[Drupal] How to remove or change the Kaltura logo from the Player control bar in a Drupal site?

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Many Drupal users using the Durpal Kaltura module wanted to know how to remove or change the Kaltura logo from the Player control bar in a Drupal site. If you are facing the same questions with Kaltura in your Drupal site then read on to find out the solution.

Kaltura is a popular open source video management platform for the publication and distribution of videos and its services are used by a number of enterprises and websites.

Follow the steps below to remove the logo.

  • Firstly you have to login to Kaltura using your Kaltura account
  • After logging in to the site go to the studio tab
  • There proceed to open any one of the players from the player list in edit mode
  • Now you need to copy the following UIVars strings to the "Paste your plug-in here" box
    kalturaLogo.visible=false&kalturaLogo.includeInLayout=false&mylogo.plugin=true&
    mylogo.className=Watermark&mylogo.width=30&mylogo.height=30&
    mylogo.watermarkPath=YOURLOGO&mylogo.watermarkClickPath=YOURURL&
    mylogo.position=after&mylogo.relativeTo=kalturaLogo
  • Click on the "Go" button"
  • Next scroll through the variables list and locate the following variable
    mylogo.watermarkPath
  • Now modify the value of this variable (YOURLOGO) to the URL of your desired icon. It can be a swf, png or a jpg file.
  • After editing the variable locate the following variable by scrolling down the page
    mylogo.watermarkPath
  • Simply edit the value of this variable (YOURURL) to the URL to which the user should be redirected to after the icon has been clicked.
  • Finally Save the settings and preview your player.

Hope that helps

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