# Video View

This content view is represented by `video` value for the field `type`.  The video for the video player can be sourced from a local source (as part of the App package) or from a remote source.  This is identified by the `sourceType` field value.  The image source is represented by the field `source`.

Following are the possible values of `sourceType` field:

* "remote" -- identifies that the source is a remote url
* "local" -- identifies that the source is an application bundled video file source.
* missing sourceType defaults to remote

Following example shows a video content view:

```json
{
    "type": "video",
    "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/exoplayer-test-media-0/BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4",
    "height": 480,
    "autoplay": true,
    "showPlaybackControls": true
}
```

### Video Scaling Mode

Video Content Views support scaling mode with the field `scalingMode`.  The `scalingMode` field can have the following values:  

* "scaledToFill" -- scales the video to fill its parent, maintaining it's aspect ratio
* "scaledToFit" -- scales the video to fit its parent, maintaining it's aspect ratio

### Scaling Dimensions

Apart from trying to fit or fill the video to its parent view, a video can be rendered to a specific width / height.  Appstent CMS supports adding `width` and/or `height` fields to the video view content.  As video's aspect ratio is always maintained, specifying either width or height suffices in most cases.

### Video Player Properties

Video Content Views can be customized with the following playback properties:

* "autoplay" -- a boolean field representing whether the video should be started as soon as it is rendered on the screen for the first time.
* "showPlaybackControls" -- a boolean field representing whether the video player should show playback controls or not.
* "autoLoop" -- a boolean field representing whether the video should loop back to beginning once its completed.


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