Setting a Default Viral Player

A viral player is a player that is used to play a video when a viewer uses the "Get code" feature in a Video Cloud player. When a viewer uses the "Get code" feature, in most cases you won't want to give a link or code for the same player the viewer has just been watching as that player may not work as a viral player.  For example, that player may rely on additional scripting on the page, necessary context, multiple playlist assignment, etc. Instead, the viewer is given a link or code to an appropriate single-video player.

You can select one player to be the default viral player for your account. This player must be a single-video player.

Your current default viral player is marked in the list of players in the datagrid in the Publishing module:

and also in the Details pane, under the Preview window:

To set the default viral player for your account:

1. Sign in to Video Cloud Studio.
2. On the Video Cloud Studio Home page, click the Account Settings link at the top right, under the navigation bar.
    You must have Administrator privileges to access this area of the Studio.
3. On the Account Settings page, click Publishing Settings.
4. Under Publishing Settings: Default Viral Player, click Edit.
5. A drop-down menu appears, listing all of the single-video players for your Video Cloud account. Select one of these players and click Save Changes. If you don't already have a single-video player in your account, use the Publishing module to create one. You can use the Video Player template for this purpose.

Changing the viral player with the Player API

In most cases, you can use the default viral player for sharing from any player you like. If for some reason you want to use a different player than the default viral player, you can swap out the default viral player, using the setEmbedCode() method in the Social Module of the Flash-only Player API.