Create & manage your players

Getting started with the player embed is a 2 step process:

Create a Player and configure a set of feature
Choose an integration method and embed the player on your properties

If you've already created your player and would like to get started with the integration, please read our dedicated guide.

As a Dailymotion Partner, you create multiple Players to build a player which fits with your needs and your audience expectations.

Each player created has its own ID and label, which allows you to easily track your player performance, customize the player features and organize your different integrations.

In this helpcenter article, you'll learn how to create and manage a player, and understand the different customization possibilities available.

Create a Player

You can easily create a player within few steps:

Go to your Partner HQ
Click on Embeds and pick the Players sub-menu
Click on Create player
Define a label to your player, and customize it with different parameters (cf below)
Click on Save

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That's it! Your player is now created and a unique ID has been assigned to it. You'll now have to customize your player through the different configuration settings.

Player features and configuration

By default, players created from your Partner Space are set with a default configuration maximizing your player viewability and monetization. Updating this configuration might decrease monetization opportunies

Configure your players

Go to your Partner HQ
Click on Embeds and pick the Players sub-menu
Click on Player label to start the configuration
Select needed parameters
Click on the Save button

Preview your player in different environments

You can easily check how your player is rendering in different environments by using the Preview feature.

Go to your Partner HQ
Click on Embeds and pick the Players sub-menu
Choose the Player you would like to check and click on the Full Preview button

You will be redirected in a sample page allowing you to interact with your embedded player configuration in different environments (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile).

Share your player configuration preview

The preview pages link can be shared with anyone, allowing you to easily show your player configuration and features to your stakeholders.

Get into the Player features & settings

In this table, you'll learn the different features available for your Player Embed and the different settings you can apply for each of them.

Features	Description
Label	Definition This settings allows you to define a specific name for your player in order to easily identify it. Usage You can create several players on your channel with different configurations and behaviors, the labels are here to let you easily browse your different players. We recommend you to name your player based on their location on your properties. For example: "Homepage Player”, "Sidebar Player", "Article Player" etc...
Autostart	Definition This settings allows you to define if the player should automatically try to start the content when the player is ready. Usage This settings has 3 different modes: First time viewable, the playback will start once the user has the player in view On: Playback will start as soon as the player is loaded Off: Playback will start only on user interaction Get more information Each internet browser has implemented different set of rules which can have an impact on the autostart behavior. To get more information about our autostart integration and the browser autoplay policies, please check our dedicated guide
Picture-in-Picture	Definition The Picture-in-Picture (PiP) is a mini player activated when the main player is out of the viewport. By default, this mini player will be displayed at the bottom right on wide screens and at the top on narrow screens. Usage This settings has 3 different modes: Instant: PiP will launch once the player is loaded On: PiP will launch after the main player is no longer in the user's viewport and is playing Off: PiP disabled Get more information The PiP can be customized and set-up differently to fit your user experience needs. To get more information about our PiP customization and positioning, please click here.
Aspect ratio	Definition The player is fully responsive by default, it will inherit the width from its parent container and automatically size the player. This settings allows you to force how the player will render to adapt it to your needs and content. Usage Depending on the integration method selected to embed your player, the player may have different behavior: If you are using the embed script or the player library method, the aspect ratio will automatically adapt based on the container where the player will be implemented. If you are using the iframe method, we invite you to use the aspect ratio to force the player rendering. To get more information about our player integration methods, we invite you to follow our dedicated guide
Accent color	Definition This settings allows you to change the player colors in order to let it match with your brand and your preferences. Changing the accent color will update the seek bar, the player settings and the player sharing background color to match your needs. Usage You can manually select a color through the color picker, fill a hexadecimal code or fill a RGBA code to find the color that will match with your needs.
Default controls	Definition This settings allows you to decide if the player controls should be displayed on the player interface. Usage When enabled: The player controls will be shown to your audience When disabled: The player controls will be hidden to your audience When the player controls are removed, your audience will still be able to use the keyboard navigation for accessibility purposes. Also, pease note that 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 allow a smooth experience for your audience.)
Dailymotion logo	Definition This settings allows you to define if the Dailymotion logo should be displayed on the player interface. Usage On: The Dailymotion logo is displayed on the splash screen, and when the player controls are displayed Off: The Dailymotion logo won't be displayed on the player interface
Queue	Definition The queue allows your audience to easily find additional content at the end of the playback. This settings allows you to define if the queue should be displayed on the player interface. Usage On: The queue will be displayed at the end of the playback to recommend new content to your audience, based on the queue customization and settings. Off:The queue won't be displayed at the end of the playback, which will also disable the autonext settings. Please note that removing the queue will have an impact on the views and user engagement generated on your content. Get more information If you want to get more information about the queue behavior and customization, we invite you to check our dedicated guide.
Autonext	Definition This settings allows you to define if the content displayed on the queue should start automatically after a small countdown or if the user should manually pick a content from the queue. Usage On: the next video on the queue will be automatically played after a 6s countdown. Off: the queue will be displayed, but the next content won't start without a user interaction. Get more information Please note that if the Queue is disable, this settings won't have any impact.
Share button	Definition This settings allows your audience to easily collect the video link / embed code, or share the video on Facebook or Twitter. Usage On: The share icon is displayed in the player interface to ease the content sharing. Off: The share icon won't be displayed to your audience. Get more information The share button can be customized to redirect your audience to the page where the content has been embedded on your properties instead of redirecting to a Dailymotion page.
Video info	Definition This settings allows you to display or remove the content title and the uploader name when the player isn't started or when the player is paused. Usage On: the content title and the uploader name are displayed in the player interface. Off: No information will be displayed when the playback is paused or if the player doesn't autoplay.
Channel link	Definition This settings allows you to enable / disable the link activated on the uploader name when the player isn't started or when the player is paused. Usage On: the uploader name is clickable and redirects to the uploader channel on Dailymotion Off: the uploader name won't be clickable and won't redirect to the Dailymotion channel Get more information Please note that this settings can't be selected if you turned off the settings Video info.
Video title link	Definition Allows you to enable / disable the link activated on the video title when the player isn't started or when the player is paused. Usage On: the content title is clickable and redirects to the video page on Dailymotion Off: the content title won't be clickable and won't redirect to Dailymotion Get more information Please note that this settings can't be selected if you turned off the settings Video info.

Integrate the player

You've created your player and customized the features and settings that will be applied to it. The next step is to integrate it on your properties.

To understand our different integration methos and pick the best one based on your needs, we invite you to continue with our integration guide.

Player Embed integration

The Player embed is the best integration method for all your desktop and web applications.

However, if you would like to integrate our player in a native application, we invite you to use our Android SDK and our Swift SDK.

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