Video playback in Dam for Sitecore, can be configured.
In the following section we will explain the different ways the , it is explained how video playback can be is handled.
Digizuite embed player
Out of the box, we use the The standard configuration uses Digizuite's embed player for rendering video asset assets in Sitecore. The html is a an iframe, which can be ether is either a fixed width and height or it can be responsive to the container it is part of.Info title Example <iframe width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" src="https://[DAM URL]/dmm3bwsv3/embedplayer/play.aspx?accesskey=71c38ac6-2def-43b8-a226-ce1ad8152f57&aid=86&autostart=0&width=auto&height=auto&videoquality=videoPreview&fs=1" style=""></iframe>
Native browser video playback
This player uses the native browser video playback. The drawback of this solution, is that the player controls looks different on for each browser vendor.Info title Example <div style="width:640px; height:360px;">
<video controls="controls" width="640" height="360" poster="/media/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)
You can retrieve the The video streaming URL URL is retrieved from the API, see this guide DFS 8.1.0 - 4 Accessing metadata through API, and from here you can construct your own preferred video player.
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- 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.
The Html section contains the html template for the different content areas. The two important fields for video playback is Rich Text Editor Media and Asset Field Type. This is rendered when inserting a video asset into RTE or when using the DAM for Sitecore asset field.The stampvalues in the html are tags that are replaced through a pipeline. Read more about the stampvalues in section 3.6. Whenever changes to these fields are made, then the silo has to be synchronized in order for the changes to work.