Dynamically Assigning Videos to a Player

You may have cases where you need to change the video associated with a player. For example, maybe the viewer has the ability to control which video they want to see. Maybe the video in the player is based upon which part of the site the viewer came from.

If you need to display different videos in a player, it is recommended to use one player and then dynamically change the video associated with the player.

The following techniques are outlined in this topic:

• Passing the Video ID as a URL parameter
• Passing the reference ID as a URL parameter
• Modifying the embed code to supply a Video ID
• Modifying the embed code to supply a Reference ID

Content can also be dynamically assigned to a player using the Catalog API. For more information and sample code, see the developer document Dynamically Change Source Videos.

Passing the video ID as a URL parameter

You can change the video source for a player by passing the video ID as a URL parameter using the form ?videoId=YOUR_VIDEO_ID.

http://players.brightcove.net/20318290001/f1d70e07-8480-4bbd-b4ef-747e9333a034_default/index.html?videoId=4292158104001

Passing the reference ID as a URL parameter

You can change the video source for a player by passing the reference ID as a URL parameter using the form ?videoId=ref:YOUR_VIDEO_REF_ID.

http://players.brightcove.net/20318290001/f1d70e07-8480-4bbd-b4ef-747e9333a034_default/index.html?videoId=ref:1234

Modifying the embed code to supply a Video ID

You can assign a CorpTV video to the player embed code directly using the video ID.

<video-js   data-account="57838016001"
  data-player="6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540"
  data-embed="default"
  data-video-id="68143720001"
  class="video-js"
  controls></video-js>
<script src="https://players.brightcove.net/57838016001/6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540_default/index.min.js"></script>

<iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/57838016001/6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540_default/index.html?videoId=68143720001'
 allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen></iframe>

Modifying the embed code to supply a Reference ID

You can assign a CorpTV video to the player embed code directly using the reference ID.

<video-js data-account="57838016001"
  data-player="6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540"
  data-embed="default"
  data-video-id="ref:68143720001"
  class="video-js"
  controls></video-js>
<script src="https://players.brightcove.net/57838016001/6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540_default/index.min.js"></script>

<iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/57838016001/6e44f16e-31e9-48b2-83b9-6edd71217540_default/index.html?videoId=ref:68143720001'
 allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen></iframe>