# Safari player eme/custom video tag

**URL:** <https://community.bitmovin.com/t/safari-player-eme-custom-video-tag/3299>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** bitmovin-player, bitmovin, web\
**Created:** [September 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/safari-player-eme-custom-video-tag/3299 "2024-09-19T18:38:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johnnymets176](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@johnnymets176](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/johnnymets176)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/safari-player-eme-custom-video-tag/3299/1 "2024-09-19T18:38:00Z")

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### Product

Player

### Question

in general for bitmovin, does bitmovin use the native browser video tag player in safari or does its own MSE or is it by content type?  
i was wondering for .ts fairplay does bitmovin use its own transmuxer/eme implementation or rely on the native video player for drm content?

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**Author:** ![Neil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.bitmovin.com/neil/32/118_2.png) [@Neil](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/Neil)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/safari-player-eme-custom-video-tag/3299/2 "2024-09-24T09:05:34Z")

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Hi @johnnymets176

Thanks for your question. The Bitmovin Player uses the Safari native player by default on macOS and iOS. You can override this with `preferredTech` ([PlaybackConfig | Bitmovin Player API 8.182.0](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlaybackConfig.html#preferredTech))

Please also see:

- [Why can't the quality be manually changed in Safari?](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/why-cant-the-quality-be-manually-changed-in-safari)
- [Is it possible to get the Web Player working on iPhone (Safari/Chrome)? - #3 by Kishore](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/is-it-possible-to-get-the-web-player-working-on-iphone-safari-chrome/2664/3)
- [Supported Platforms & Devices](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/supported-platforms-devices-player)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/bitmovin/original/1X/1ab86334145095b0af9c5b924fa3ae6d920b6482.png) [@system](https://community.bitmovin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://community.bitmovin.com/t/safari-player-eme-custom-video-tag/3299/3 "2024-09-24T10:05:50Z")

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Closed on September 24, 2024, 10:05am UTC

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