--- title: "Player Editor" url: "https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/how-to-edit-your-channel-player" category: "Players" updated: 2026-10-09 summary: "How to Edit Your Channel Player Overview Players are account-level components that can be created once and assigned to multiple channels. Access and manage them from the Players menu in the Sardius Control Panel sidebar. Creating or Finding a Player Go to Players Click Add Player Enter a Player…" --- # Player Editor ## How to Edit Your Channel Player ### Overview Players are account-level components that can be created once and assigned to multiple channels. Access and manage them from the **Players** menu in the Sardius Control Panel sidebar. ![Player Editor Location](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/fd46c62c3096856defd6.png?width=320) ## Creating or Finding a Player 1. Go to **Players** 2. Click **Add Player** ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 16.26.17@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/0ce1c6795678fe67420d.png) 3. Enter a Player Name and click Create ![Player Editor 2](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/e68aac6fe6d0bdba9b29.webp) — or use the **search bar** to find an existing player by name or player ID 4. Each player's ID is shown at the top of the player's own settings panel (with a one-click copy icon) and can also be copied from a channel's settings for easy reference when troubleshooting ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 16.37.55@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/9e4dabd58e6efe81364f.png) --- ## Features Tab Customizes basic player functionality. - **Player Name:** Change the name of the player. - **Player Type:** Choose between the **Sardius Player** (default, latest features, mobile friendly) or the **Legacy Player** (older code base). _Overlays are not currently supported on the Sardius Player._ > **Note:** The Legacy Player will be retired on **December 31, 2026**, and will no longer be available starting in 2027. - **Use as Background Player:** Turns on Autoplay, Start Muted, and Loop, and hides the control bar/settings chrome — designed for background embeds where the player runs without visible controls. When turned on, other setting toggles will automatically turn off and go gray. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 16.41.51@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/dd02df1bc8a3cf73acf8.png) - **Show Scrub Bar:** Displays the video's playback progress bar. - **Autoplay:** Enables the player to begin playing as soon as it finishes loading. - **Mute Player on Start:** When enabled, the player begins with the sound muted. - **Loop Video:** Allows the video to play on a continuous loop. - **iOS Native on Fullscreen:** When on, uses the native Apple player for fullscreen. If off, the player won't go fullscreen on iOS devices. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.00.12@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/284b4acfbdbc946ae284.png) - **Buffer Time:** Allows you to adjust how many seconds of HLS video the player pre-loads, from 10–90 seconds (default: 90). This only affects **livestreams** — it has no effect on VOD (video-on-demand) content. --- ## Advertising Tab ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.06.45@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/ccf09a9a215fac4600ff.png) ### Ad Scheduling **Pre-Roll Ads:** Add one or more ads that play before content starts. Each can be an MP4 or HLS URL, or an asset already uploaded to your library. **Post-Roll Ads:** Add one or more ads that play after content ends, using the same MP4/HLS/library asset options as Pre-Roll. #### Adding an asset: Click **Add an asset**, then either **Choose asset** from your library or paste a URL directly. **Only MP4 and HLS assets are accepted.** ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.18.27@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/aeabc0e5dc6e268e068e.png) ## ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.17.16@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/4c4890a285404d3dc6b9.png) ### **Advanced Settings for Pre-Roll/Post-Roll Ads:** ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.22.55@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/959e41c33a7bf56f23a9.png) - **Amount:** Sets how many ads play. If this number is lower than the number of assets uploaded, the player randomly selects from the uploaded list each time. - **Skip Ad Button:** Toggle whether viewers can skip the ad. ![cleanshot 2026 09 04 at 09.52.49 2x 360](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/33cb1d0bd98f9d3c2582.png) - **Countdown Timer:** Toggle whether a countdown displays during the ad. (picture) ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.29.49@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/6cf8f0705659718d57d3.png) ### Choose how often the pre-roll should play: ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.10.10@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/341abcdcc80c647d733d.png) - **Once per device** _(default)_: plays the first time someone watches on a given device, then not again unless they clear their browser history - **Every visit**: plays every time someone opens the player - **On a schedule**: replays after a set number of days (e.g., choosing 2 days means a returning viewer sees it again 2 days after their last view) --- ## Appearance Tab Customizes the player's visuals, captions, and controls. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.34.51@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/6f14368f9e9028880079.png) **Customize Captions:** - **Font:** Choose between monospace or proportional serif/sans fonts. - **Size:** Set caption text size as a percentage of default. - **Color:** Set caption text color. - **Background Opacity:** Set how transparent the caption background box appears. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.39.45@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/987cedb3f8a4086e6a9c.png) **Captions On by Default:** When on, captions start enabled for every viewer of this player and override each viewer's own browser/device caption preference. **Scrub Bar Color:** Set via hex code or color picker. **Control Bar Icons:** A toggle enables customizing which icons show and where. Once enabled, drag icons between three columns — **Left side**, **Right side**, and **Hidden** — to set what viewers see and in what order. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.41.43@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/81746c61a79ef49c6248.png) Available icons: Play/Pause, Closed Captions (CC), Volume, Airplay, Casting, Settings Menu, Full Screen, Skip Back, and Picture in Picture. (picture) **Settings Menu:** The Settings Menu itself is one of the draggable icons above, and expands to 5 individually configurable items — Quality, Playback Speed, Subtitles, Audio Track, and Languages — each of which can be shown/hidden, reordered, and renamed independently within the menu. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.43.09@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/af852520a8392a549d2c.png) --- ## Security Tab ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.45.12@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/58a76f28a068082fc22c.png) - **Secure Stream:** Encrypts content origin URLs and lets you add rules that deny access if a viewer doesn't meet certain criteria (e.g., geo-restrictions) — restrict by city, continent, country, postal code, or time zone. - **Tokenization:** Generates a JWT token to access player content for additional security (does not automatically update existing URLs). Includes an **Encryption Key Generator** field. --- ## History Tab Displays a table of Action, Date, and User for the most recent change made to the player's configuration. ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.46.30@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/e6cd2b6327fee349b58c.png) --- ## Assigning a Player to a Channel 1. Go to the desired **Channel** 2. Select **Stream** from the menu, then click **Settings** ![CleanShot 2026 09 04 at 17.49.46@2x](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/83025a717aad7a2f57ec.png) 3. Choose the player from the dropdown and save — this sets the default player for all content within that channel