Player cookies – Qbrick Support

About cookies set by Qbrick Player/qplayer

Qbrick Player/qplayer utilizes cookies to more accurately collect analytics data and enhance the user experience based on web browser session ID.

NOTE: None of these cookies are required and can be blocked by customer front-end without it being any issues for the viewer. Cookies can be blocked either through the embed or by deactivating them in the player preset settings.

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Qbrick.Analytics.Player.VisitorId

Set by the analytics module in Qbrick Player/qplayer. Generates an anonymous unique ID that will help Qbrick analytics to determine unique views (Same user watching the same video several times).
If disabled the unique views in analytics will be a lot less accurate.

chat_ID_[accountID]
Set by the engagement module during a live stream when Chat/Q&A functionality is activated. Helps keep track of unique participants as well as retain settings for the end user.
chat_name_[accountID]

Set by the engagement module during a live stream when Chat/Q&A functionality is activated. Helps keep track of unique participants as well as retain settings for the end user.
chat_email_[accountID]

Set by the engagement module during a live stream when poll functionality is activated. Helps keep track of unique participants as well as retain settings for the end user.

Enable or Disable Player.VisitorID Cookies

In many cases the end-user wants to be able to control whether or not to share information via the VisitorID cookie.
This is done via the embed code and depending on if the embed is done via an iFrame or a div embed its being handled differently. In both cases it utilizes embed parameters.
Because of this, the correct version of the embedded player needs to happen after the cookie selection step.
DIV Embed

For DIV embeds add "data-qplayer-analytics="on"" or "data-qplayer-analytics="off"" as an attribute of the div.

Please also note that this switch only works with the Qplayer and not any older or discontinued versions of the player.

Here is an example of how the embed code may look like:

The following script is an example that can be used after the initialization of Cookiebot to fetch the users cookie preferences and chooses the corresponding version of the player:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEventListener('CookiebotOnAccept', function () {
window.killInteractivePlayer && window.killInteractivePlayer();
var videoElements = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-qplayer-media-id]'));
var scenarioElements = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-qplayer-scenario-id]'));
var analyticsValue = Cookiebot && Cookiebot.consent.statistics ? 'on' : 'off';

videoElements.map(function(el) {
el.innerHTML = '';
el.setAttribute('data-qplayer-analytics', analyticsValue);
});
scenarioElements.map(function(el) {
el.innerHTML = '';
el.setAttribute('data-qplayer-analytics', analyticsValue);
});

window.initiateInteractivePlayer && window.initiateInteractivePlayer();
}, false);

</script>

iFrame Embed

iFrame Embed utilizes the source parameter of the window, and in a scenario where the user does not consent to use the cookie the "&ignoreAnalytics=true" would need to be added to the source.

<iframe
title="QbrickXRitualen1x1"
class="cookieconsent-optout-statistics"
src="https://video.qbrick.com/play2/embed/qbrick-player?accountId=AccPn4oB8ooNEqDOBpvqxDBIA&mediaId=9de54570-081d-485c-9188-b1753966e24d&configId=qbrick-player&pageStyling=adaptive&autoplay=true&repeat=false&sharing=false&download=false&volume=0&ignoreAnalytics=true"
allowFullScreen="true" frameborder="0" border="0" height="360" width="640">
</iframe>

When a user accepts the use of the cookie the &ignoreAnalytics=true can be disregarded.

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About cookies set by Qbrick Player/qplayer

Enable or Disable Player.VisitorID Cookies

iFrame Embed

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