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# Playback Control

The SDK also allows to control all Playback Mechanisms of the Player in every Moment. The **`_play.control.interact`** Namespace is used for these Functions.

There are two Ways to control a Player Instances Playback:

* it is possible to use the global **`_play.control.interact.*`** Method with the Use of a Container-ID Parameter.
* it is possible to call the Method directly on the Player Instance Object (returned by every **`_play.control.addPlayer*`** Method)

####

### General Playback

```javascript
_play.control.interact.play(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```javascript
_play.control.interact.pause(CONTAINER-ID,canBeResumed)
```

```javascript
//starts play, if paused and pauses if currently playing.
_play.control.interact.toggle(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```javascript
//is identical to play() on an Instance in "paused" State
_play.control.interact.resume(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```javascript
//only possible on a Player Instance, that has not been started yet, but is ready to start
_play.control.interact.startMuted(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.mute(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.unmute(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.seekTo(CONTAINER-ID,time)
```

```
_play.control.interact.seekBy(CONTAINER-ID,time)
```

```
_play.control.interact.setVolume(CONTAINER-ID,[0.1-1])
```

```
_play.control.interact.setPlaybackSpeed(CONTAINER-ID,[-1:2])
```

```
_play.control.interact.setAudioTrack(CONTAINER-ID,lang,role)
```

```
_play.control.interact.setTextTrack(CONTAINER-ID,lang,role)
```

```
_play.control.interact.hideTextTrack(CONTAINER-ID)
```

### Playback of multiple Items within a Media Container

```javascript
//swap to the next Item in a Container Element (Playlist, Collection, AudioAlbum etc)
_play.control.interact.next(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```javascript
//swap to the previous Item in a Container Element (Playlist, Collection, AudioAlbum etc)
_play.control.interact.previous(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```javascript
//swap to exactly this Position of the Item List
_play.control.interact.swapToPosition(CONTAINER-ID,position)
```

### Playback Mode

```javascript
//this Command will fail under most conditions (as Fullscreen Enter needs a User Gesture by Browser Security)
_play.control.interact.enterFullscreen(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.exitFullscreen(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.enterPopout(CONTAINER-ID)
```

```
_play.control.interact.exitPopout(CONTAINER-ID,andContinuePlay)
```

####

### Changing the Media Object

```
_play.control.interact.swapToMediaItem(CONTAINER-ID,MEDIA-ID,STREAMTYPE,startPosition,delay,reason,showReturnButton)
```

```
_play.control.interact.swapToGlobalID(CONTAINER-ID,GLOBAL-ID,startPosition,delay,reason,showReturnButton)
```

```
_play.control.interact.swapToRemoteMedia(CONTAINER-ID,REMOTE-REFERENCE,STREAMTYPE,PROVIDER,delay,reason,showReturnButton)
```

####

### Interacting with connected Files and Downloads

```javascript
//start Downloading a connected File, indicated by its position in the current File List
_play.control.interact.startDownloadFile(CONTAINER-ID,position);
```

### Interacting with connected Polls

```javascript
//start Downloading a connected File, indicated by its position in the current File List
_play.control.interact.startPoll(CONTAINER-ID,POLL-ID);
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**POLL-ID** is the valid ID of a Poll. If **POLL-ID** is omitted, the Player will start the Poll, that has been connected to the current Media (if any).
{% endhint %}


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