Player templates and customization

How templates work

To flexibly customize the player for different video groups and tasks in Kinescope, you can create your own templates. Each template has a unique name, and can be assigned by default to both a project and an individual video.

For example, you can use one template with visible controls for Videos A and B, and another with rounded corners and a hidden rewind bar for Videos C and Project D.

Creating a new player template

1. From the Video Settings → Double-click on the name of a video in the Catalog, go to the Player section from the General tab, click Customize to get to the Template customization menu. Set the name of the Player template (in order to save you need to change at least one setting in the player customization). The changes will be applied to the selected video, and will also become available when customizing other videos. Templates will be saved in your Player tab, available in the Settings menu.

1. Via Player Manager, available in the Settings menu (Players tab). To create a new Player template, click on the + New Player button and name your new template. Finally, go to the player, click on the three dots and select Customize.

How to edit the Player template

1. From Video Settings: Double-click on the name of a video in the Catalog, then from the General tab in the Player section, select the player you wish to change. Click Customize to get to the customization menu. Edit the settings and don't forget to click Save to save your changes. You can also use the ⁝ (three dots) menu on the right side of the video to delete or duplicate the player.
2. Via the Player Manager, available in the Settings menu (Players tab). The list displays the names of your player templates in the workspace, as well as information about their update date, author and the number of media files where to certain player is applied to. If you click on this number you can see all these files in the Catalog, filtered by the specified Player Template. You can edit the Template by clicking on its name. The context menu in the list ⁝ (three dots) allows you to Customize, Rename or Duplicate a Player template.

Player appearance and branding settings

1. Basic settings tab within Player customization include general settings of the template and the settings before and during playback.
2. Advanced settings: includes additional control bar settings, streaming to devices, customization of the setup menu, player controls, and other settings.

All settings changes can be seen in the player in the preview area in real time, but are applied to the built-in players only after you save them. You can also select the Desktop/Mobile display mode of the player to check how certain changes will look.