# Video Stream Authentication

### Overview of the video authentication flow

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An operator can set parameters when initialising the event centre to enable or disable video in the UI. The message displayed to users can be configured in advance.

```
frontRowSeat.eventCentre({
  ..
  options: {
    videoPlaybackEnabled: true/false
  }
)
```

it would also be possible to update this value at runtime

```
eventCentreInstance.emit(MessageTopics.OPTIONS_UPDATE, {
    videoPlaybackEnabled: true
});
```

When a user presses play the event-centre will emit a message requesting the operator to authenticate the video playback.

```
.on(VideoPlaybackAuthRequest, {
  messageType: 'VideoPlaybackAuthRequest'
})
```

The operator should respond with the auth token using the existing guidelines described in [IMG ALC Streaming documentation](https://docs.sportradar.com/golf-integration/readme/broken-reference). It is important that the operatorId, and timestamp match those used to create the token.

```
.emit(VideoPlaybackAuthResponse, {
  messageType: 'VideoPlaybackAuthResponse',
  operatorId: '<OPERATOR-ALC-ID>'.
  auth: '<OPERATOR-ALC-TOKEN>',
  timestamp: 1576339325918
})
```

**Stream Quality**

The Event Centre plays a custom bitrate low latency stream which is suited for betting, streaming a 728kbps stream (600kbps Video and 128kbps Audio) at a resolution of 640x360.