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Advanced topics
Mediaplayer Embed service
Service that provides the embedcode for five different situations: default javascript, iframe, oEmbed, email, or a fallbackimage The Mediaplayer Embed...oEmbed Service
The oEmbed Service delivers a full media embed code from a URL. The default output of the oEmbed Service is...
Advanced Player Settings
Advanced Embedding
1.0 | Embed-Code Parameters Most playout settings can be overridden by embed-code parameters. Moreover, a selected subset of settings can...JSON-LD Tagging
The player supports JSON-LD tagging. A JSON-LD block is injected in the <head>, containing either a schema.org VideoObject, an schema.org...Player Developer Options
The Developer options can be found by selecting the Playout and navigating to the Miscellaneous tab. You can enable comScore...
Player API
Events, Modes and Phases
The player communicates its current state through various events and keeps track of assorted modes and phases. Events can be...Methods
The Blue Billywig Player API has many functionalities. The list below shows all the methods that can be called on...Live Platform Documentation
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Mobile SDKs
Android Player SDK Guide
1.0 | Introduction With our Android component we try to make implementing parts of our video management system in your...iOS Player SDK Guide
1.0 | Introduction Our iOS component makes implementing parts of our video management system in your iOS apps simple. It...iOS WebView Guide
1.0 | Embedding the player in a WKWebView Embedding the player in a WKWebView in iOS is very straightforward. (see:...
RPC
SAPI Reference Guide
Getting started with SAPI
The Blue Billywig Online Video Platform is a full service platform for managing and publishing audiovisual content. SAPI is the.../sapi/audiotrack
The /sapi/audiotrack endpoint is used for managing Audiotracks. Audiotracks can be used to enrich a Media Clip with additional (mostly.../sapi/awsupload
The Blue Billywig Online Video Platform relies on AWS S3 for its file storage. AWS S3 is an extremely scalable.../sapi/language
The /sapi/language endpoint is a read-only endpoint that lists the configured set of languages for the current publication. 1.0 |...SAPI Characteristics
The Sapi API is reachable via your publication base URL. This usually is: YOURPUBLICATION.bbvms.com where YOURPUBLICATION is the name of.../sapi/cliplist (Alias /sapi/playlist)
/sapi/cliplist is the endpoint for managing playlists and smart playlists. Playlists are static lists containing Media Clips. Smart playlists contain.../sapi/embedcode
The Blue Billywig Online Video Platform is often used for embedding videos within a website – either via a javascript.../sapi/mediaclip
/sapi/mediaclip is the endpoint for managing clip metadata. Media Clips are containers that combine: File/stream references Metadata References to other.../sapi/mediaasset
The /sapi/mediaasset endpoint is used for managing file/stream references. In the Online Video Platform, we call them “assets”. 1.0 | Object.../sapi/playout
/sapi/playout is the endpoint for managing Playouts (player configurations). A Playout is stored as an object with a list of.../sapi/publication
A Blue Billywig Online Video Platform publication represents a set of video content and settings for one customer, website or.../sapi/subtitle
The /sapi/subtitle endpoint is used for managing subtitle tracks. Subtitle tracks can be used to enrich a mediaclip with additional.../sapi/transcoding
/sapi/transcoding is a read-only endpoint for the purpose of retrieving transcoding status and progress information. The status property of a...
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