Video Widget for Cumulocity

This Video widget is the Cumulocity module federation plugin created using c8ycli. This plugin can be used in Application Builder or Cockpit. The Video widget help you to Plays streaming videos from sources such as HLS streams, on-demand videos (such as MP4, MKV, MOV) from URL and embedded YouTube, Vimeo, etc. videos. In addition, on-demand videos can be synchronized with device measurements representing video timestamp in seconds. Please note that links must be HTTPS and have Cross-Origin access enabled.

Please choose Video Widget release based on Cumulocity/Application builder version:

APPLICATION BUILDER	CUMULOCITY	VIDEO WIDGET
2.x.x	>= 1016.x.x	1.x.x

QuickStart

This guide will teach you how to add widget in your existing or new dashboard.

1. Open you application from App Switcher

2. Add new dashboard or navigate to existing dashboard

3. Click Add Widget

4. Search for Video Widget

5. Select Target Assets or Devices

6. Click Save

Congratulations! Video Widget is configured.

Configuration - to add the widget on dashboard

1. Make sure you have successfully installed the widget.
2. Click on Add widget.
3. Choose Video widget.
4. Title is the title of widget. Provide a relevant name. You may choose to hide this. Go to Appearance tab and choose Hidden under Widget header style.
5. Target assets or devices is to select the device. Only select device if you need to synchronize video timestamp with device measurements.
6. Upload playlist is to upload a playlist file. Only .m3u playlist file is supported.
7. Source type is whether the video is streamed, on-demand or embedded.
8. Title is a name for the video to appear in playlist.
9. URL is the url of the video.
10. Delete icon is to delete a source from the list. Only visible when there more than one source.
11. Add source is to add a new source to the list.
12. Playlist & buttons position allows to hide the playlist and buttons or show it on top or bottom of the video.
13. Autoplay is whether video should start playing automatically after page load.
14. Default source is the video that will be played by default on page load.
15. Loop is whether the video needs to be replayed. It is only applicable if the default source is of type on-demand.
16. Measurement is the device measurements coming in seconds to which video timestamp needs to be synchornized. It is only applicable if the default source is of type on-demand.
17. Click Save to add the widget on the dashboard.
18. In case you see unexpected results on the widget, refer to browser console to see if there are error logs.

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This widget is provided as-is and without warranty or support. They do not constitute part of the Software AG product suite. Users are free to use, fork and modify them, subject to the license agreement. While Software AG welcomes contributions, we cannot guarantee to include every contribution in the master project.

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