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Events and error handling

Subscribe to MKPlayer events and handle errors during setup and playback.

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MKPlayer fires events throughout the player lifecycle, from setup through playback to teardown. You subscribe to events either in the player configuration or dynamically using player.on(). Errors arrive as a specific event type with a structured error object.

Subscribe to events

You can register event handlers in two ways.

In the player configuration (before the player is created):

const playerConfig = {
  key: "YOUR_PLAYER_LICENSE_KEY",
  events: {
    [mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.SourceLoaded]: (event) => {
      console.log("Source loaded");
    },
    [mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Playing]: (event) => {
      console.log("Playback started");
    },
    [mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Error]: (event) => {
      console.error("Player error: ", event.code, event.message);
    }
  }
};

Dynamically at runtime using player.on():

player.on(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Ready, (event) => {
  console.log("Player is ready");
});

player.on(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.TimeChanged, (event) => {
  console.log("Current time: ", event.time);
});

Remove event handlers

To remove a specific handler:

const handler = (event) => {
  console.log("Playing");
};

player.on(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Playing, handler);

// Remove this specific handler later
player.off(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Playing, handler);

To remove all handlers for a given event type:

player.offAll(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Playing);

Key player events

Event Fires when
Ready The player has enough data to start playback.
SourceLoad A new source load has been initiated.
SourceLoaded A source has finished loading.
SourceUnloaded The current source has been unloaded.
Play The player enters the play state via a public API call or user interaction. Note: autoplay does not fire this event.
Playing Playback has started.
Paused The player enters the paused state.
PlaybackFinished Playback of the current video has finished.
TimeChanged The current playback time has changed.
StallStarted The player has begun buffering due to an empty buffer.
StallEnded The player has resumed after buffering.
Destroy The player instance has been destroyed.
Error An error has occurred during setup or playback.

See the MKPlayerEvent enum in the SDK reference for the full list of events.

Handle errors

All errors arrive on the Error event. The event object implements MKErrorEvent and includes:

Property Type Description
code string A structured error code, for example "4-70-1103".
message string A human-readable description of the error.
name string The name of the error.
troubleShootLink string A link to a detailed troubleshooting guide, if available.
data object Additional error data, if available. 
player.on(mkplayer.MKPlayerEvent.Error, (event) => {
  console.error(`Error [${event.code}]: ${event.message}`);

  if (event.troubleShootLink) {
    console.info("Troubleshooting: ", event.troubleShootLink);
  }
});

Common error codes

Setup errors

Code Constant Meaning
4-70-1101 PLAYER_SETUP_NO_HTML_ELEMENT The container element passed to the player is not a valid HTMLElement. Check that the element exists in the DOM before creating the player.
4-70-1102 PLAYER_SETUP_MISSING_CONFIGURATION No MKPlayerConfig was provided when creating the player instance.
4-70-1103 PLAYER_SETUP_LICENSE_ERROR The player key was not granted playback. Check that your license key is correct.
4-70-1104 PLAYER_SETUP_MISSING_DOMAIN_LICENSE_ALLOWLIST The player build is domain-locked and the current domain is not in the allowlist.
4-70-1105 PLAYER_SETUP_MISSING_LICENSE_ALLOWLIST The current domain has not been added to the license allowlist.
4-70-1113 PLAYER_SETUP_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL The page was loaded using the file:// protocol. Host the page on a web server using http or https.

Source errors

Code Constant Meaning
4-71-1201 PLAYER_SOURCE_INVALID The MKSourceConfig passed to player.load() is invalid. Ensure at least one valid stream URL is present.
4-71-1202 PLAYER_SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID The downloaded manifest could not be parsed.
4-71-1208 PLAYER_SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST The manifest request failed after retries. By default, manifests are retried 2 times.

Network errors

Code Constant Meaning
4-73-1009 PLAYER_GENERAL_NETWORK_ERROR The device is not connected to the internet.
4-73-1401 PLAYER_NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT The manifest request timed out after the default 20-second timeout.
4-73-1402 PLAYER_NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT A segment download timed out.

DRM errors

See DRM protection for the full list of DRM-specific error codes and guidance on resolving them.

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