What is a video player SDK?

A video player SDK is a prebuilt player you embed in your app instead of building playback from scratch. FastPix Player ships one SDK per platform, web, iOS, Android, Flutter, and React Native, with adaptive bitrate, DRM, captions, and analytics built in.

How do I embed a video player in my app?

Store the playback ID and render the FastPix React component, or drop the SDK into iOS, Android, Flutter, or React Native. The web player is a framework-agnostic HTML5 player you can embed anywhere.

Is the FastPix Player really free?

Yes. No per-MAU licensing. Included with FastPix VOD + Live usage. You pay for video minutes; the player is free.

Does it work without FastPix VOD or Live?

It's optimized to work with FastPix playback IDs. If you serve from another source, the FastPix player can play any HLS stream, but Video Data integration only fires for FastPix playback IDs.

How do I migrate from JW Player or Bitmovin?

Swap the player SDK with the FastPix one, pass the playback ID. Video Data integration ships automatically; no separate beacon to wire up. FastPix vs JW Player.

How do I customize the player to match my brand?

CSS variables for theme, attributes for behavior, slots for custom controls. Full theme tokens in the docs.

Yes. Widevine on web and Android, FairPlay on iOS, both via the playback policy you set on the asset.

Can I use it with React, Next.js, Remix?

Yes. React component shipped as @fastpix/player-react. Server-side rendering supported.

How does Video Data know about player events?

The FastPix Player fires events directly to Video Data. No separate SDK to install. Video Data also tracks 11 other 3rd-party players (Shaka, HLS.js, Video.js, etc.) when you wire up the data SDK separately.

How is FastPix Player different from JW Player?

JW Player is player-first with broader ad-stitching ecosystem and longer track record. FastPix Player is API-first, free, with native 9:16 vertical mode and Video Data analytics built in. Full comparison.

Samsung Tizen and LG webOS are supported via the web player SDK. Native Smart TV apps for Roku, Apple TV, FireTV are on the roadmap.

Can I theme the captions?

Yes. Color, background, font, position, opacity all configurable. WCAG-compliant defaults.

How big is the player bundle?

Under 200KB gzipped for the web player, lazy-loaded by default. Mobile SDK sizes vary; check the docs for current numbers.

Does the player handle ABR + bandwidth changes?

Yes. Adaptive bitrate based on network conditions. Smooth rendition switching with no rebuffer.

How do I monitor playback issues?

Every session reports to Video Data with QoE scores, error codes, rebuffer events, and your custom dimensions. Drill from a flagged session to the exact error in one click.

Video player SDK

Open-source video player for web, mobile, and TV

FastPix Player is a free, open-source video player for web, iOS, Android, Flutter, and TV. Native support for both vertical 9:16 and horizontal 16:9, with adaptive bitrate, DRM, captions, and analytics built in. Embed the React component, or drop in the SDK for your platform.

Start building free Read the docs

1import { FastPixPlayer } from "@fastpix/player-react";
2
3<FastPixPlayer
4  playbackId={asset.playback_id}
5  customDimensions={{
6    account_id,
7    plan_tier,
8    episode_id,
9  }}
10/>

5 SDK surfaces web, iOS, Android, Flutter, RN 9:16 native vertical-first by default Free no per-MAU licensing

Trusted by product teams shipping video at scale, from vertical microdrama and news to edtech. NVIDIA Inception and Google Cloud partner.

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

Use cases

One player for short-form, OTT, and everything between.

Ship a vertical short-form feed.

Full-bleed 9:16 with swipe-to-next and tier-gating, built for microdrama and UGC, not a 16:9 player squeezed onto a phone. AAO NXT ships premium microdrama on it.

Use one player on every platform.

Web, iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, and TV share one API and one brand theme. Knovo shipped a learning product across three platforms without a three-platform team.

Match your brand and pass accessibility.

Theme every control with CSS variables and ship WCAG 2.1 AA out of the box, with no forking the player and no accessibility retrofit later.

How it works

Five surfaces, one consistent API.

TL;DR: 3 calls from install to playback

Install the SDK

One SDK per platform: @fastpix/player-react, iOS Swift, Android Kotlin, Flutter, React Native.

Pass a playback ID

Get the playback ID from a VOD asset or live stream. Same ID format across all five SDKs.

Customize + collect

Theme via tokens, attach custom dimensions for analytics, override controls as needed.

Vertical mode

Vertical 9:16 playback, built in not bolted on.

Short-form products need a real vertical player, not a 16:9 player squeezed into a phone. FastPix ships full-bleed 9:16 with swipe-to-next, tier-gating, and tap gestures out of the box. Horizontal 16:9 works too.

Full-bleed 9:16 mobile playback
Swipe to next episode, configurable
Tier-gate unlock after N episodes
Tap-to-pause and double-tap-to-skip

Cross-platform

One SDK per platform, one consistent API.

Embed the React component on the web, or drop in the native SDK for iOS, Android, Flutter, or React Native. Same customization API, same metadata schema, same reporting everywhere, plus Smart TV via the web SDK.

Framework-agnostic HTML5 player plus a React component
iOS AVPlayer-backed, Android AndroidX Media3-backed
Flutter and React Native SDKs
Samsung Tizen and LG webOS via the web SDK

Branding and accessibility

Theme it to your brand, ship it WCAG 2.1 AA.

Match every color, control, and caption with CSS variables, without forking the player. Keyboard navigation and screen-reader labels come standard, so playback is WCAG 2.1 AA out of the box.

Theme colors, controls, and captions with CSS variables
Custom controls slot and configurable watermark
Keyboard navigation and screen-reader labels
Captions styling API, UI in 10+ languages

1<FastPixPlayer
2  playbackId="abc123"
3  theme={{
4    primaryColor: "#6D22CD",
5    accentColor: "#8EF3D8",
6    captionsStyle: "black-on-white",
7    controlsStyle: "minimal",
8  }}
9/>

Playback and DRM

Adaptive bitrate and studio DRM on every platform.

The player streams HLS, DASH, and LL-HLS with adaptive bitrate that switches renditions without a rebuffer, and protects premium content with multi-DRM. Picture-in-picture, ChromeCast, AirPlay, and offline downloads are included.

Adaptive bitrate over HLS, DASH, and LL-HLS
HEVC and AV1 playback
Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady DRM
Picture-in-picture, ChromeCast, AirPlay, offline downloads

Analytics

QoE analytics built into the player.

Every playback session reports to Video Data with no extra integration. Tag sessions with a viewer ID and up to 10 custom dimensions, then slice QoE, retention, and errors by any of them.

Native Video Data, no separate beacon to wire
56 dimensions per session, 10 customizable
Real-time stream plus warehouse webhook
Drill from a flagged session to the exact error

Analytics

AnalyticsNative Video Data

Dimensions56 (46 + 10)

DeliveryReal-time + webhook

CostIncluded, free tier

Security, compliance, and partnerships

PartnerNVIDIA Inception

PartnerGoogle Cloud Partner

Customers

“We didn't want to maintain an in-house mobile player. The FastPix vertical player handled the tier-gated drama UX built in. Our team focused on content licensing.”

AAO NXT product team

Premium vertical microdrama

“Same player on web and mobile, same analytics, same brand customization. We shipped a learning product across 3 platforms without a 3-platform engineering team.”

Knovo engineering team

Microlearning AI search

Native player SDK surfaces

Web, iOS, Android, Flutter, RN

Player surfaces tracked by Video Data

Including 3rd-party

9:16

Vertical-first, no retrofit

AAO NXT verified

Capabilities that ship

Six key capabilities

Vertical 9:16 native mode

Full-bleed mobile, swipe-to-next, tier-gate unlock. No CSS hacks.

Vertical player guide

Theme via CSS variables

Match your brand without forking. Override colors, controls, captions, watermarks.

Theming guide

WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility

Keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels, configurable captions. Audit-ready.

Accessibility checklist

DRM playback (Widevine + FairPlay)

Studio-grade content protection on every platform via the standard DRM hooks.

DRM playback guide

Custom dimensions for analytics

Tag every session with viewer-id, account-id, plan-tier, episode-id. Slice retention by any axis in Video Data.

Custom dimensions guide

Smart TV support (Tizen + webOS)

Samsung Tizen and LG webOS playback via the web SDK. Native CTV apps for Roku, Apple TV, FireTV on the roadmap.

Verified performance, Player

<200KB

Web player bundle (gzipped)

Lazy-loaded by default

Native SDK surfaces

Web, iOS, Android, Flutter, RN

Player surfaces tracked by Video Data

Including 3rd-party players

Per-MAU licensing fee

Free with FastPix

Platform support

One player. Every platform.

The same feature set across Web, iOS, Android, and Flutter.

Feature	Web	iOS	Android	Flutter
PlaybackOn-demand, live, custom domain, token-secured
Fullscreen support
Loop
Autoplay
Volume controlsOn-screen, mute / unmute
Picture-in-picture (PiP)
SeekForward & rewind
Sprite-sheet thumbnailsHover / scrub preview
Skip segmentIntro, credits, song
Playback-rate control
Video-quality switching
Audio-track switching
DRMWidevine, FairPlay, PlayReady
Subtitle-track switching
Adaptive bitrate (ABR)
AnalyticsBuilt-in Video Data
Playlist support
Preloading & precaching
Network-based playback
ChromeCast
AirPlay
Offline downloads
Customizable UI

AI-powered, with In-Video AI

Add AI to playback with In-Video AI

The player pairs with In-Video AI and Video Data, so you can layer intelligence onto playback without a second vendor.

Summaries and recaps

Show an AI episode summary or a "previously on" recap before playback, generated by In-Video AI.

Scene and dialogue search

Let viewers jump to a moment by asking, find the wedding scene, powered by In-Video AI video search.

Who is on screen

Surface character and cast information during playback, built on In-Video AI scene analysis, metadata, and more, which teams adapt and tune to their own catalog and requirements.

Personalized next-to-watch suggestions build on Video Data engagement signals plus your own recommendation logic.

Tech specs

What FastPix Player handles.

Platforms, codecs, captions, DRM, analytics integration.

Native SDKs

Web (framework-agnostic)

Web (React)

iOS Swift

Android Kotlin

Flutter

React Native

Smart TV

Samsung Tizen (via web SDK)

LG webOS (via web SDK)

Roku (roadmap)

Apple TV (roadmap)

FireTV (roadmap)

Streaming protocols

HLS

DASH

LL-HLS

HEVC

AV1

DRM

Widevine (web/Android)

FairPlay (iOS)

PlayReady

Captions

WebVTT

SRT

CEA-608

CEA-708

TTML

Burn-in

Customization

CSS variable theming

Custom controls slot

Watermark configurable

Aspect ratio modes

Locale support

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA

Keyboard navigation

Screen-reader labels

Captions styling API

Reduced motion support

Analytics

Native Video Data SDK

56 dimensions per session

10 custom dimensions

Real-time stream

Warehouse webhook

Questions developers ask

Player questions, answered.

What is a video player SDK?
A video player SDK is a prebuilt player you embed in your app instead of building playback from scratch. FastPix Player ships one SDK per platform, web, iOS, Android, Flutter, and React Native, with adaptive bitrate, DRM, captions, and analytics built in.
How do I embed a video player in my app?
Store the playback ID and render the FastPix React component, or drop the SDK into iOS, Android, Flutter, or React Native. The web player is a framework-agnostic HTML5 player you can embed anywhere.
Is the FastPix Player really free?
Yes. No per-MAU licensing. Included with FastPix VOD + Live usage. You pay for video minutes; the player is free.
Does it work without FastPix VOD or Live?
It's optimized to work with FastPix playback IDs. If you serve from another source, the FastPix player can play any HLS stream, but Video Data integration only fires for FastPix playback IDs.
How do I migrate from JW Player or Bitmovin?
Swap the player SDK with the FastPix one, pass the playback ID. Video Data integration ships automatically; no separate beacon to wire up. FastPix vs JW Player.
How do I customize the player to match my brand?
CSS variables for theme, attributes for behavior, slots for custom controls. Full theme tokens in the docs.
Does it support DRM?
Yes. Widevine on web and Android, FairPlay on iOS, both via the playback policy you set on the asset.
Can I use it with React, Next.js, Remix?
Yes. React component shipped as @fastpix/player-react. Server-side rendering supported.
How does Video Data know about player events?
The FastPix Player fires events directly to Video Data. No separate SDK to install. Video Data also tracks 11 other 3rd-party players (Shaka, HLS.js, Video.js, etc.) when you wire up the data SDK separately.
How is FastPix Player different from JW Player?
JW Player is player-first with broader ad-stitching ecosystem and longer track record. FastPix Player is API-first, free, with native 9:16 vertical mode and Video Data analytics built in. Full comparison.
What about Smart TV?
Samsung Tizen and LG webOS are supported via the web player SDK. Native Smart TV apps for Roku, Apple TV, FireTV are on the roadmap.
Can I theme the captions?
Yes. Color, background, font, position, opacity all configurable. WCAG-compliant defaults.
How big is the player bundle?
Under 200KB gzipped for the web player, lazy-loaded by default. Mobile SDK sizes vary; check the docs for current numbers.
Does the player handle ABR + bandwidth changes?
Yes. Adaptive bitrate based on network conditions. Smooth rendition switching with no rebuffer.
How do I monitor playback issues?
Every session reports to Video Data with QoE scores, error codes, rebuffer events, and your custom dimensions. Drill from a flagged session to the exact error in one click.

Pricing

The player is free, the infra is per minute.

No per-MAU licensing and no per-domain fees. Pay for the video minutes; the player is free. See full pricing.

PLAYER SDKS

Free, all features, open source.

$0/ month

Web component + React wrapper, iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native. No per-seat or per-domain fees.

Open-source on GitHub
9:16 vertical mode
Full theming + accessibility

VIDEO DATA — FREE

100K session plays / month.

$0/ month

QoE analytics bundled. 56 dimensions per session, recurring free allowance — not a trial.

100K session plays / month
56 dimensions per session
30 days data retention

DRM (OPTIONAL)

Studio-grade DRM playback.

$99/ month + $0.004 / license

Widevine + FairPlay + PlayReady issuance. Same pricing on VOD; $100/month + $0.006/license on live.

Widevine + FairPlay + PlayReady
Signed playback URLs
Studio-grade key delivery

Three ways to get unstuck

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Engineering support

Talk to a video engineer.

Stuck on an API call, a webhook signature, or a player integration? Reach the engineering team directly. Response within hours, not days.

Contact engineering

Integration help

Docs, code samples, video tutorials.

Self-serve resources for the most common integrations. Quickstart guides, SDK examples, and detailed playback logs in your dashboard.

Browse the docs

Solution architect

Plan the rollout with a human.

New integration, migration off another platform, or a complex multi-tenant build. Book a session with a FastPix solution architect.

Join the Slack community

Developer resources

Open-source video player for web, mobile, and TV

One player for short-form, OTT, and everything between.

Five surfaces, one consistent API.

Vertical 9:16 playback, built in not bolted on.

One SDK per platform, one consistent API.

Theme it to your brand, ship it WCAG 2.1 AA.

Adaptive bitrate and studio DRM on every platform.

QoE analytics built into the player.

Six key capabilities

Vertical 9:16 native mode

Theme via CSS variables

WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility

DRM playback (Widevine + FairPlay)

Custom dimensions for analytics

Smart TV support (Tizen + webOS)

One player. Every platform.

Add AI to playback with In-Video AI

Summaries and recaps

Scene and dialogue search

Who is on screen

What FastPix Player handles.

Native SDKs

Smart TV

Streaming protocols

DRM

Captions

Customization

Accessibility

Analytics

Player questions, answered.

What is a video player SDK?

How do I embed a video player in my app?

Is the FastPix Player really free?

Does it work without FastPix VOD or Live?

The player is free, the infra is per minute.

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Everything you need to start building.

Five-minute quick-start

Full API reference

Webhook reference

Code samples

Slack community

Service status