Create & manage your Players

Give a specific name to your Player to identify it easily.

You can create several Players with different configurations and behaviors: giving a name to your Players enables you to easily browse and identify your different configurations.

Define if the Player should automatically try to start the content once ready.

• On: Playback starts as soon as the Player is loaded, delivering instant engagement without user interaction. For a seamless transition, the Player shows the first frame of the video while it's loading.
• Off: Playback only starts on user interaction. The Player shows the video thumbnail while waiting for user interaction.
• First time viewable: If you enabled autostart, you can choose to add "First time viewable" so the video playback starts once the user has the Player in view, delivering instant engagement without user interaction.

Define if the next video plays automatically after the current one ends, or if the user should manually pick a content:

• On: The next video is automatically played after the countdown (number of seconds set by you) once the current one is over. This helps keep viewers engaged with continuous playback. To increase engagement even more, consider combining "Autonext" with "Display watch now card".
• Off: The next videos are displayed, but they won't start without an interaction from the user.

Autonext on.

When Autonext is enabled, you can also enable Autoskip to automatically skip the current video after a countdown that you set. During the countdown, the viewer can choose to whether keep watching the content or skip. This feature helps retain active viewers and streamline the experience.

• On: The current content can automatically be skipped if there is no user interaction after the time interval you set.
• Off: The current content is played until the end.

Autoskip on.

Use Start muted setting to define whether your Player starts with audio muted.

• On: The Player starts muted and does not attempt to start playback with sound.
• Off: The Player first attempts to start playback with sound. If the browser blocks autoplay with sound, the Player automatically falls back to muted playback.

Picture-in-Picture (PiP) is a mini floating Player activated when the main Player is out of the viewport.
By default, this mini Player is displayed at the bottom right on wide screens and at the top on narrow screens.

• On: PiP launches once the main Player is playing but is no longer in the user's viewport. This allows viewers to multitask while staying connected and engaged to the content.
• Off: PiP disabled.

PiP on.

PiP can be customized to fit your user experience needs: check our guide for more information about our PiP customization and positioning.

 

Choose if you want to add a watermark in the bottom right corner of your Player:

• None: no watermark displayed on Player
• Use channel watermark: use the watermark image already set for your Dailymotion channel
• Custom: upload a custom watermark for this Player only
  Custom watermarks are only displayed on the videos you own

Define if you want to add a link on your watermark.
This setting is linked to the previous one - Watermark - and is only available if you added a watermark on your Player.

• None: no link added on your watermark
• Use channel watermark link: use the watermark link already set for your Dailymotion channel
• Custom: add a custom watermark link for this Player only
  Custom watermarks are only displayed on the videos you own

Change the color of the seek bar and play/pause button to match with your brand.

Available options:

• Select a color with the color picker 
• Use hexadecimal code
• Use RGBA code

* This toggle is only available for Enterprise ad-based contracts. Please reach out to your assigned Dailymotion Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe.

Enable ads toggle: enables or disables all ads for the player. When disabled, radio buttons are not accessible (greyed out) and no ads will be shown to users.

• On: You can select one of the three adaptable ad pressure algorithms on this player
  • Optimize frequency for revenue: AI will optimize the amount of ads to increase revenue. This model will have bigger amount of ads compared to other two.
  • Adjust frequency to maintain engagement: AI will optimize ads to improve revenue balanced with user experience.
  • Standard frequency (Default): is the current frequency without any change.
• Off: No ads will be shown to users.

* This toggle is only available for Enterprise ad-based contracts. Please reach out to your assigned Dailymotion Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe.

Wait for your customConfig (ad parameter) to load before sending ad calls. This option is particularly useful when using header bidding solutions.

• On: The Player will wait for the customConfig to load before sending ad calls.
• Off: The Player will not wait for the customConfig to load and will send ad calls as soon as an ad slot is ready.

Learn more about how tou can optimize your Player for header bidding solutions.

* This toggle is only available for Enterprise ad-based contracts. Please reach out to your assigned Dailymotion Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe

Define the level of detail shared with advertising entities about the URL where the Player is embedded.

• On: The Player will share with ad entities the full URL of the page where it is embedded.
  Ex: https://example.com/precise-page-url-where-player-is-embedded/ 
  This is equivalent to the no-referrer-when-downgrade referrer policy.
  
  Giving access to the full URL allows ad entities to better understand the context of the page where the Player is embedded and improve ad targeting, which may result in higher ad revenue.
  
  Important: Make sure no sensitive information such as personal identifiers or authentication tokens are included in URLs as these will be shared.
   
• Off: the Player will only share with ad entities the top level URL of the page where it is embedded.
  Ex: Player will share https://example.com even if it is embedded on https://example.com/precise-page-url-where-player-is-embedded/
  The browser's default referrer policy applies, usually strict-origin-when-cross-origin
  
  Note: Disabling this feature may impact your monetization

Automatic recommendations suggests additional content to your audience once your video is over.

• On: A selection of videos is automatically recommended to viewers at the end of the playback.
• Off: There won't be any automatic recommendations at the end of the playback.
  Please note that removing the automatic recommendations has an impact on the views and user engagement generated on your content.

If enabled, you can fine-tune the selection and decide if the automatic recommendations should be optimized for monetization, engagement or views.

The "Contextual video matching" feature allows you to embed a Player without defining content, and let our algorithm find the most relevant videos from your library based on the textual content of the page on which it is embedded.

You can define the source for the content:

• From this profile: The Player will select the most relevant content from your profile catalog
• From your Organization: The Player will select the most relevant content from your Organization catalog

See how to implement contextual video matching.

The option "Always provide a fallback video" allows you to control whether your contextual Player may display fallback content or remain empty when no relevant content is found.

• On: If no relevant content is available, the Player will display recent uploads (from your profile or Organization, based on the defined content source) to ensure that there is always content shown and avoid empty Players.
• Off: The Player will only show content that matches the context of your page. If no relevant content is found from your selected source, the Player will remain empty.

Note
This setting can only be selected with Contextual video matching turned on

Define if the "Contextual video matching" feature can limit the video selection to recent content only (recency specified in days). The upload date of the content is used to determine its eligibility.

• On: The Player will only select content that isn't older than the defined number of days. By default, this is set to 1800 days (about 5 years). This date limitation will also apply on fallback results. 
• Off: The Player will select any relevant content from your selected source, regardless of when it was uploaded. 

Note
This setting can only be selected with Contextual video matching turned on

The Player is fully responsive by default, it will inherit the width from its parent container and automatically size the Player.
This setting allows you to force how the Player will render to adapt it to your needs and content.

Select the aspect ratio that best fits your needs:

• Landscape Player: The aspect ratio 16:9 or 4:3 allow you to easily embed landscape videos
• Vertical Player: The aspect ratio 9:16 or 3:4 allow you to easily embed on native environments or reuse existing vertical videos on your website
• Square Player: 1:1

Depending on the embed method, the Player may have different behaviors:

• If you are using the Embed Script or the Library Script method, the aspect ratio is automatically enforced based on the Player configuration set in your Dailymotion Studio. Thanks to the smart autosizing feature, the Player will always render with the ratio defined in your Player settings, regardless of the video content. To display vertical videos (9:16), make sure your Player is configured with a 9:16 aspect ratio in the Studio.
• If you are using the iFrame method, the aspect ratio follows the video's own ratio rather than the Player configuration. This means a vertical video will render vertically even if your Player is set to 16:9. Note that advanced features such as aspect ratio enforcement from Player settings, Picture-in-Picture, and smart autosizing are not available with the iFrame method. If you need to force a specific ratio, you can do so using CSS on the iFrame container (see Preserve the player aspect ratio on a responsive page).

Check our dedicated guide to get more information about our Player integration methods.

Choose whether the Player should show a "Watch now" card — highlighting the next video that's most likely to attract views — or display the full carousel of next videos (either from your playlist or from the "Automatic recommendation", if enabled).

• On: When the current video ends, the Player highlights the next video in a "Watch now" card. This helps boost viewers engagement. Viewers can either:
  • Click "Watch now" to play the suggested video immediately.
  • Close (x) the "Watch now" card to fallback on the full carousel with upcoming videos.

Tip: Combine "Watch now" with "Autonext" for a smooth, continuous viewing experience.

• Off: When the current video ends, the full carousel of next videos is displayed, either from your playlist if one is embedded, or from the "Automatic recommendations", if enabled.
  This option offers viewers a greater variety of content.

Decide if the subtitles feature should be displayed in the player controls:

• On: subtitles feature will be shown on the player controls
• Off: subtitles feature will be hidden on the player controls

Decide if the Player controls should be displayed during ads:

• On: the Player controls will be shown to your audience during ads
• Off: the Player controls will be hidden from your audience during ads

Note
This parameter is only applied on the main Player, and won't apply to the Picture-in-Picture Player (PiP controls can't be removed today to preserve a smooth experience for your audience)

Decide if the Player controls should be displayed during playback:

• On: the Player controls will be shown to your audience during playback
• Off: the Player controls will be hidden from your audience during playback

When the Player controls are removed, your audience will still be able to use the keyboard navigation for accessibility purposes.

Note
This parameter is only applied on the main Player, and won't apply to the Picture-in-Picture Player (PiP controls can't be removed today to preserve a smooth experience for your audience)

* This toggle is only available as add-on for Enterprise plans. Please reach out to your assigned Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe.

Decide if "Watch on Dailymotion" can be displayed at the bottom of your Player start screen, before your content starts. Clicking on it enables your audience to watch your content on Dailymotion.com:

• On: "Watch on Dailymotion" is displayed at the bottom of your Player start screen
• Off: "Watch on Dailymotion" won't be displayed on your Player

Note
This setting can't be selected if Player controls is turned off 

* This toggle is only available as add-on for Enterprise plans. Please reach out to your assigned Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe.

Define if the Dailymotion Pro logo should be displayed on the Player interface:

• On: the Dailymotion Pro logo is displayed on the splash screen, and when the Player controls are displayed. When clicking on the logo, users will be redirected to Dailymotion Pro website.
• Off: the Dailymotion logo won't be displayed on the Player interface
  

Note
This setting can't be selected if Player controls is turned off

Define if the title of the videos should be displayed in the carousel or when clicking the icon at the bottom left:

• On: the titles of the videos in the carousel are displayed
• Off: the titles of the videos in the carousel aren't displayed

• On: Adds a button in the player’s top-left corner. Click to unmute the video.

• Off : No button is shown. Unmute using the player's controls.

* This toggle applies to the native app player only. 

• On: Adds a button on the player. Tap to unmute the video.
• Off: No button is shown. Unmute using the player's controls. 

Define whether to enable or disable keyboard shortcuts on your Player.

• On: Keyboard shortcuts are enabled on your Player. Users can see which ones are available by pressing
• Off: Keyboard shortcuts are disabled on your Player.

Attention peaks helps users easily find the most popular moments of a video directly from the video seeker.

These attention peaks appear as vertical highlights on the playback timeline.

* This toggle is only available as part of the live stream feature. Please reach out to your assigned Account Manager or our Support Team to subscribe.

Define whether you want to display the default streaming message "This live stream isn't available right now" before and after your live streaming.

• On: Before and after your live stream, the Player will display the default message: "This live stream isn't available right now" (see example below). During this time, the thumbnail of your live stream will appear in a semi-transparent layer underneath.
• Off: The Player will only display the thumbnail of your live stream.

Live stream thumbnails can be customized from your Studio in Media > Live streams > Settings.

This feature allows you to control whether the loading spinner is displayed during video loading. 

• On: The spinner is shown on the player before the video launched.
• Off: The Player will not display the spinner.

Please make sure you disable the autoplay feature before enabling this one.

With Dynamic Thumbnails, your videos can play short looping previews that make your content stand out and boost engagement. This small motion gives users a glimpse of what’s inside, increasing click-through and watch rates.

Please, find more information regarding this feature here.

• On: Display an animated video preview instead of a static thumbnail
• Off: The Player will display a thumbnail image

Display or remove the video title and the uploader name when the Player isn't started or is paused:

• On: the content title and the uploader name are displayed on the Player interface
• Off: no information displayed when the playback is paused or if the Player doesn't autoplay

Define if the uploader name displayed on the Player can link toward the uploader channel page:

• On: the uploader name is clickable and redirects to the uploader channel on Dailymotion
• Off: the uploader name isn't clickable and doesn't redirect to the Dailymotion channel

Note
This setting can't be selected if Player controls or Video info are turned off

Define if the video title displayed on the Player can link toward the video page:

• On: the video title is clickable and redirects to the video page on Dailymotion
• Off: the content title isn't clickable and doesn't redirect to Dailymotion

Note
This setting can't be selected if Player controls or Video info are turned off

Define if you display the Share icon on your Player.
With the Share icon, your audience can access the video link, copy the embed link (if turned on with toggle "Use embedder link when sharing"), or share the video on Facebook or Twitter.

• On: the Share icon is displayed in the Player interface to ease content sharing
• Off: the Share icon isn't displayed to your audience

Note
This setting can't be selected if Player controls are turned off. The icon will not be displayed for private videos.

Customize your Share button: your audience can share the URL of the page where your content is embedded, instead of the Dailymotion link.

• On: the Share button enables your audience to copy/paste the URL of the page where your content is embedded
• Off: your audience cannot share the embedder link

Note
This setting is only available for embedded videos using the Embed Script, and if Player controls and Share button are turned on.