# Methods

To call a method or to receive information from the player, just use the player instance to call them.

```javascript
// Call the play method
player.play()
```

## Available Methods

### **Player controls**

| Method          | Type   | Description        |
| --------------- | ------ | ------------------ |
| fullscreen      | -      |                    |
| exitfullscreen  | -      |                    |
| enableControls  | -      |                    |
| disableControls | -      |                    |
| destroy         | -      |                    |
| getVersion      | -      |                    |
| load            | string | Loads a new dataid |

### **Media controls**

| Method                | Type              | Description                                                   |
| --------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| play                  | -                 |                                                               |
| pause                 | -                 |                                                               |
| unmute                | -                 |                                                               |
| mute                  | -                 |                                                               |
| volume                | Integer \[0.1..1] | Sets the volume. E.g. for 50% volume use 0.5                  |
| seek                  | Integer           |                                                               |
| getVideoInfo          |                   |                                                               |
| getCurrentTime        |                   |                                                               |
| getDuration           |                   |                                                               |
| getStreamType         |                   |                                                               |
| getLiveDelayInSeconds |                   |                                                               |
| getProcessingStatus   | Boolan            | VoD only: method to check, if the video is already transcoded |

### **Subtitles / Captions**

| Method       | Type    | Description |
| ------------ | ------- | ----------- |
| getSubtitles | Object  |             |
| subtitle     | Integer |             |

### **AudioTracks**

| Method         | Type    | Description |
| -------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| getAudioTracks | Object  |             |
| audiotrack     | Integer |             |

### **Ads**

| Method    | Type   | Description                                                                                                                    |
| --------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| requestAd | String | Triggers a midroll. Pre- and PostRolls will still be called anyway. requestAd() or requestAd(url) if specifying an ad tag url. |

### **Sidebar**

| Method         | Type   | Description |
| -------------- | ------ | ----------- |
| setSideBarHTML | String |             |
| showSideBar    |        |             |
| showSideBar    |        |             |

### Playlists

| Method           | Type   | Description                                       |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| next             |        | Plays the next item in the playlist               |
| previous         |        | Plays the previous item in the playlist           |
| getPlaylistItems |        | Retrieves a list of all playlist items            |
| PlaylistItem     | Number | Sets the current active Playlist Item to given ID |


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