Creating Players with the Publishing Module

Applies to Roles
Publisher
Version
Brightcove 4
Modules
Publishing Module
Edition
Express, Pro, Enterprise

A player is a group of components that you use to present media to your audience on the web. A video player includes a video display panel, and can also include components like lists, labels, tab bars, and more. Using the Brightcove Studio's Publishing module, you can create a player using one of a set of pre-defined templates. Brightcove Pro and Enterprise customers can also create custom player templates and add them to their accounts.

Creating a player

To create a new player in the Publishing module:

  1. Click New Player.

    The Create New Player dialog opens:

  2. Enter a Name for the player. The name can be a maximum of 80 characters long.
  3. Select a template from the drop-down list. This list includes the standard player templates, as well as any custom player templates that have been created in your account.
  4. Click Create Player. Your new player appears in the datagrids of the Publishing module, the Media module, and the Advertising module.

Duplicating a player

You can make a copy of a player. This lets you make changes to a player without affecting existing players that may have already been published. To duplicate a player in the Publishing module:

  1. Select the player you want to duplicate.
  2. In the action toolbar, click the Duplicate button. A new player appears in the Publishing module, with all the same properties as the original player, except the word "copy" is appended to its name.
  3. Select the new player and click the Settings or Styles button to make any changes you want to make to the player's name, description, styles, or other properties.

When you duplicating a player, you duplicate only its settings and style, not its content. The new player will not yet have any content assigned to it.

Activate, deactivate, or delete a player

The default state for a new player is Active. A green checkmark in the datagrid indicates a player is active. You can deactivate or delete any player in your account. Be careful, though: deleting cannot be undone. You can also preview a player at any time by clicking the Preview button in the action toolbar.

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