# Bitmovin IOS v3.8.0(Nowtilus SSAI) ### ### **Step 0: Creating Bitmovin Player based media player application** Create a directory for integration by doing the following. Open the terminal, change directory to the home directory, and create a folder `sampleintegration` ```javascript cd ~/ mkdir sampleintegration cd sampleintegration/ ``` Pull the Sample Application from `https://sdk.mediamelon.com/$CustomerID/iOS/SampleBitmovinPlayer_iOS_v3.8.0__v.zip` and unzip it ``` wget https://sdk.mediamelon.com/$CustomerID/iOS/SampleBitmovinPlayer_iOS_v3.8.0__v.zip ``` Get the sample app dependencies by changing the directory to the `~/sampleintegration/SampleBitmovinPlayer_iOS_v3.8.0__v` and execute the following commands ### **Step 1: Building the MediaMelonSmartStreaming Framework** Execute the following two commands on the terminal in the folder `~/sampleintegration/SampleBitmovinPlayer_iOS_v3.8.0__v` ```objectivec sudo gem install cocoapods pod init touch Podfile open Podfile ``` Edit the Podfile ```objectivec target 'BasicPlayback' do # Comment the next line if you don't want to use dynamic frameworks use_frameworks! pod 'MMSmartStreamingSDK', git: 'https://bitbucket.org/mediameloninc/mmsmartstreamingios-genericpods.git', tag: '0.3.0' source 'https://github.com/bitmovin/cocoapod-specs.git' pod 'BitmovinPlayer', '~>3.8.0' # Pods for BasicPlayback end ``` Finally, install the pod `pod install` ### **Step 2: Integrating the MediaMelonSmartStreaming Framework** There are five steps involved for integrating the MediaMelon Player SDK using the MediaMelonSmartStreaming Framework: 1. Importing the framework 2. Providing asset information for the content before starting the player and after creating its instance 3. Cleaning up the SDK integration session 4. Disable manifest fetching by the SDK 5. Initializing SSAI {% hint style="info" %} All Bitmovin Player related code of the sample application can be found in the Swift class`ViewController.swift` {% endhint %} Open the project file `~/sampleintegration/SampleBitmovinPlayer_v2.66_SSAI/BasicPlayback.workspace` in XCode and edit the file `ViewController.swift`as mentioned below #### 1. Import Frameworks ```objectivec import BitmovinPlayer import MMSmartStreamingSDK ``` #### 2. Provide Asset information {% hint style="info" %} After the instance of the player is created, and SourceConfig is set with it, we should set the asset information and send it to before starting its playback. In ViewController.swift, call function `self.configureMMSDKwithURL(`mediaURL: String, vastURL: String`)` {% endhint %} ```swift pprivate func configureMMSDK(mediaURL: String, vastURL: String) { let assetInfo = MMAssetInformation(assetURL: mediaURL, assetID: "RandomID", assetName: "Test Asset", videoId: "123456789") assetInfo.setContentType("Movie") //Type of content (Movie / Special / Clip / Scene) assetInfo.setDrmProtection("Fairplay") //Widevine, Fairplay, Playready etc. Unknown means content is protected, but protection type is unknown. For clear contents, do not set this field assetInfo.setEpisodeNumber("testEpisode") //Sequence Number of the Episode (string). assetInfo.setSeriesTitle("testSeries") //Title of the series assetInfo.setSeason("testSeason") //Season For example - Season1,2,3 etc assetInfo.setGenre("testGenre") //Genre of the content // Optional custom metadata assetInfo.addCustomKVP("CustomKVP1Key", "CustomKVP1Value") assetInfo.addCustomKVP("CustomKVP2Key", "CustomKVP2Value") assetInfo.setQBRMode(.QBRModeDisabled, withMetaURL: nil) let resgistrato = MMRegistrationInformation(customerID: "200417809", playerName: "BitmovinPlayerTesting") BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.setPlayerRegistrationInformation(registrationInformation: resgistrato, player: player) BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.initializeAssetForPlayer(assetInfo: assetInfo, registrationInformation: resgistrato, player: player) } ``` #### 3. Cleaning up the SDK Session {% hint style="info" %} We need to clean up the SDK session once the playback completes. The SDK internally manages the cleanup for most of the cases. For example - when playback finishes, or some error is notified. However, in some error cases, like network reachability issues, the error notification is delayed. And before this error notification is available, the user may trigger another session. Therefore, it is advised to clean up the session once the playback finishes. We recommend cleanup at the following two places. * When the view controller hosting the post roll ad terminates * When the player is restarted {% endhint %} ```objectivec BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.cleanUp() ``` #### 5. Disable manifest fetching by the SDK If your workflow restricts the manifest to be accessible from both player and the MediaMelon Player SDK simultaneously, then, you can disable the fetch of manifest via `disableManifestsFetch()` in method `_configureMMSDKwithURL()` ```swift private func configureMMSDKWithURL(mediaURL: String, vastURL: String) { . . . BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.cleanUp() BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.disableManifestsFetch(disable: true) BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.initializeAssetForPlayer(assetInfo: assetInfo, registrationInformation: registrationInfo, player: player) } ``` {% hint style="info" %} Note: Disable Manifest Fetch is Optional {% endhint %} #### 5. Add the SSAIManagerDelegate Add the SSAIManagerDelegateto the ViewController class in ViewController.swift ```swift class ViewController: UIViewController, SSAIManagerDelegate ``` **6. Initialize the SSAI Ad Manager** Initialize the SSAI Ad Manager to track the Ads and report Ad related metrics ```swift private func configureMMSDKWithURL(mediaURL: String, vastURL: String) { . . . BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.shared.initialiseSSAIAdManager(mediaUrl: mediaURL, vastUrl: vastURL, isLive: true) } ``` #### 7. Create a new session and update the asset information During playback updateAssetInfo can be used to create a new session and update the asset information. The usage can be seen in the updateAsset function in the ViewController ```swift func updateAsset() { let assetInfo = MMAssetInformation(assetURL: mediaURL, assetID: "RandomID", assetName: "Test Asset", videoId: "123456789") assetInfo.setContentType("Movie") //Type of content (Movie / Special / Clip / Scene) assetInfo.setDrmProtection("Fairplay") //Widevine, Fairplay, Playready etc. Unknown means content is protected, but protection type is unknown. For clear contents, do not set this field assetInfo.setEpisodeNumber("testEpisode") //Sequence Number of the Episode (string). assetInfo.setSeriesTitle("testSeries") //Title of the series assetInfo.setSeason("testSeason") //Season For example - Season1,2,3 etc assetInfo.setGenre("testGenre") //Genre of the content assetInfo.addCustomKVP("CustomKVP1Key", "CustomKVPalue") assetInfo.addCustomKVP("CustomKVP2Key", "CustomKVPValue") assetInfo.setQBRMode(.QBRModeDisabled, withMetaURL: nil) // Create a new session and update the Asset info BitmovinPlayerIntegrationWrapper.updateAssetInfo(assetInfo: assetInfo, player: player) } ``` #### 8. Getting the mediaURL and vastURL from the Session Resolver URL The session resolver URL as provided by Nowtilus needs to be used to provide a redirectedURL which is used to get the mediaURL and the vastURL. This is done in code as follows ```swift private func getURLDetails(url: String, callback: @escaping (_ mediaUrl: String, _ vastUrl: String)->Void) { let request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: url)!) let session = URLSession(configuration: URLSessionConfiguration.default) let task = session.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in DispatchQueue.global().async { if error != nil || data == nil { print("Client error!") return } guard let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse, (200...299).contains(response.statusCode) else { print("Server error!") return } do { print(String(data: data!, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)!) let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: []) as? [String: Any] if let jsonDict = json { var mediaUrl: String = "" var vastUrl: String = "" if let dataString = jsonDict["data"] as? String { let stringArray = dataString.components(separatedBy: "?vast-data=") if stringArray.count > 1 { mediaUrl = stringArray[0] if let decodedData = stringArray[1].replacingOccurrences(of: "3D", with: "=").base64Decoded() { vastUrl = decodedData } callback(mediaUrl, vastUrl) print("test") } } else { if let mUrl = jsonDict["mediaURL"] as? String { mediaUrl = mUrl } if let vUrl = jsonDict["vastURL"] as? String { vastUrl = vUrl } callback(mediaUrl, vastUrl) } } } catch { print("parse JSON error: \(error.localizedDescription)") } print("parse Completed request: \(request.debugDescription)") } } task.resume() } } ``` In the onDownloadFinished event the player returns the redirected URL from the Session Resolver URL. The vastURL is generated for the redirected URL. ```swift func onDownloadFinished(_ event: DownloadFinishedEvent) { var redirectedMediaURL: String? if let redirectionLocation = event.lastRedirectLocation { redirectedMediaURL = redirectionLocation.absoluteString let tempUrl = redirectedMediaURL?.replacingOccurrences(of: "master.m3u8?sid=", with: "") if let urlArr = tempUrl?.components(separatedBy: "&"), urlArr.count > 0 { let vastUrl = urlArr[0] + "/vast.xml" print(vastUrl) if !isMMInitialised { derivedMediaURL = redirectedMediaURL! self.configureMMSDK(mediaURL: redirectedMediaURL!, vastURL: vastUrl) isMMInitialised = true } } } if redirectedMediaURL == nil { redirectedMediaURL = event.url.absoluteString } } ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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