Player Appearance
1.1 | Dimensions The width and height of the playout can be fully responsive, set to an absolute value in...
Video Player
Blue Billywig’s HTML5 video player delivers the highest quality viewing experience across all screens. Continue reading
The Blue Billywig Video Player is lightweight, high-speed and supports both on-demand and live streaming across all content types such as linear video, interactive video, 360 video, personalised video and video advertisement formats such as pre-roll, overlay and post-roll ads (both VAST/VPAID/SIMID and VMAP sources). The Blue Billywig video player can be completely customised to meet your brand’s needs. You can change the appearance as well as its behavioural settings. Seamlessly integrate the player by embedding it using JavaScript or iFrame or implement in-app using the SDKs for Android and iOS.
Appearance & Behaviour
Player Control Bar
1.0 | Control Bar You can influence the visibility of the control bar. Click the dropdown menu next to ‘Visibility’...Player Start / Pause / End Screens
1.0 Start / Pause / End screen To access the Start, pause and end screen settings, go to Playouts in...Player Sharing Options
To access the sharing options, go to Playouts, select your Playout and navigate to the sharing tab. In the Sharing...Player Behaviour
1.0 | Behaviour You can customize various behaviour settings of the player. To do so navigate to the appropriate Playout...Player Fitmode
In this article we’ll dive into the ‘fitmode’ settings. As part of the Playout configurations, the fitmode settings determine how...Autoplay and Browser Behaviour
The Behaviour tab in the Playout settings allows you to set the autoplay configurations. It varies how different browsers deal with...
Accessibility
Supported browsers
The Blue Billywig player allows video and audio to be played on all major platforms. Supported browsers and operating systems...Keyboard Accessibility
Viewers can control the player using their keyboard. The player only responds to keyboard keys when the player is selected....Set Default Language
To set the language, navigate to the appropriate playout. Languages can be found in the miscellaneous tab. Default subtitle When...Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) help your business adhere to digital accessibility standards and regulations. The Blue Billywig Video...
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