Microsoft Stream w/ VideoJs + API

I have searched a ton into this topic, and so far I can tell is that there is no way to really use a custom video player with Microsoft Stream/ Sharepoint videos unless its for embedding only. 

The Issue:

Trying to listen for video player events via JavaScript in order to track video playing and etc by a user, and hook in executable task when those events are fired.

 What I've tried so far with no luck:

• Tried parsing the video url to get the manifest and then show the video via a custom video player using video.js
• observing and listening on the embedded video iframe's events to capture iframe messages or broadcast channel

If anyone has some solid suggestions please advise!