Timbre Player is an embeddable audio player that can deliver your Timbre content, accompanied by your item or episode artwork and customisable themes you can tailor to your organisation’s branding. This article will provide you information on how to locate and customise your player.


The player can display a singular item or multiple items contained in a feed as a list.


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Item Player

To preview the player for an individual Item in your library, head to the actions dropdown on any listed item and click “Preview”. 


You can view the appearance of the player for the selected item, a direct link for the player and the embed code for the player so you can put it on your site or blog. 


Item Player options


Skip back 15 seconds
Skip forward 15 seconds
Volume Level
Download Item (Removable)
Share Item
(Removeable)


If your item has chapter markers, these will appear as dots below the progress bar/waveform. Hovering over the chapter will reveal its name (pictured). Clicking will continue playback from the marker’s position.


If you would like to learn more about how to use chapters within your content, please visit our Chapters article.



Feed Player

To preview the player for a feed, head to the actions dropdown on any listed feed in your library and click “preview”. You can view the appearance of the player for the selected item, a direct link for the player and the embed code for the player so you can put it on your site or blog. 


The feed player will display the top item in the list (based on the item ordering preference for the feed). When one item has finished playing, the next item in the list will automatically begin.



Feed Player Options


Skip back 15 seconds
Skip forward 15 seconds
Volume Level
Subscribe to Feed (via third party)
Download Item (Removable)
Share Item
(Removeable)


Feed Player List Options


Search for item in feed
Skip to previous item
Skip to next item


Customising the Player

Themes

You can change the look of the player by adding a new theme, this allows you to customise the player colours and add/remove download and sharing features. You can save multiple themes to your account.


Themes are saved on a customer level and cannot be overridden on an item or feed level. Previewing the player, as shown above, for an item or feed allows you to select a different theme for the player. You can then copy the embed code to add to your website or blog.


On the preview window, click “+ Add Theme” this will take you to the “Embed Themes” settings. 


To add a theme, select “Customise”. Here you can choose to add/remove the following options:

  • Artwork (if deselected, square-view will show the block background colour)
  • Description
  • Download button
  • Sharing options
  • Waveform (if selected, the navigation bar will display a waveform of the audio file)
  • Chapters


You can also select a border radius, a value of 0px means the player's corners will be square and the higher the number, the more round the corners (20px maximum).


Colours

Here you can customise the colour scheme. To add your own colours, uncheck “default” for each player element and select a colour using the colour picker.


Player Colour Elements



(In square view, the background colour modifies the vignette colour that surrounds the artwork.)


To view the changes, click “Update Preview”.


If you’re happy with your new theme click “Save as Theme”. You’ll get the option to add a name and description so you can recall the theme later when choosing themes for your feed/item players.