Player state parameters

Last update: April 23, 2025

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This topic presents a list of player state data that Adobe collects via solution variables.

Table data description:

  • Implementation: Information on implementation values and requirements

    • Key - Variable, set either manually in your app, or automatically by the Adobe Media SDK.
    • Required - Indicates whether the parameter is required for basic video tracking.
    • Type - Specifies the type of the variable to be set, string or number.
    • Sent With - Indicates when the data is sent: Media Start is the analytics call sent on media start, Ad Start is the analytics call sent on ad start, and so on; the Close calls are the compiled analytics calls sent directly from the heartbeat server to the analytics server at the end of the media session, or the end of the ad, chapter, etc. The close calls are not available in network packet calls.
    • Min. SDK Version - Indicates which SDK version you would need to access the parameter.
    • Sample Value - Provides example of common variable usage.

  • Network Parameters: Displays the values that are passed to Adobe Analytics or Heartbeat servers. This column shows the names of the parameters that are seen in the network calls generated by Adobe Media SDKs.

  • Reporting: Information on how to view and analyze the video data.

    • Available - Indicates whether the data is available in reporting by default (Yes), or requires custom set-up (Custom)
    • Reserved Variable - Indicates whether the data is captured as an event, eVar, prop, or classification in a reserved variable.
    • Report Name - Name of Adobe Aanlytics report for variable
    • Context Data - Name of the Adobe Analytics context data passed to the reporting server and used in processing rules.
    • Data Feed - Column name for variable found in Clickstream or Live Stream data feeds
    • Audience Manager - Trait name found in Adobe Audience Manager
IMPORTANT
Do not change the classification names for any variables listed below that are described under Reporting/Reserved Variable as “classification”.
The media classifications are defined when a report suite is enabled for media tracking. From time to time, Adobe adds new properties, and, when this occurs, customers must re-enable their report suites to get access to the new media properties. During the update process Adobe determines whether the classifications are enabled by checking the names of the variables. If any of them is missing, Adobe adds the missing ones again.

Player State Properties

The player state tracking capabilities can be attached to an audio or video stream. Standardized player state tracking metrics are stored as solution variables. The standard states are: fullscreen, mute, closedCaptioning, pictureInPicture, and inFocus.

Full Screen Properties

Streams Impacted by Full Screen

ImplementationNetwork ParametersReporting
  • SDK Key
    Automatically set
  • API Key
    N/A
  • Required
    No
  • Type
    number
  • Sent with
    Media Close
  • Min. SDK Version
    3.0
  • Sample Value
    TRUE
  • Description
    The number of streams impacted by Full Screen. This metric is set to 1 only if at least one Full Screen State occurred during a playback session.
    Important
    If this event is set, the only possible value is TRUE. If this event is not set, no value is sent.
  • Adobe Analytics
    a.media.states.fullscreen.set
  • Heartbeat
    N/A
  • Available
    Yes
  • Reserved Variable
    event
  • Report Name
    Streams Impacted by Full Screen
  • Context Data
    a.media.states.fullscreen.set
  • Data Feed
    videostatefullscreen
  • Audience Manager
    c_contextdata.a.media.states.fullscreen.set
  • XDM Field Path: (Deprecated)
    media.mediaTimed.primaryAssetViewDetails.
    fullScreen.playerStateSet
  • Reporting XDM Field Path:
    mediaReporting.states.[N].isSet