This article describes the Streamroot DNA™ integration with Rx-player, a Smooth Streaming and DASH open-source HTML5 video player developed and maintained by Canal Plus.

We have built optimized plugins for Rx-player from v3.0.

Step 1: Install Rx-player and Streamroot build

Using the pre-build script

Include these sources in the HTML <head>:

<!-- Rx-player build -->
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rx-player@3.10.3/dist/rx-player.min.js"></script>

<!-- Streamroot wrapper -->
<script src="//cdn.streamroot.io/rxplayer-dna-wrapper/1/stable/rxplayer-dna-wrapper.js"></script>

Using npm

Install runtime and dev dependencies:

npm install @streamroot/rxplayer-dna-wrapper

In your application, import/require the package you want to use similar to this example:

import RxplayerDnaWrapper from '@streamroot/rxplayer-dna-wrapper';

Step 2: Set up Rx-player and Streamroot

In the HTML <body> or with npm

<video id="demoplayer"></video>
<script>
    var dnaConfig = {};
    var video = document.getElementById('demoplayer');
    player = new RxPlayer({ videoElement: video });
    // Initialize the wrapper BEFORE calling player.loadVideo!
    wrapper = new RxplayerDnaWrapper(player, 'YOUR_STREAMROOT_KEY', dnaConfig);
    player.loadVideo({
        url: "YOUR_PLAYLIST_URL",
        transport: "smooth|dash",
        startAt: {
            fromLastPosition: -30, // It's essential to setup reasonable liveEdge latency for good DNA on live streams
        },
    });
</script>

Parameter name	Mandatory	Description
dnaConfig	No	The object in which you can pass Streamroot options (property, contentIdGenerator, id, etc.).
YOUR_STREAMROOT_KEY	Yes	The unique Streamroot key that we have assigned to you; make sure it is identical to the one provided in the Account section of your dashboard.
YOUR_PLAYLIST_URL	Yes	Your Smooth or DASH playlist.

Step 3: Visualize Streamroot

In order to verify if Streamroot was correctly configured, please install our DNA Graphs.

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