: number
Default: 1
Description: Defines the initial volume value.

The value must be in the range of 0-1.

Example:

var config = {
  playback: {
    volume: 0.5
  }
};

config.playback.playsinline

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: A Boolean attribute that indicates whether the video should be played "inline", that is, within the element's playback area.

This is especially relevant when playing videos on iPhone devices, where - if the value is set to false - the video will be played using the AV Player (iOS native video player).

config.playback.crossOrigin

Type: string
Default: -
Description: This enumerated attribute indicates whether to use CORS to fetch the related image. CORS-enabled resources can be reused in the element without being tainted.

Possible values:

  • "anonymous": Sends a cross-origin request without a credential. In other words, it sends the Origin: HTTP header without a cookie, X.509 certificate, or performing HTTP Basic authentication. If the server does not give credentials to the origin site (by not setting the Access-Control-Allow-Origin: HTTP header), the image will be tainted, and its usage restricted.
  • "use-credentials": Sends a cross-origin request with a credential. In other words, it sends the Origin: HTTP header with a cookie, a certificate, or performing HTTP Basic authentication. If the server does not give credentials to the origin site (through Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: HTTP header), the image will be tainted and its usage restricted.

When not present, the resource is fetched without a CORS request (i.e. without sending the Origin: HTTP header), preventing its non-tainted used in elements. If invalid, it is handled as if the enumerated keyword anonymous was used. See CORS settings attributes for additional information.

config.playback.preload

Type: string
Default: "none"
Description: Indicates whether the video should be preloaded or not.

Possible values:

  • "none": indicates that the video should not be preloaded.
  • "auto": indicates that the whole video file could be downloaded, even if the user is not expected to use it.

config.playback.autoplay/allowMutedAutoPlay

for autoplay & allowMutedAutoPlay options read here.

config.playback.loop

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Indicates whether the video should play in loop

config.playback.updateAudioDescriptionLabels

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Updates audio flavors that has "audio_description" tag

config.playback.autopause

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Indicates whether the video should be automatically paused when not in view

config.playback.muted

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Indicates whether the video should be muted or not.

This is a Boolean attribute that indicates the default setting of the audio contained in the video. If set, the audio will be initially silenced. The attribute's default value is false, which means that the audio will be played automatically when the video is played.

config.playback.playbackRates

Type: Array<number>
Description: Sets the available rates at which the media can be played back.

This is an Array attribute that is used to implement user controls for fast forward, slow motion, and so forth. The normal playback rate is multiplied by this value to obtain the current rate, so a value of 1.0 indicates normal speed.

config.playback.pictureInPicture

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Indiciates if the picture in picture feature is enabled.

This is a boolean attribute that allows to disable (enabled by default) the picture in picture feature (it will be enabled only in browsers supporting this ability)

config.playback.options

Type: PKPlaybackOptionsObject
{
 html5: {
   hls: Object,
   dash: Object
 }
}
Default:
{
 html5: {
   hls: {},
   dash: {}
 }
}
Description: Defines the media source adapters configurations.
  • For hls configuration, see the hls.js documentation.
  • For dash configuration, see the shaka-player documentation.

config.playback.preferNative

Type: PKPreferNativeConfig
{
 hls: boolean,
 dash: boolean
}
Default:
{
 hls: false,
 dash: false
}
Description: Indicates whether to prefer native browser playback (if supported) with media source extensions.

If one of the values is set to True and the player chooses to play the truthly media source extension, the player will try to play it natively if supported by the browser.

Example:

Lets assume the following configuration:

var config = {
  playback: {
    preferNative: {
      hls: true
    }
  }
};

If the player is running on a Safari browser, the player will use the native hls playback managed by the Safari browser. However, if running on a browser in which hls playback is not supported natively, for example, Chrome, the player will play hls using the hls.js library.

config.playback.inBrowserFullscreen

Type: boolean
Default: false
inBrowserFullscreen: boolean;
Description: Gives the ability to choose an in-browser fullscreen experience. Useful on iOS devices which will replace the native fullscreen of the AV player.

config.playback.playAdsWithMSE

Type: boolean
Default: false
playAdsWithMSE: boolean;
Description: Gives the ability to share same video tag to play ads and source with media source

config.playback.screenLockOrientionMode

Type: string - value list option in ScreenOrientationType
Default: none - ScreenOrientationType.NONE
screenLockOrientionMode: string;
Description: Gives the ability to lock the screen orientation in fullscreen

config.playback.streamPriority

Type: Array<PKStreamPriorityObject
Type PKStreamPriorityObject
{
  engine: string,
  format: string
}
Default:
[
  {
    engine: 'html5',
    format: 'hls'
  },
  {
    engine: 'html5',
    format: 'dash'
  },
  {
    engine: 'html5',
    format: 'progressive'
  },
  {
    engine: 'flash',
    format: 'hls'
  }
];
Description: Specifies the list of engine and stream format pairs of the player by ascending order.

As soon as the player receives the sources, it will review the configuration array and try to play the source with the matched stream format according to the matched engine. For example, in the priority configuration above, the player will try to play the hls stream using an html5 engine first. If an hls stream isn't received, the player will continue to play the dash stream using an html5 engine. If a dash stream isn't received, the player will then will continue to play the progressive stream using an html5 engine.

config.streaming

Type: PKStreamingConfigObject
{
  forceBreakStall: boolean,
  lowLatencyMode: boolean,
  trackEmsgEvents: boolean,
  switchDynamicToStatic: boolean
}
Default:
{
  forceBreakStall: false,
  lowLatencyMode: true, // default for hls playback (optional)
  lowLatencyMode: false, // default for dash & smart TV playback (optional)
  trackEmsgEvents: true, // default for dash (optional)
  switchDynamicToStatic: false // toggle whether to switch to static manifest when live stream ends
}

config.streaming.forceBreakStall

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Gives the ability to break stalls on low level devices which could get stuck on stall

config.streaming.lowLatencyMode (optional)

Type: boolean
Default: hls: true, dash and smart TV: false (in smart TV due to an issue in dash on samsung)
Description: Enable low latency streaming mode

config.streaming.trackEmsgEvents (optional)

Default: dash: true
Description: Toggle emsg event listener on/off in dash adapter

config.streaming.switchDynamicToStatic (optional)

Default: dash: false
Description: Toggle whether to switch to static manifest when live stream ends.

config.session

Type: PKSessionConfigObject
{
 id: string,
 ks: string,
 partnerId: number,
 uiConfId: number
}
Default: -
Description: Defines the session data (optional).

config.session.id

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The session id.

config.session.ks

Type: string
Default: -
Description: The session secret.

config.session.partnerId

Type: number
Default: -
Description: The partner id.

config.session.uiConfId

Type: number
Default: -
Description: The ui configuration id.

config.network

Type: PKNetworkConfigObject
{
 requestFilter?: Function,
 responseFilter?: Function
}
Default: -
Description: Defines the network data (optional).

config.network.requestFilter

Type: function(type: PKRequestType, request: PKRequestObject): (void | Promise<PKRequestObject>)
Default: -
Description: Defines a filter for requests. This filter takes the request and modifies it before it is sent. A request filter can run asynchronously by returning a promise; in this case, the request will not be sent until the promise is resolved.

Type: PKRequestType
{
  MANIFEST: 0,
  SEGMENT: 1,
  LICENSE: 2
}

Type: PKRequestObject
{
  url: string,
  body: ?string | ArrayBuffer,
  headers: { [header: string] : string }
}

PKRequestObject.url
Type: string
Description: The request URL.

PKRequestObject.body
Type: string || ArrayBuffer
Description: The body of the request.

PKRequestObject.headers
Type: { [header: string] : string }
Description: A mapping of headers for the request. e.g.: {'HEADER': 'VALUE'}.

Examples:

var config = {
  network: {
    requestFilter: function (type, request) {
      if (type === KalturaPlayer.core.RequestType.LICENSE) {
        request.headers['customData'] = CUSTOM_DATA;
      }
    }
  }
};
var config = {
  network: {
    requestFilter: function (type, request) {
      if (type === KalturaPlayer.core.RequestType.LICENSE) {
        return new Promise(function (resolve) {
          request.headers['customData'] = CUSTOM_DATA;
          resolve(request);
        });
      }
    }
  }
};

config.network.responseFilter

Type: function(type: PKRequestType, request: PKResponseObject): (void | Promise<PKResponseObject>)
Default: -
Description: Defines a filter for responses. This filter takes the response and modifies it before it is returned. A response filter can run asynchronously by returning a promise.

Type: PKRequestType
{
  MANIFEST: 0,
  SEGMENT: 1,
  LICENSE: 2
}

Type: PKResponseObject
{
  url: string,
  originalUrl: string,
  data: ArrayBuffer,
  headers: { [header: string] : string }
}

PKResponseObject.url
Type: string
Description: The URI which was loaded. Request filters and server redirects can cause this to be different from the original request URIs.

PKResponseObject.originalUrl
Type: string
Description: The original URI passed to the browser for networking. This is before any redirects, but after request filters are executed.

PKResponseObject.data
Type: ArrayBuffer
Description: The body of the response.

PKResponseObject.headers
Type: { [header: string] : string }
Description: A map of response headers, if supported by the underlying protocol. All keys should be lowercased. For HTTP/HTTPS, may not be available cross-origin.

Examples:

var config = {
  network: {
    responseFilter: function (type, response) {
      if (type === KalturaPlayer.core.RequestType.LICENSE) {
        response.data = MANIPULATED_DATA;
      }
    }
  }
};
var config = {
  network: {
    responseFilter: function (type, response) {
      if (type === KalturaPlayer.core.RequestType.LICENSE) {
        return new Promise(function (resolve) {
          response.data = MANIPULATED_DATA;
          resolve(response);
        });
      }
    }
  }
};

config.network.maxStaleLevelReloads

Type: number
Default: 20
Description: The maximal amount of times player should request a manifest refresh, when no new segments appear in the refreshed manifest.

config.customLabels

Type: PKCustomLabelsConfigObject
{
 audio: Function,
 qualities: Function,
 captions: Function
}
Default: -
Description: Specifies callback functions that modify the default label of a track. If this section or one of the keys is not present, the player will use a default label.

This part of the configuration has three possible keys:

  • audio (for Audio tracks).
  • qualities (for Video tracks).
  • captions (for Text tracks).

The value of the keys is a reference to a function. The function gets a track object as an input and returns a string with the custom label. Here is an example to a possible use of this configuration:

var config = {
  customLabels: {
    qualities: function (videoTrack) {
      if (videoTrack.height > 500) {
        return 'High';
      }
      return 'Low';
    }
  }
};

Important: A Text track has language and label properties. The label is set by the label property in the manifest. However, in case the manifest does not have a label property - the language property will be set as the tracks label.

config.abr

Type: PKAbrConfigObject
{
  enabled: boolean,
  fpsDroppedFramesInterval: number,
  fpsDroppedMonitoringThreshold: number,
  capLevelOnFPSDrop: boolean,
  capLevelToPlayerSize: boolean,
  defaultBandwidthEstimate: number,
  restrictions: {
    minHeight: number,
    maxHeight: number,
    minWidth: number,
    maxWidth: number,
    minBitrate: number,
    maxBitrate: number
  }
}
Default:
{
  enabled: true,
  fpsDroppedFramesInterval: 5000,
  fpsDroppedMonitoringThreshold: 0.2,
  capLevelOnFPSDrop: false,
  capLevelToPlayerSize: false,
  restrictions: {
    minHeight: 0,
    maxHeight: Infinity,
    minWidth: 0,
    maxWidth: Infinity,
    minBitrate: 0,
    maxBitrate: Infinity
  }
}
Description: Specifies flags to control / restrict the ABR mechanism.

config.abr.enabled

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Whether the ABR mechanism is enabled.

config.abr.fpsDroppedFramesInterval

Type: number
Default: 5000
Description: Interval time in milliseconds to check if too many frames are dropped

config.abr.fpsDroppedMonitoringThreshold

Type: number
Default: 0.2
Description: The allowed frames dropped threshold.

config.abr.capLevelOnFPSDrop

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: If the player should cap the level when the fps exceeds the threshold.

config.abr.capLevelToPlayerSize

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: If the player should cap the level to the player dimensions (width and height).

config.abr.defaultBandwidthEstimate

Type: number
Description: The default bandwidth estimate to use if there is not enough data, in bit/sec.

config.abr.restrictions

Type: PKABRRestrictionObject
Default: {}
Description: The restrictions to apply to ABR decisions.

config.abr.restrictions.minHeight

Type: number
Default: 0
Description: The minimum height of video track.

config.abr.restrictions.maxHeight

Type: number
Default: Infinity
Description: The maximum height of video track.

config.abr.restrictions.minWidth

Type: number
Default: 0
Description: The minimum width of video track.

config.abr.restrictions.maxWidth

Type: number
Default: Infinity
Description: The maximum width of video track.

config.abr.restrictions.minBitrate

Type: number
Default: 0
Description: The minimum bitrate in bit/sec.

config.abr.restrictions.maxBitrate

Type: number
Default: Infinity
Description: The maximum bitrate in bit/sec.

config.drm

Type: PKDrmConfigObject
{
  keySystem: string;
}
Description: DRM system configuration

config.drm.keySystem

Type: string
Default: ``
Description: A specific DRM key system to use.

config.dimensions

Type: PKDimensionsConfig
{
  width?: string | number;
  height?: string | number;
  ratio?: string;
}
Description: Dimensions configuration

config.dimensions.width

Type: string | number
Default: ''
Description: The width of the player.

If number was provided, the width will be calculated in pixels (width: 640 equivalent to width: '640px'). If string was provided, any valid css syntax can be passed, for example: width: '100%', width: 'auto', etc.

config.dimensions.height

Type: string | number
Default: ''
Description: The height of the player.

If number was provided, the height will be calculated in pixels (height: 360 equivalent to width: '360px'). If string was provided, any valid css syntax can be passed, for example: height: '100%', height: 'auto', etc.

config.dimensions.ratio

Type: string
Default: ''
Description: Defines the aspect ratio of the player.

The aspect ratio should be written in the form of 'width:height', for example: '4:3' (classic TV ratio). If one of the height or width parameters is additionally provided in the configuration, the value of the other parameter not provided will be calculated accordingly to match the aspect ratio. If both were provided, the height value would be overridden.

Now that we've learned about the different options available in the player configuration, let's see how does the source selection logic works.