Introduction

By enabling Muvi’s "Offline Playback" feature you can allow your end users to download DRM protected content to their mobile devices (Android and iOS) and watch the content latter. The content is saved to the user's device and it is also DRM protected. Users can access the content from “My Download”. When they play the content, it will not stream from the server but will play from their device. This will save the bandwidth and the content will be played without any buffering. 

Enabling Offline Playback

First, you need to enable offline playback for a specific content in the CMS. 

• To enable Offline Viewing feature, navigate to "User Features" -->"Mobile Apps" in the CMS.
• Select the option "Offline Playback".
• You can select the option "Access Period (In Days)" if you want to restrict your users to view offline content for a specific time (For example 7 days, 15 days). When the access period for the content will expire, the users cannot view the offline content. If you will not select the option, then users can view the content for unlimited time.
• click on "Save".

• Go to  "Manage Content "--> "Content Library" in the CMS.
• Offline Viewing feature is disabled for all content. You need to enable it manually for all content or for some specific content.
• To enable Offline Viewing for a specific content, click on "Enable Offline Playback" on the extreme right-hand side of the content.
• You can disable offline viewing for a specific content by clicking on "Disable Offline Playback" on the extreme right-hand side of the content.

Downloading Content to Your Device

• To download any content for offline viewing, click on the content
• In the content details page, click on the download icon (See Below Screenshot)
• When you get prompted, click on “Download”, the content will be downloaded and saved to your device.

How to View Offline Content

You can access your saved content from “My Download”. All your saved content will be listed here.

• To play any offline content, click on “My Download” (See Below Screenshot)
• Click on any content from the list. The content will start playing

Note: First, you need to login to your App to access your saved content.

Deleting Offline Content

Whenever you want you can delete any saved content from your device.

• To delete any saved content, click on “My Download”
• Click on the “X” icon on the right-hand side of the content
• When asked for confirmation, click on “Delete”. (See Below Screenshot)

The saved content will be deleted from your device. You will not able to see the content in “My Download” anymore.

Casting Offline Content

You can cast the offline videos saved in your mobile device to a large screen TV. In Android devices you can cast through Chromecast and in iOS devices you can do it via AirPlay.