Vega Media Controls attributes and features

The commands and attributes your app receives are determined by three mechanisms in your manifest configuration: core commands and attributes (always delivered without any configuration), optional commands (individually enabled via command_options), and feature-gated commands and attributes (enabled in groups via features). The sections below describe each command and attribute and how it is enabled. For implementation details and code examples, see Get started with Vega Media Controls.

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Core attributes

These attributes are always available without any additional manifest configuration:

• ActiveMediaId
• ActiveVideo
• AvailableActions
• AvailableBackwardSkip
• AvailableForwardSkip
• AvailableRatings
• AvailableSpeeds
• CurrentRating
• CurrentState
• CustomControlsState
• MediaSessionStates
• RepeatMode
• ShuffleEnabled

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Feature-gated attributes

These attributes are only available when their corresponding feature is included in the features array:

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Core commands

These commands are always available without any additional manifest configuration:

• EnableShuffle
• GetMediaSessionState
• GetMetadata
• Pause
• Play
• SendCustomAction
• SetAudioVolume
• SetPlaybackSpeed
• SetRating
• SetRepeatMode
• Stop
• TogglePlayPause

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Feature-gated commands

These commands are only available when their corresponding feature is included in the features array. If you don’t include the feature, your app doesn’t receive these commands even if you implement the handlers.

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Optional commands

The following commands can be individually enabled by adding them to the command_options array in your manifest. If you don’t list a command here, your app won’t receive requests for it:

• Next
• Previous
• SkipBackward
• SkipForward
• StartOver

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Features

You can specify the following features for Vega Media Controls. Each feature enables a group of related commands and attributes.

• AdvancedSeek — Enables seek functionality and time-based playback attributes.
  • provided attributes
    • Duration
    • PlaybackSpeed
    • SampledPosition
    • SeekRangeEnd
    • SeekRangeStart
    • StartTime
  • provided commands
    • Seek
• AudioTracks — Enables audio track selection.
  • provided attributes
    • ActiveAudioTrack
    • AvailableAudioTracks
  • provided commands
    • ActivateAudioTrack
• TextTracks — Enables text track (subtitle/caption) display.
  • provided attributes
    • ActiveTextTrack
    • AvailableTextTracks
  • provided commands
    • ActivateTextTrack
    • DeactivateTextTrack
• VariableSpeed — Enables fast forward and rewind commands. You must include this feature to receive FastForward and Rewind events.
  • provided commands
    • FastForward
    • Rewind

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Related topics

• Get started with Vega Media Controls
• Vega Media Controls Overview