Viewing the Player Configuration
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 toconfig.json
. - The altered URL will display the player's configuration:
Changing the configuration
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.