General Improvement

Custom Parameters can now be imported directly with videos imported by MRSS Feeds to make importing this metadata easier:

• Custom Parameters can be specified to be added to all videos imported via a specific MRSS feed. When desired, these can use the default custom parameters set at the property level.
• Custom Parameters can also be parsed from custom name-spaced fields on the MRSS feed to import custom parameters that differ for each video.

See Set up a new import feed for more information.

Features and Improvements

• Added openAdClickthrough() API to support using custom ad controls.
• Added transitionToFullScreen() and dismissFullScreen() APIs to support programmatically entering and exiting fullscreen mode.
• Exposed skip offset through the meta ad event.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed certain side-loaded caption options not displaying.
• Fixed play button not displaying when player is loaded from complete state.
• Fixed crash when setting an out-of-bounds captions/audio index.
• Fixed certain caption options being omitted when playing HLS content.
• Fixed content not replaying when replay is set to true.
• Fixed VMAPs not working when using the JWAdsAdvertisingConfigBuilder API.
• Fixed crash when JWPlayerViewController deinitializes.
• Fixed crash when accessing certain JWPlayerViewController properties before the “onReady” event.
• Fixed skip button not working on second ad of an ad pod.
• Fixed skipping of second ad in an ad pod.

Features and Improvements

• Added openAdClickthrough() API to support custom Ad controls 
• Added methods for isFullScreen, transitionToFullScreen, and dismissFullScreen, see our iOS API reference documentation for details 
• IMA Postrolls are now requested in the 10 seconds leading up to the ad break 

Fixes

• Fixed DFXP captions not working in some cases 
• Fixed missing adPosition in the onAdBreakStart event 
• Fixed the centered replay button not displaying in the COMPLETE state 
• Fixed cues for midrolls sometimes being grouped at the start of the seekbar 
• Fixed ad controls not respecting show/hide settings 
• Deprecated autoPlayMessage 
• Fixed FF and Rewind buttons being missing in Live DVR streams 
• Fixed tap behavior in the seekbar 
• Fixed skipOffset being incorrect in the adMeta event 

New Releases

• Studio DRM with JW Platform launch!
• Initial release

General Improvements

• In a floating player, ad playback will now continue after the player is dismissed when autoPause.pauseAds is set to false. 
• DAI will no longer make repeated requests to id3-events.json when playback is stopped. 

Fixes

• Fixed a bug issue where the Next Up overlay would become unresponsive to clicks.
• Fixed a bug where the menu would always return to the caption styles menu after making a change to any caption style. 
• Fixed an issue that would cause playback to stop after attempting to seek beyond a DAI midroll. 
• Fixed an issue where poster images would be replaced by the first frame of video when playing CMAF HLS streams. 
• Fixed a bug that caused poster images from our delivery API to take precedence over a custom poster images. 

General Improvement

The All Content Page has been deprecated and will no longer be accessible. Custom Reports allows users to retrieve and export all the same data with more flexibility and capabilities. To create a matching custom report, utilize the following parameters:

• Metrics: Embeds, Plays, Completes, Complete Rate, Time Watched
• Group By: Media
• Timeframe: Update as desired

General Improvements

VMAP with Player Bidding is now supported:

• Player Bidding can now be enabled and configured when selecting the VMAP option under "Configure Ad Breaks"

The "Advertising Limit" and "Streaming Limit" Email Notifications have been deprecated and will no longer be accessible:

• Please contact your Account Manager for any questions
• Note that the "Import Errors" email notification is still available if enabled

General Improvement

Dynamic Playlists created through the Management APIv2 has a new sort option for sorting by duration:

• In the coming months, this will also be added as a new sort option for Dynamic Playlists created in the Dashboard.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the “View as Raw XML” link throwing an error for some MRSS feeds on the MRSS Import Page
• Fixed an issue where “Copy to Property” from the Media Library Page would result in reduced resolution thumbnails instead of the highest quality thumbnail

Update

• Added support for the ad tag macro __addtl_consent__ for use with CMPs that support Google’s Additional Consent Mode. 

General Improvements

• In Firefox, the PiP button should no longer cause problems clicking the next-up overlay. 

Fixes

• Fixed a bug with DASH playback that caused the audio of the first source to continue playing when switching to another DASH source via the API. 
• Fixed a bug in the Google IMA ad client where ad tag macros where not replaced inside of a VMAP. 
• Fixed an issue with the amp-jwplayer component where the __gdpr__ and __gdpr_consent__ ad tag macros were not being replaced. 
• Fixed an issue in the amp-jwplayer component that caused pre-roll ads to fail when using data-config-json. 

General Improvement

MRSS Imports page has been updated to make it easier for customers to setup and track status on their MRSS feeds to import new videos into the JWP platform:

• Improvements were made to the page layout and design
• Improvements were made to more frequently refresh the status of imported media

See Set up a new import feed for more information.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where uploading an alternate audio track that contained surround-sound content and had a non-ASCII character in its display name resulted in HTTP 500 delivery errors.
• Fixed an issue with MRSS Imports API PATCH calls where a PATCH call overwrote fields that were not included in the request.