We support the latest versions of Brightcove Live Player 7. Earlier versions of 6 and 7 may work but are not supported by technical support or resolution for issues, nor are retrospectively tested. We recommend that earlier players are tested prior to production use for issues, and that in any case the latest player is used.
Follow these steps to add captions to a Brightcove player:
Open Brightcove, and navigate to the Players section
Click on the Add player button at the top right, and choose a name for your player — something like “Brightcove (Live captions)” might suit. You can also duplicate an existing player.
In the list of players, click on the player you’ve just created
Click on Plugins, and click on the Add a Plugin button
From the dropdown, choose Custom Plugin
Configure the name and URL of the plugin:
Use the following values:
https://app.captionhub.com/embedded/brightcove_plugin
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Some Brightcove environments require you to upload the plugin instead of referencing it by URL. In this case, open the plugin URL above in your browser and save the page locally. Then click Upload file and upload the downloaded plugin.
Because Brightcove does not retain the uploaded filename, add the plugin version to the Options (JSON) field. For example:
{
"version": "<<current version>>"
}
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Click Save
Click the Publish & Embed button at the top right
To verify that you’ve configured your player correctly, go to the Player status page in CaptionHub.