--- search: tags: - Media queue - POST seo: description: >- Marks a queued media item as currently playing - the same call the… Reference for the POST /media/{orderId}/start endpoint in the TipPage Developer API API. sidebar: badge: POST label: Claim a media item as now playing title: Claim a media item as now playing type: openapi-operation --- Marks a queued media item as currently playing - the same call the overlay makes when it starts a video. Fires `queue.media.started` and sets the timing anchor that `/media/now` reads. Unlike the TTS claim, there is no pause or already-playing gate (mirroring the overlay protocol): pacing is the consumer's job. If your player then fails and the item should not count as played, undo the claim with [release](/api/media-queue/releasemediaitem) instead of finishing. See [claim, do your thing, finish](https://docs.tippage.com/developer-api/claim-and-finish). Requires `media:control`.