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Customize Web Player ​

Prerequisite: Allow anonymous web players

Customizing the web player through URL & query parameters is only available when anonymous web players are allowed.

Enable it in Settings → General → Player → Allow anonymous web players.

When this setting is disabled, web players can no longer connect through a public playlist URL. Only registered players paired with a code can access content. The query parameters described below have no effect in that case.

Obscreen provides an URL for each playlist.
Player's playlist URL is configurable in two ways:

Playlist URL

To connect the player to a specific playlist using its ID
http://<STUDIO_URL>/use/<playlist_id>

Playgroup URL

To connect the player to a specific playgroup using its ID
http://<STUDIO_URL>/group/<playgroup_id>

Playlist always starts with an introduction slide showing date & time (customizable). Then it plays the first content item and endlessly loops through the playlist items according to the schedule.

Query Parameters Options ​

You can use the following query parameters to configure the player through url parameters (e.g. http://<STUDIO_URL>/?intro=0&autoplay=0&animation_effect=slide&animation_speed=normal&animation_direction=left&loop=0):

intro ​

Default value: 1
Description: Show the introduction slide or not
Available values: 0 or 1


rotate ​

Default value: normal
Description: Set the rotation of the player display
Available values: normal, left, right, inverted


transparent ​

Default value: 0
Description: Make the player background transparent or not
Available values: 0 or 1


bgcolor ​

Default value: 000000
Description: Set the background color
Available values: Any valid CSS color value without # prefix (e.g. 000000, FFFFFF, FF0000, 00FF00, 0000FF, etc.)


animation_effect ​

Default value: none
Description: Set the animation effect
Available values: slide, fade, zoom or none


animation_speed ​

Default value: normal
Description: Set the animation speed
Available values: slow, normal or fast


animation_direction ​

Default value: normal
Description: Set the animation direction (for slide effect only)
Available values: left, right, up or down


autoplay ​

Default value: 0
Description: Enable/disable video autoplay or not
Available values: 0 or 1


interactive ​

Default value: 1
Description: Enable/disable user interaction or not
Available values: 0 or 1


loop ​

Default value: 0
Description: Number of times the playlist will loop
Available values: Any positive integer or 0 for infinite loop


debug ​

Default value: 0
Description: Enable debug mode or not
Available values: 0 or 1