Bubble.io Player Element

Basic usage

To add a video player to a page of your site, click on the "api.video player" item of the Visual elements list. Then, draw the player on your page using your mouse, like you do we any other Visual component. Once done, double-click on the player to open the window for editing its properties.

You should see something like that:

As you can see, there is a list of specific attributes that you can use to customize your player:

Option name Mandatory Type Description
videoid yes string the id of the video (VoD or live) to play. This value is dynamic. That means that you can get them from your database, or from another element (a list of videos, for instance)
live no (default: false) boolean indicate that the video is a live one
autoplay no (default: false) boolean start playing the video as soon as it is loaded
muted no (default: false) boolean the video is muted
hideControls no (default: false) boolean the controls are hidden
hideTitle no (default: false) boolean the video title is hidden
showSubtitles no (default: false) boolean the video subtitles are shown by default
loop no (default: false) boolean once the video is finished, it automatically starts again

Once you've entered a videoId, you can click on "preview" to see your player in action.

Events

The video player element will trigger events during playback, so you will be able to perform some conditional actions like displaying a custom replay button when playback ends, or incrementing a views counter when playback starts.

Here is the list of all events triggered by the player:

Event name Description
ended The playback as reached the end of the video
error An error occurred
firstplay The video started to play for the first time
mouseenter The user's mouse entered the player area
mouseleave The user's mouse left the player area
pause The video has been paused
play The video started to play (for the first time or after having been paused)
ready The player is ready to play
resize The video size has changed
seeking The player is seeking

To perform an action when an event occurs, go to the workflow tab, create a new workflow, and as a trigger condition, select "Elements -> A api.video player ..." :

Exposed state

The player element has a single exposed state. This contains the "timeupdate" value, which corresponds to the time of the playback progress in seconds. This value is sent several times per second and allows to follow precisely the progression of the playback.

Actions

The player exposes several actions that can be triggered from a workflow. That makes it fully controllable.

Here is the list of available actions:

Action name Description
play Start playing the video
pause Pause the video playback
mute Mute the video
unmute Unmute the video
hideControls Hide the player controls
showControls Show the player controls
hideSubtitles Hide the player subtitles
showSubtitles Show the player subtitles

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