How to Update Kaltura Player (V2)?

Prerequisite Reading:

Kaltura Player Core-Plugins Plugins Available in HTML5 and Flash

In this document you will Learn how to update the Kaltura player (V2).

This document is intended for updating a player on- perm and not for a SaaS User.

You can follow the mwEmbed player repository updates at Kaltura HTML5 player repository and update your mwEmbed when needed.

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Upgrading Kaltura Player version Library:

You can also change the player configuration manually and force only a specific player to use the new Kaltura HTML5 Player V2 version. You would like this option in case that Kaltura is not suggesting to upgrade the player (in the Universal studio), or for any other reason. In order to do it, you need to change the player UI Configuration.

Player UI Configuration

To Change the Player UI Configuration

Get your player UI Conf ID from the Studio or from the embed code you use (under ‘uiconf_id’).
Go to Kaltura Admin Console->UI Confs.
Search the UI Conf.
Select ‘Edit’ Action from the ‘Action’ drop down list.
Change the ‘HTML5 URL:’ path to a new path /html5/html5lib/v2.23/mwEmbedLoader.php
Save the Configuration.

Now your specific player is using the new Kaltura HTML5 Player V2 (mwEmbed) version.

Set up and Configure Kaltura V2 Library

Updating Kaltura HTML5 Player V2 is an easy operation, and requires few simple steps. This document applies for all releases but for ease of reading we will use v2.23. You can replace the version number with any current version at the time of reading.

Download HTML5 Player

Download the latest, or any stable release from Kaltura player releases to your Kaltura server to the HTML5 live folder. for example: *Make sure to call the folder just like the player version.
wget https://github.com/kaltura/mwEmbed/archive/v2.23.tar.gz opt/kaltura/web/html5/html5lib/v2.23
Create LocalSetting.php file from the LocalSetting.KalturaPlatform.php template file: Check that the $kConfPath path is correct and is actually a path to your kConf.php file. Fix the path if incorrect.
cp opt/kaltura/web/html5/html5lib/v2.23/LocalSetting.KalturaPlatform.php opt/kaltura/web/html5/html5lib/v2.23/LocalSetting.php
Update the html5_version config in /opt/kaltura/app/configurations/base.ini to the new version of the mwEmbed player:
vim /opt/kaltura/app/configurations/base.ini
Clear the Kaltura cache and restart Apache:
php /opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/clear_cache.php
sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart.

Start Using the New Player

Check your Universal Studio version. This is configured in studio_version config in /opt/kaltura/app/configurations/base.ini
vim /opt/kaltura/app/configurations/base.ini
This post applies for all Universal Studio versions, but for ease of reading we will use v0.9.7.
Open the studio.ini file, which is located at opt/kaltura/apps/studio/v1.1/studio.ini
vim opt/kaltura/apps/studio/v1.1/studio.ini
Replace the previous player version with the new one in the widgets.studio.config config:
“html5_version”:”v2.23″
“html5lib”:”http://kaltura.local/html5/html5lib/v2.23/mwEmbedLoader.php”
Go to Studio->Universal Studio. Now you can create new players or update the existing ones, using the new Kaltura HTML5 Player V2 version.

Download HTML5 Player for older version of Kaltura Platform

If your Kaltura Platform version is older and doesn’t include the HTML5 studio, then the method above is not good for you and you need to change KMC configuration and re-deploy the KMC.

Check your KMC version in the base.ini configuration file. The KMC version is defined at kmc_version config.
vim /opt/kaltura/app/configurations/base.ini
This post applies for all KMC versions, but for ease of reading we will use v5.37.17.
Open the configuration file of the KMC.
vim /opt/kaltura/web/flash/kmc/v5.37.17/config.ini
Search for ‘html5′ string in the file and replace the HTML5 version with the new Kaltura HTML5 Player V2 version. Save the file.
Re-deploy the KMC:
php /opt/kaltura/app/deployment/uiconf/deploy_v2.php –ini=/opt/kaltura/web/flash/kmc/vX.XX.XX/config.ini

Clear the Kaltura cache and restart Apache:
php /opt/kaltura/app/alpha/scripts/clear_cache.php
sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart.

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