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The Streams Player Customization feature allows users to customize the visual style of the Streams player by uploading a watermark image, setting various CSS properties, and uploading a poster image. This documentation provides instructions on how to utilize these customization options effectively.

# Table of Contents

  1. Watermark

  2. Poster Image

  3. Player Styles

  4. Save appearance as template

## Watermark

The watermark feature enables users to upload an image that will be displayed as a watermark on the Streams player. This watermark image can also be linked to a user-defined website, allowing viewers to navigate to the specified URL by clicking on the watermark.

To set the watermark image, follow these steps:



  1. Go to your Stream's details page and select the `Styling & Stream Settings` tab

  2. Expand the `Watermark` section

  3. Upload your watermark image

  4. Associate a URL with your watermark

  5. Save changes

## Poster Image

The poster image feature allows users to upload an image that will be displayed in the video player until the playback starts. This provides an opportunity to showcase a visually appealing image or display relevant information to the viewers.



To set a poster image, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your Stream's details page and select the `Styling & Stream Settings` tab

  2. Expand the `Poster` section

  3. Upload your poster image

  4. (optional) Instead of uploading an image you can also use a link to an existing image

  5. Save changes

## Player Styles

The Player style customization feature allows users to modify the visual style of the Streams player by setting various style properties. This provides flexibility in tailoring the player's appearance to match specific branding or design requirements.



  1. Go to your Stream's details page and select the `Styling & Stream Settings` tab

  2. Expand the `Styling` section

  3. Select which part of the Player you want to style by clicking one of the Tabs

  4. Click on one of the properties to open a color picker to change the desired style

  5. Save changes

## Save appearance as template

If you want to reuse your Stream style configuration for other Streams as well, you can save the changes as a new template. To do that, select `Save as Template` instead of the `Save` button. This will open up a popup where you can specify the templates name.



Next time when creating a new Stream, you can chose one of the existing templates in the creation flow: