Video playback in Dam for Sitecore, can be configured.
In the following section, it is explained how video playback is handled.
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The standard HTML template for video in Asset fields looks like this:
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<iframe width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" src=" |
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{stampvalue-config:baseaddress}dmm3bwsv3/embedplayer/play.aspx?accesskey= |
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{stampvalue-access:accesskey}&aid= |
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{stampvalue-asset:assetid}&autostart=0&width=auto&height=auto&videoquality= |
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video{stampvalue-selected:quality}&fs=1" style="" siloid="{stampvalue-asset:assetsiloid}"></iframe> |
What this does is it uses an iframe with a source to the connected Digizuite. This source returns an HTML section which embeds the Digizuite video player with a poster and source.
This means that Video is streamed directly from Digizuite. The reasoning behind this, is that video potentially can take up a lot of disk space and hence we do not want to cache it in the Sitecore server (as we do with other asset types).
Furthermore, Digizuite utilizes a video player called Flowplayer. This is an extension built on-top of the standard HTML5 video player. The main reason for this is it has the same styling across all browsers.
Using the standard HTML5 video player
The HTML template can also be customized to use the standard HTML5 video player if that is preferred. An example of such a template could look like this:
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<video controls poster="{stampvalue-config:baseaddress}dmm3bwsv3/{stampvalue-asset:assetid}_2_11_1_11_0_{stampvalue-access:accesskey}_False.jpg"> |
Native browser video playback
This player uses the native browser video playback. The drawback of this solution, is that the player controls looks different for each browser vendor.Info title Example <div style="width:640px; height:360px;">
<video controls="controls" width="640" height="360" poster="/{stampvalue-config:mediapipeline}/9c60ffb4e919412ab924c6b925612774/774-50045" >
<source type="video/mp4" src="https://[DAM URL]/dmm3bwsv3/assetstream.aspx?accesskey=a9402f36-039d-43ba-9109-ac599b6335b7&destinationid=10010&assetid=774&mediaformatid=50050">
</video>
</div>- Custom video playback through API (code behind)
The video streaming URL is retrieved from the API, see this guide DFS 9.2.0 - 4 Accessing metadata through API, and using this a custom video player is constructable.
Configuration
To configure the html for the video asset, navigate to sitecore → Templates → Branches → DFS → AssetTypeOutputRoot → AssetTypeOutputRoot and select the 01 - Video item.
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