# Configuring the player

## The Wowza Flowplayer API

`FPFlowplayer` tvOS SDK exposes the same functionality and behaves as its counterpart on iOS SDK `FPFlowplayerViewController`. The only difference is that `FPFlowplayer` is not a `UIViewController` and does not handle any UI.

## Available properties

All available properties of `FPFlowplayer` are included in the following table.

| Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
| `autoStart` | `Bool` | Flag that indicates if media playback should auto start when the player is ready to play. |
| `playbackStarted` | `Bool` | Flag that indicates if media playback has started. |
| `isShowingAds` | `Bool` | Flag that indicates if the player is displaying Ads at the current moment. |
| `currentSubtitleTrack` | `FPSubtitleTrack?` | Currently selected subtitle track for the media playback. |
| `subtitleTracks` | `[FPSubtitleTrack]` | All available `FPSubtitleTracks` of the current `FPMedia`. |
| `currentAudioTrack` | `FPAudioTrack?` | Currently selected audio track for the media playback. |
| `audioTracks` | `[FPAudioTrack]` | All available `FPAudioTracks` of the current `FPMedia`. |
| `controller` | `UIViewController` | `UIViewController` where the instance `AVPlayer` is attached. |
| `player` | `AVPlayer` | Current `AVPlayer` instance that is handled by `FPFlowplayer`. |
| `delegate` | `FPFlowplayerDelegate?` | The object that acts as the delegate of the `FPFlowplayer` object. |
| `media` | `FPMedia?` | Current media item loaded into the player. |
| `duration` | `Int64` | Total duration of the current media item. |
| `currentPosition` | `Int64` | Current position of media playback. |
| `currentSpeed` | `Float` | Current playback speed of media playback. |


## Available methods

All available methods of `FPFlowplayer` are listed in this section.

#### Method and description


```swift
@discardableResult
func reload() -> Bool
```

Reload the current media playback. This action will destroy the current session and refetch and load every asset again.

#### Returns

Boolean indicating if media was reloaded.

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#### Method and description


```swift
func pause()
```

Pause the current media playback.

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#### Method and description


```swift
func play()
```

Start or resume the current media playback. If the playback has completed, then seek back to the beginning and start again.

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#### Method and description


```swift
func stop()
```

Stop the current media playback. The current media session will be terminated and cleared.

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#### Method and description


```swift
func mute(_ state: Bool)
```

Mute the current media playback.

#### Parameters

* `state`: If true, will mute the current sound of the media playback.


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#### Method and description


```swift
func setVolume(_ volume: Float)
```

Set the volume of the current media playback.

**Parameters**

* `volume`: Sound volume represented from 0.0 to 1.0.


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#### Method and description


```swift
func seek(_ position: Int64)
```

Seek to the desired position of the current media playback.

#### Parameters

* `position`: Position of media playback.


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#### Method and description


```swift
func setSpeed(_ speed: Float)
```

Set the playback rate/speed ot the current media playback.

#### Parameters

* `speed`: Speed of media playback.


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#### Method and description


```swift
func setAudioTrack(_ id: Int)
```

Sets a new audio track for the media.

#### Parameters

* `id`: The id of the track to select.


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#### Method and description


```swift
func setSubtitleTrack(_ id: Int)
```

Sets a new subtitle track for the media.

#### Parameters

* `id`: The id of the track to select.