Generic Player Articles

Sending Custom Metadata from Bitmovin player to Chromecast CAF receiver

This article explains how to send Custom Metadata to Chromecast CAF receiver from the different Bitmovin player SDKs

Web Player VTT Timestamp Tag Handling

Bitmovin Web Player has support for WebVTT Timestamp tags. This article describes the syntax and the player behaviour

WebVTT based thumbnails

Description of WebVTT based thumbnail format.

Bitmovin Player CAF support

This article explains how to setup Google CAF (Casting Application Framework) with the Bitmovin player on compatible platforms: Web, Android and iOS

How does FairPlay work?

Smart TVs configuration and best practices

Configurations and good practices to optimise WebOs/Tizen Smart TVs with Bitmovin Web SDK

Network API - HTTP request/response manipulations per Platform

HTTP request/response manipulations supported by Bitmovin SDK

Player - Thumbnail Preview Support

Thumbnail preview support with Bitmovin Player SDKs

Quick Start Guides

Subtitles support in Player SDKs

Subtitles formats supported by Bitmovin Player SDKs as well as styling and formatting options