Player V3 Functional Support Across Environments (Deprecated)
Player V3 functionality that Ooyala supports in various environments.
Ad Support
Important: Ooyala Player V3 is deprecated and is scheduled
to be disabled on 2018-01-31. After that date, Player V3 will no longer play your video
or audio content. Customers still using Player V3 need to migrate to Player V4 (see Migrating from Player V3 and Player Migration FAQ).
- For supported ad integrations, see Client Side Ad Integration.
- For supported third party ad servers and ad networks, see Supported Ad Providers.
Analytics Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
3rd-party Analytics | Omniture 13, Visible Measures, Chartbeat | * | Omniture 13 | TBD | Omniture 13 | Omniture 13 | Omniture 13 | ||
Ooyala Analytics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Ooyala QoS Solution powered by NPAW's YOUBORA product | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Security Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
DRM | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Adobe Access | Widevine | Widevine | Widevine | Widevine | PlayReady with Smooth | ||||
Secure Playback Token | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Encrypted Streams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
(RTMPE) | (AES 128 for HLS) | (AES 128 for HLS on Android 4+) | (AES 128 for HLS) | (AES 128 for HLS) | |||||
Syndication Restrictions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Closed Captions Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
VOD Closed Captions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Live Closed Captions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | ✔** |
* Only in-stream CEA-608/708 captions are supported.
** HLS and eHLS only
Playback Features Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
Adaptive Bitrate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Cross-Device Resume | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* |
*For iOS and Android
Developer Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
Player API | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Plugin Framework (e.g., OPF) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Other Player Functional Support
Desktop (Flash) | Desktop (HTML5) | Android Web (HTML5 V3) | Android (Hook) | iOS Web (HTML5 V3) | Android SDK | Android SDK with Premium HLS | iOS SDK | Chromecast Integration | |
Player Branding (via Backlot) | ✔ | ||||||||
Player Customizations (via Theme Builder) | ✔ | ||||||||
Pod and Playlist Customizations (via Theme Builder) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
Live Streaming | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Remote Assets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |