Brightcove plugins
The following is a summary of the Brightcove supplied player plugins. Plugins are used to enhance Brightcove Player. See the changes to the plugins in the Changelogs section later in this document.
| Loaded by Default | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 360º Video | This plugin turns a properly recorded video element into a HTML5, panoramic, 360º video that can be played in Brightcove Player. | |
| Adobe Analytics | Javascript plugin for sending player events to Adobe Analytics from Brightcove Player. | |
| Advertising with FreeWheel | This plugin enables FreeWheel ad technology, for either Flash or HTML5, in Brightcove Player. | |
| Advertising with IMA3 | Integrates the Brightcove Player with Google's Interactive Media Ads (IMA) for HTML5 version 3. This allows you to request and track VAST ads for your player. | |
| Advertising with SSAI | Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) allows you to embed ads into your videos so that they can't be blocked by ad blockers in the browser. By default, the plugin enforces that all advertisements are watched and displays an ad count-down timer while they play. You can easily customize this plugin to skip advertisements. | |
| AirPlay | Allows Brightcove Player to stream content to your Apple TV. | |
| Chromecast | Enables Brightcove Player to cast video from your desktop or Android Chrome browser to the Chromecast device. | |
| Custom Endscreen | Displays publisher supplied HTML at the conclusion of video playback. | |
| DRM | Y | Used to implement DRM in Brightcove Player. |
| Error Messages | Y | Allows the player to display user friendly messages when it encounters an error. The display is an overlay that is semi-transparent and styled by the default style sheet. |
| Google Analytics Plugin | Sends player events from Brightcove Player to Google Analytics. | |
| Google Tag Manager | Allows integration with Google Tag Manager functionality with Brightcove Player. | |
| HLS | Y | Plays HLS video on platforms that don't support HLS but do have Flash Player. The enables the video content in the m3u8 manifest to be played in the player. |
| Kollective (this is an onboarding issue, so no public configuration document needed) | Integrates Brightcove Player with Kollective eCDN. | |
| Overlay Display | Displays simple messages as semi-transparent overlays on top of the player. Message display can based on player events, such as play or pause, or at a specified time during video playback. | |
| Picture-in-Picture | Allows the user to scroll down the page and the player will be pinned to a corner of the web page. | |
| Playlist Endscreen | Displays a playlist at the end of a video. | |
| Playlist UI | Enhances the look and feel of default playlist functionality. | |
| Quality Selection | Provides a menu button in the player's controlbar which allows manual selection of the playback quality for HLS or Dash sources. | |
| Social Media | Enables users to share a video to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest or LinkedIn. | |
| Tealium Tag Manager | Allows integration with the Tealium iQ tag manager. | |
| Thumbnail Seeking | Enables thumbnail previews to display when hovering over the progress bar. |
Changelogs
The following changelogs table is divided into new releases on the left column and historical on the right column.
| New Releases | Historical |
|---|---|
| 360º Video (open source) | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
| Adobe Analytics | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
| Advertising with the FreeWheel | Advertising with the FreeWheel |
| Advertising with the IMA3 (Latest >= v3.6.0) | Advertising with the IMA3 (v1.3.0 =< v3.6.0) |
| Advertising with the SSAI | Advertising with the SSAI |
| AirPlay | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
| Chromecast | Chromecast |
| Custom Endscreen | Custom Endscreen |
| DRM Plugin (now part of the player and changes reported in Brightcove Player release notes) | DRM |
| Error Messages Plugin (now part of the player and changes reported in Brightcove Player release notes) | Display Error Messages |
| Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager |
| Google Tag Manager | Google Tag Manager |
| HLS Plugin (now part of the player and changes reported in Brightcove Player release notes) | HLS |
| Kollective | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
| Overlay Display (open source) | |
| Picture-in-Picture | Picture-in-Picture |
| Playlist Endscreen | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
| Playlist UI | Playlist UI |
| Quality Selection | Quality Selection |
| Social Media | Social Media |
| Tealium Tag Manager | Tealium Tag Manager |
| Thumbnail Seeking | Newer plugin, there is no historical data |
Third-party plugins
Third-party vendors can create their own plugins which integrate with Brightcove Player. Note that these plugins are not maintained by Brightcove.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| Ad Intelligence | This plugin is used to generate video and ad performance reports to help identify issues, errors and opportunities. |
Open source plugins
The open source Video.js player, on which the Brightcove Player is based, has many plugins built for it. These plugins are compatible with the Brightcove Player as long as the version of the Video.js player is the same version on which the Brightcove Player is based. The Brightcove Player may be version-wise either ahead of, or behind, the open source Video.js player. The link to the Video.js Plugins page is https://github.com/videojs/video.js/wiki/Plugins.
Also available are Brightcove Player specific open source plugins. As examples are plugins for Conviva and Nielsen analytics. Note that Brightcove does not provide support for, or document, these plugins. Customers should contact their account managers at Conviva/Nielsen for details and access.
Available from Moat, a company which provides publishers a simple way to measure and report on the viewability of ads played back, is a plugin that works with Brightcove Player. To gain access to Moat’s plugin for the Brightcove Player, customers should reach out to their Moat account manager.