Configuring the player

The Wowza Flowplayer API

FPFlowplayer tvOS SDK exposes the same functionality and behaves as its counterpart on iOS SDK FPFlowplayerViewController. The only difference is that FPFlowplayer is not a UIViewController and does not handle any UI.

Available properties

All available properties of FPFlowplayer are included in the following table.

Property	Type	Description
`autoStart`	`Bool`	Flag that indicates if media playback should auto start when the player is ready to play.
`playbackStarted`	`Bool`	Flag that indicates if media playback has started.
`isShowingAds`	`Bool`	Flag that indicates if the player is displaying Ads at the current moment.
`currentSubtitleTrack`	`FPSubtitleTrack?`	Currently selected subtitle track for the media playback.
`subtitleTracks`	`[FPSubtitleTrack]`	All available `FPSubtitleTracks` of the current `FPMedia`.
`currentAudioTrack`	`FPAudioTrack?`	Currently selected audio track for the media playback.
`audioTracks`	`[FPAudioTrack]`	All available `FPAudioTracks` of the current `FPMedia`.
`controller`	`UIViewController`	`UIViewController` where the instance `AVPlayer` is attached.
`player`	`AVPlayer`	Current `AVPlayer` instance that is handled by `FPFlowplayer`.
`delegate`	`FPFlowplayerDelegate?`	The object that acts as the delegate of the `FPFlowplayer` object.
`media`	`FPMedia?`	Current media item loaded into the player.
`duration`	`Int64`	Total duration of the current media item.
`currentPosition`	`Int64`	Current position of media playback.
`currentSpeed`	`Float`	Current playback speed of media playback.

Available methods

All available methods of FPFlowplayer are listed in this section.

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func reload() -> Bool

Reload the current media playback. This action will destroy the current session and refetch and load every asset again.

Returns

Boolean indicating if media was reloaded.

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func pause()

Pause the current media playback.

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func play()

Start or resume the current media playback. If the playback has completed, then seek back to the beginning and start again.

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func stop()

Stop the current media playback. The current media session will be terminated and cleared.

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func mute(_ state: Bool)

Mute the current media playback.

Parameters

state : If true, will mute the current sound of the media playback.

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func setVolume(_ volume: Float)

Set the volume of the current media playback.

Parameters

volume : Sound volume represented from 0.0 to 1.0.

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func seek(_ position: Int64)

Seek to the desired position of the current media playback.

Parameters

position : Position of media playback.

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func setSpeed(_ speed: Float)

Set the playback rate/speed ot the current media playback.

Parameters

speed : Speed of media playback.

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func setAudioTrack(_ id: Int)

Sets a new audio track for the media.

Parameters

id : The id of the track to select.

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func setSubtitleTrack(_ id: Int)

Sets a new subtitle track for the media.

Parameters

id : The id of the track to select.