Player E Selection

In this topic, you will learn how to choose the Player E for your Beacon apps.

Introduction

Player E is the latest player, and eventually all new customers automatically get Player E.

Player E is a player for VOD videos, linear channels and live events in which viewers watch media assets. The player incorporates many new features across all platforms. The following two documents discuss and contain videos that demonstrate those features:

VOD Player selection

To select and configure your player, follow these steps:

  1. In the primary navigation, click Layout.
  2. Click Settings settings.

  3. The App Settings page appears. In Assets, click Videos to start.

    Click videos
  4. Click Playersettings to see how the player displays information about the currently playing video.
    Click player
  5. You can change the layouts of the thumbnail, either Landscape or Portrait.
    • Landscape: Landscape images are displayed on the page.
    • Portrait: Portrait images are displayed on the page.

      • Landscape
      Portrait

Episodic content Player selection

To select and configure your player, follow these steps:

  1. In the primary navigation, click Layout.
  2. Click Settings settings.
  3. The App Settings page appears. In Assets, click Episodic content to start.
    Episodic Content Select
  4. Click Playersettings to see how the player displays information about the currently playing video.
  5. This is how the player is displayed. The blueprint preview shows a diagram of the player.

    Episodic content player

Live events Player selection

  1. In the primary navigation, click Layout.
  2. Click Settings settings.
  3. The App Settings page appears. In Assets, click Live events to start.
    Live events
  4. Click Playersettings to see how the player displays information about the currently playing video.
  5. This is how the player is displayed. The blueprint preview shows a diagram of the player.
    Player options

Channels

When the viewer clicks the Channels button in the app, the list of channels can be displayed in two different ways:

  • List view
  • Grid view

To set this value, follow these steps:

  1. In the primary navigation, click Layout.
  2. Click Settings settings.

  3. The App Settings page appears. In Assets, click Channels to start.

    live events
  4. The two options are displayed:
    Inside
  5. The previews of the two layouts are shown here:
    list
    grid