Configure video player to behave like normal video player

[Alex O]

Hi there,

After having issues getting accurate HLS viewer numbers using a 3rd party video player, I've switched to using the video player provided by AMS, which works better. What I want to do is configure it so that it works like a normal video player.

I want to remove the "Stream will start playing automatically when it is live" message, replace it with a poster image and have the usual 'play' button available, so that users can start the video themselves (basically a normal video player).

Thanks,

Alex

[Enes Kuluk]

Yes that i doable by modifying a couple lines. Could you check this line? https://github.com/ant-media/StreamApp/blob/master/src/main/webapp/play.html#L30

This is where you want to change. You can put some image or something you want here and bind it to mouseclick which should trigger playing.

Also you can remove autoplay tag from the video's 

Check here please:https://github.com/ant-media/StreamApp/blob/master/src/main/webapp/play.html#L49

You can remove autoplay tags to remove autoplaying feature.

Best Regards.

Enes.

 

[Alex O]

Hi Enes,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I do not know how to bind an image to a mouseclick, but this is something I can look at. I tried replacing the "Stream will start playing automatically when it is live" with an image, but when the video loads, the image appears then disappears and the same message then appears. The text must be configured somewhere else too in the code.

As for the autoplay, I tried removing 'autoplay' from the line of code you suggested, but nothing changed. Please note that the line you suggested is located in the <!-- WebRTC Player --> section, which I do not use. I use the HLS player which looks to be configured above this code.

I tried removing 'preload="auto"' from the HLS video code, but again nothing changed. When the stream is live, the video auto plays.

Is there anything else I can try to prevent the video from automatically loading?

Thanks,

Alex

[Enes Kuluk]

You won't an image to a mouseclick, you will bind a function to mouseclick as usual. Nothing unusual here.

You may need to change other lines with the Stream will start playing automatically inclucion.

One is in the hlsNoStreamCallback, other one is vodNoStreamCallback. You also need to change these lines in these functions

I assume you removed autoplay tags and also add here: https://github.com/ant-media/StreamApp/blob/master/src/main/webapp/play.html#L114 

autoPlay=false should make stop auto playing.

Best Regards,

Enes Kuluk.