Bitmovin Android v3.73 with Content Provider Metrics

This page describes the integration of the MediaMelon Player SDK with Bitmovin Player on the Android platform

Prerequisites

1. Bitmovin Android Sample Player https://github.com/bitmovin/bitmovin-player-android-samples

2. MediaMelon SmartSight SDKsmartstreaming-release.aar

3. MediaMelon-assigned Customer ID

If you do not know your Customer ID contact MediaMelon at [e-mail]

Step 1: Set up the build environment

The SDK files are added to the build environment and the required network permissions are enabled.

1. Copy smartstreaming-release.aar provided with the release package to BasicPlayback/smartstreaming-release.aar

2. Add network permissions to

   app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

3. Add the following library to BasicPlayback/build.gradle :-

   dependencies {
       ...
       implementation("com.github.MediamelonSDK:mediamelon_bitmovin_sdk:1.0.14")
       ...
   }

Step 2: Integrate MediaMelon Player SDK Code to Basic Playback App

The player application must register the MediaMelon Player SDK and provide player information once when the application launches. Please note that values provided in this integration step persist across video sessions. This is typically done when the player itself is initialised.

import com.mediamelon.qubit.ep.ContentMetadata;
import com.mediamelon.smartstreaming.MMAVAssetInformation;
import com.mediamelon.smartstreaming.MMPlayerState;
import com.mediamelon.smartstreaming.MMRegistrationInformation;
import com.mediamelon.smartstreaming.MMSmartStreaming;
import com.mediamelon.smartstreaming.bitmovin.MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor;

Note:

Please provide the hashSubscriberId value in setSubscriberInformation(), hashSubscriberId boolean variable indicates whether the SUBSCRIBER_ID to be hashed or not.

Use the setIsLive API to set true for a live stream and false for a VOD stream. If not set here, SDK will set it internally.

MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.setIsLive(true);

protected void initializePlayer() {
    //Player creation
    player = Player.create(this);
    playerView.setPlayer(player);

    // MediaMelon
    MMAVAssetInformation assetInformation = new MMAVAssetInformation("ASSET_ID", "ASSET_NAME", "VIDEO_ID");
    String jsonAssetInfo = assetInformation.toJSON();
    MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.JsonFromClient = jsonAssetInfo;
    
    MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor mmSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor  = new MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor(getApplicationContext()) ;
    
    MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.enableLogTrace(false); //set this to false before releasing to production
    MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.setIsLive(true);

    MMRegistrationInformation registrationInformation = new MMRegistrationInformation("CUSTOMER_ID", "PLAYER_NAME");
    registrationInformation.setPlayerInformation("PLAYER_BRAND", "PLAYER_MODEL", "PLAYER_VERSION");
    registrationInformation.setDomain("DOMAIN_NAME");
    boolean hashSubscriberId = true; 
    registrationInformation.setSubscriberInformation("SUBSCRIBER_ID", "SUBSCRIBER_TYPE", "SUBSCRIBER_TAG", hashSubscriberId);
   
    String url  = "STREAM_URL";
    mmSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.setContentProviderDetails(url);
    mmSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.setURL(url);  
    
     MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.setPlayerRegistrationInformation(registrationInformation, player, this);

    //load the source into the player
    SourceConfig sourceConfiguration = new SourceConfig(url, SourceType.Hls);
    Source playerSource  = Source.create(sourceConfiguration);
    this.player.load(playerSource);
}

Step 3 : Report Content Metadata

To enable Content Metadata , user need to include the following package in BasicPlayback app.

import com.mediamelon.qubit.ep.ContentMetada;

ContentMetadata cm  = new ContentMetadata();

cm.videoId="VIDEO_ID";
cm.seriesTitle="SERIES_TITLE";
cm.season="SEASON";
cm.genre="GENRE";
cm.episodeNumber="EPISODE_NUMBER";
cm.drmProtection="DRM_PROTECTION";
cm.contentType="CONTENT_TYPE";
cm.assetName="ASSET_NAME";
cm.assetId="ASSET_ID";

JSONObject jsonObj = cm.getJSONObject();
MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.contentMetadataFromUser = jsonObj;

Step 4: Report custom metadata (Optional)

mmSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.reportCustomMetadata("KEY", "VALUE");

Step 5: Report Ended State to the SDK

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    playerView.onDestroy();
    super.onDestroy();
    MMSmartStreaming.getInstance().reportPlayerState(MMPlayerState.STOPPED);
}

Step 6: Update assetInfo dynamically (Optional)

If Asset Information needs to be updated dynamically during the live session without re-initiating the player, then the "updateAssetInfo” API can be used to update the new AssetInfo.

Note:

1. This API must be called for updating asset info for the live streams only

2. This API must be called after the Player has started the playback of the live stream.

3. New Asset Info Object will override the previous values, hence set all the fields that are required every time before calling this API.

MMAVAssetInformation newAssetInformation = new MMAVAssetInformation("ASSET_ID", "ASSET_NAME", "VIDEO_ID");
MMSmartStreamingBitmovinAdaptor.updateAssetInfo(newAssetInformation, player, "SEASON","GENRE","EPISODE_NUMBER","CONTENT_TYPE","VIDEO_TYPE","DRM_PROTECTION","SERIES_TITLE");

Variable	Description
PLAYER_NAME	String containing the player version (e.g. “Bitmovin_Android_Player_2.28.0”).
CUSTOMER_ID	String containing your MediaMelon-assigned Customer ID.
SUBSCRIBER_ID	String containing your subscriber’s ID. If you do not use subscriber IDs, enter null
DOMAIN_NAME	String containing your section of your subscriber or assets. (Optional)
SUBSCRIBER_TYPE	String containing the subscriber type (e.g. “Free”, “Paid”). If you do not use subscriber types, enter null
SUBSCRIBER_TAG	String containing an additional subscriber-specific information. This is sent in clear (not hashed) to SmartSight and it is advised to not send sensitive information in this field.
ASSET_ID	String containing Asset Id.
ASSET_NAME	String containing Asset Name.
VIDEO_ID	String containing your video’s ID. If you do not use videos IDs, enter null.
PLAYER_BRAND	String containing the player brand (e.g. “bitmovin”).
PLAYER_MODEL	String containing the player model. For example - This could be a variant of player. Say name of third party player used by organisation. Or any human readable name of the player.
PLAYER_VERSION	String containing the player version.