Interface & Styling – Storm JavaScript Player

In this guide, you will learn about the parameters related to the interface and styling that you can customize using the Storm Player configuration object.

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Loader
Progress bar
Cue point
Unmute label
Icons
Background
Text
Waiting room rings
Border radius
Big play button
Timeline
Auto GUI hide

Live Source Code

                            
/**
 * Standard player configuration object
 */
const playerConfig = {
    containerID: "container",
    width: "100%",
    aspectRatio: "16:9",
    title: "Awesome live stream",
    subtitle: "This is going to be epic!",
    interface: {
        showBigPlayBTN: true,
        showTimeline: false,
        autoGUIHide: true,
        autoGUIHideTime: 3,
        nativeMobileGUI: true
    },
    style: {
        loaderColor: "#ffffff",
        progressBar: {
            gradientColor1: "#ff915a",
            gradientColor2: "#ff785a"
        },
        cuePoint: {
            gradientColor1: "#ff915a",
            gradientColor2: "#ff785a"
        },
        unmuteLabel: {
            backgroundColor: "#ffffff",
            primaryColor: "#000000"
        },
        icons: {
            primaryColor: "#ffffff",
            secondaryColor: "#000000",
            activeColor: "#ff915a",
            errorColor: "#df0f33"
        },
        backgroundColor: "#000000",
        text: {
            titleColor: "#ffffff",
            subtitleColor: "#ffffff",
            errorColor: "#ffffff"
        },
        waitingRoomRings: {
            gradientColor1: "#ff915a",
            gradientColor2: "#ff785a"
        },
        borderRadius: "10px",
        watermark: {
            imgURL: "image_url.jpg",
            position: "bottom_right"
        }
    }
};

/**
* Each player instance must be provided with both player (gui) and library configs
*/
const storm = stormPlayer(playerConfig, streamConfig);
                        

Explanation and Description of Individual Fields

Parameter nameParameter typeRequiredDefaultDescription
interface:showTimelinebooleannofalseIf set to "true", the player will display a progress bar. This function should be enabled for DVR options.
interface:showBigPlayBTNbooleannotrueDetermines whether a large "Play" button should be displayed at the center of the screen on the player.
interface:autoGUIHidebooleannotrueDetermines whenever the player interface should disappear in case of no user interaction.
interface:autoGUIHideTimenumberno3The number of seconds after which the player interface disappears in case of no user interaction.
loaderColorstringno#ffffffDefault color for the loader.
progressBar:gradientColor1stringno#ff915aThe first color of the progress bar gradient.
progressBar:gradientColor2stringno#ff785aThe second color of the progress bar gradient.
progressBar:cuePoint1stringno#ff915aThe first color of the cue point gradient.
progressBar:cuePoint2stringno#ff785aThe second color of the cue point gradient.
unmuteLabel:backgroundColorstringno#ffffffThe background color of the side bar indicating the need to unmute the volume.
unmuteLabel:primaryColorstringno#000000The color of the text and icon on the side bar indicating the need to unmute the volume.
icons:primaryColorstringno#ffffffThe main color for interface icons.
icons:secondaryColorstringno#000000The second additional color for interface icons.
icons:activeColorstringno#ff915aThe color for active elements, such as on mouse hover.
icons:errorColorstringno#df0f33The color for icons indicating an error.
backgroundColorstringno#000000The background color of the player.
waitingRoomRings:gradientColor1stringno#ff915aThe first color of the rings gradient.
waitingRoomRings:gradientColor2stringno#ff785aThe second color of the rings gradient.
text:titleColorstringno#ffffffThe color of the stream title.
text:subtitleColorstringno#ffffffThe color of the stream subtitle.
text:errorColorstringno#ffffffThe color of the text indicating an error.
borderRadiusstringno10pxThe border radius size of the player.
watermark:imgURLstringno-The address to the PNG/JPG/GIF file with the watermark.
watermark:positionstringnobottom_rightThe position where the watermark should appear. Possible values are "bottom_right" and "bottom_left".
Table 1. Explanation and description of individual fields table.
Next Step

For the next step please check our Storm JavaScript Player - Translations guide where you’ll learn how to customize your player messages.

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