Quick Brick Player Plugin for TV
Introduction
The Quick Brick Player Plugin is a mandatory plugin for these platforms
- tvOS
- Android TV
- Amazon Fire TV
- Samsung
- LG
It is Not required for Roku.
The plugin wraps all the management of the various platform players under one plugin:
Supported players
Out of the box (i.e. no 3rd party player plugin) Quick Brick for TV supports the following default players within this plugin.
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tvOS |
Native AV player |
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Android TV |
Exoplayer |
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Amazon Fire TV |
Exoplayer |
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Samsung |
Native player |
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LG |
Video.js |
Player UI and behaviour
The UI and behaviour of player differs per platform.
LG and Samsung
Amazon and Android
NOTE: Program title and info has not been set in this example
Apple TV
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Function |
AppleTV |
Samsung, LG |
Android TV, Amazon |
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Play, Pause |
From remote control only. No indication of state on screen. |
Use remote control buttons or on-screen icons. Icon indicates state you can change to. |
From on-screen icons only. Icon indicates state you can change to. |
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FFWD, RWD |
Click remote touchpad on left or right for +/- 10 SKIP In pause mode swipe left or right to jump to a new time |
Use remote control buttons or on screen icons. Note is a SKIP control only. Press remote or select icon for +/-10 second skip |
From on screen icons only. Note is SKIP control only. Select icon for +/-15 second skip. |
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Subtitle selection |
Swipe down for native control selection |
To be added |
Select on or off with Subs icon to right of transport bar |
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Exit player |
Press MENU on remote control |
Press BACK on remote control or select BACK icon to left of transport bar |
Press BACK on remote control or select BACK icon to left of transport bar |
Android TV and Amazon Fire TV Exoplayer customisation
Within the QB Player Plugin on Android and Amazon only it is possible to
- control the color settings of the default icons
- upload custom icons and control their color settings
- control the text in the video player
- control the audio player presentation
The following parameters can be entered in the Quick Brick Player Plugin manifest or in UI Builder when the plugin is added (select plugins, then Quick Brick Player Plugin). UI Builder will over-ride any manifest settings.
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Custom icons |
Upload custom icons to use for the following player buttons
Upload format for each icon is .png. There is no technical size restriction on the assets except what looks sensible on screen. Upload must be the following folder structure with the appropriate pngs in the folder drawable-hdpi/ icon.png Background.png |
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unfocused_icon_color |
The colour of the icons when not in focus |
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focused_icon _color |
The colour of the icons when in focus |
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unfocused_bg_color |
The background color of the icons when not in focus |
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focus_bg_color |
The background color of the icons when in focus |
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audio_player_background_color |
When using the audio player plugin with Android and Amazon these control the color (or image) of the background, title and summary color, RTL support. Note the aspect ratio setting selects the masking area around the program artwork and so needs to match the artwork aspect ratio being supplied in the DSP |
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audio_player_title_color |
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audio_player_summary_color |
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audio_player_rtl |
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audio_player_background_image |
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audio_player_artwork_aspect_ratio |
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video_player_title_color |
Control the text in the video player overlay |
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video_player_title_font |
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viceo_player_title_font_size |
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video_player_summary_color |
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video_player_summary_font |
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video_player_summary_font_size |
Example icons for
Row 1: Back, Forwards, Pause, Play
Row 2: Rewind, Selected, Subtitles off, Subtitles On
Row 3: Unselected
When parameters have been set be sure to press Save in the plugin manifest or in UI builder this is the Android icon at the top of the right hand panel when editing these parameters.
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