Interface MKSourceConfig

Bundled Bitmovin Analytics Configuration used to specify per-stream metadata and other settings.

CDN Options.

Please note that these options only apply to registered.

The URL to the MPEG-DASH manifest file (MPD, Media Presentation Description) for the video to play.

The file has to be a valid MPD.

The description of the video source.

DRM Configuration for encrypted sources.

Only to be used with hls or dash and not required for ull or registered.

An URL to an HLS playlist file (M3U8). The file has to be a valid M3U8 playlist.

The URL to a preview image which will be displayed until video starts playing.

Make sure JavaScript is allowed to access it, i.e. CORS (for the HTML5/JavaScript player) must be enabled and a crossdomain.xml has to be there if it's not the same server as the website.

Mediakind Registered source.

Unique session identifer for the playback session with this source configuration.

When no session identifier is provided the SDK will generate one internally.

An object specifying advanced source specific options.

Source type (Live, Event, Catchup, DVR or VOD)

For a registered player can auto detect source types Live, Event or VOD. For Catchup and DVR it is recommended the user set the correct source type in the source config.

For hls or dash the player can only determine whether the source type is Live or VOD.

It is recommended that the source type be correctly configured on the source so that some internal logic that depends on this setting can be correctly executed. One use case is when applying startOffset before starting playback.

An array of external subtitle tracks.

Example:

subtitleTracks: [{
    url: 'http://path/to/subtitles/vtt/file.vtt',
}]
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Sideload thumbnail tracks.

Note: Sideloaded tracks if configured here will have preference over the thumbnail tracks found in the stream/manifest itself.

Example:

thumbnailTrack: {
    url: 'http://path/to/thumbnail/vtt/file.vtt',
}
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Title of the video source.

Mediakind Ultra Low Latency (ULL) source.