Viewing the Player Configuration

In this topic, you will learn how to view the configuration of a Brightcove Player via altering a URL.

Viewing the configuration

Follow these steps to view a player's configuration:

In Studio, go the PLAYERS module.
Click on the video whose configuration you wish to view.
Click the Publish & Embed button.
Be sure all changes are published.
Click on the Player URL (as shown below).You will see the player open in a browser.

Check the URL in the browser, it will appear something like this:

https://players.brightcove.net/1752604059001/HyK1hqo3Z_default/index.html

Change the index.html in the URL to config.json.
The altered URL will display the player's configuration:

Note: The resulting JSON may not be displayed as nicely as shown in the screenshot. You can find a JSON formatter extension/add on for your browser to help format the JSON. In the screenshot, Chrome's JSON Formatter extension is used.

Although changing the configuration is beyond the scope of this document, a couple comments on that subject are appropriate.

Studio provides a UI to alter many aspects of the configuration of the player in the PLAYERS module.
For complete control of the player's configuration the Player Management API can be used. Be aware, this is for the developer oriented and uses curl statements extensively. The Step-by-Step: Player Management document provides an introduction to the process.