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id: 4909ef2f-0b4b-4264-9a3c-8211fab2133b
title: play
slug: /node/reference/video/room-session/play
description: play method for the RoomSession class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[roomsessionplayback-5]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/video/room-session-playback

### play

* **play**(`params`): `Promise<RoomSessionPlayback>` - See [RoomSessionPlayback][roomsessionplayback-5] for more details.

Starts a playback in the room. You can use the returned [RoomSessionPlayback][roomsessionplayback-5] object to control the playback (e.g., pause, resume, setVolume and stop).

#### Parameters

| Name                   | Type             | Description                                                                                                                    |
| :--------------------- | :--------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params`               | `Object`         | -                                                                                                                              |
| `params.url`           | `string`         | The url (http, https, rtmp, rtmps) of the stream to reproduce.                                                                 |
| `params.seekPosition?` | `number`         | The starting timecode in milliseconds for playback. Defaults to `0`.                                                           |
| `params.positions?`    | `VideoPositions` | Positions to assign as soon as the playback starts. You can use the special keyword `self` to refer to the id of the playback. |
| `params.layout?`       | `string`         | Layout to change to when the playback starts.                                                                                  |

#### Returns

`Promise<RoomSessionPlayback>` - See [RoomSessionPlayback][roomsessionplayback-5] for more details.

#### Example

```typescript
const playback = await roomSession.play({ url: "rtmp://example.com/foo" });
await playback.stop();
```