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Bitmovin with Peer5 for HLS integration




Bitmovin is a feature rich video player that supports HLS.

The integration with Peer5 plugin is easy and involves just two lines of code. In addition to the player script, simply include the Peer5 client and the matching Peer5 Bitmovin plugin based on your player version.

Peer5 client and plugins scripts

Add the following two scripts to the head of your player's page, based on your player version:

Bitmovin v8.x

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<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.js?id=PEER5_CUSTOMER_ID"></script>
<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.bitmovin8.plugin.js"></script>

Bitmovin v7.x

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<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.js?id=PEER5_CUSTOMER_ID"></script>
<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.bitmovin7.plugin.js"></script>

Bitmovin v6.x

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<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.js?id=PEER5_CUSTOMER_ID"></script>
<script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.bitmovin6.plugin.js"></script>

Complete Example (Bitmovin 8)

The following information needs to be filled according to your actual data:

  • PEER5_CUSTOMER_ID   your Peer5 Customer ID
  • MANIFEST_FILE   url to your .m3u8 file
  • BITMOVIN_LICENSE   license from Bitmovin
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Bitmovin Demo</title>
    <!-- Peer5 scripts -->
    <script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.js?id=PEER5_CUSTOMER_ID"></script>
    <script src="https://api.peer5.com/peer5.bitmovin8.plugin.js"></script>

    <!-- Player scripts -->
    <script src="https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/bitmovinplayer.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="player"></div>
    <script>
        var player = new bitmovin.player.Player(document.getElementById('player'), {
            key: 'BITMOVIN_LICENSE',
        });
        player.load({
            hls: 'MANIFEST_FILE',
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Visit the full Bitmovin player docs here.

To test that you integrated with Peer5 correctly, and to see stats about what the Peer5 integration is doing, you can view the stats overlay.