New Releases

• We have updated and refined our UX for the floating player to comply better with Google's policy.
• Added support for CMAF DRM streams.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where quality switching did not function at smaller breakpoints.
• Fixed an issue with the floating player pausing when an ad would timeout.
• Fixed an issue where the thumbnail would not load when autostart was blocked by the browser.
• Fixed an issue where the player would pause upon casting and player controls would disappear.

New Release

Improved the Data Quality of the "Playlist Type" and "Playlist" Dimensions:

• Beginning on 5/24/22, the Playlist Type and Playlist Dimensions are being more fully populated for Embeds, including in cases where a relevant embed does not result in a play
• The Embed count tallies the number of times a player has been set up on a page and will now let you segment by playlist
• This change will allow you to track how often a playlist is loaded with a player and subsequently how often these convert into plays

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Social Push bug on posting videos to YouTube
• Fixed a bug around duplicate key values for dynamic playlists custom param filtering in Management API v2

New Release

Added ott as an option for the source query parameter on the Analytics API.

NOTE: After 07/29/22, the floatleft option will no longer be valid and ott should be used instead to access the same data.

New Release

Real Time Analytics page has been updated to make it easier for customers to view their real time video viewership:

• Improvements were made to the page design
• “Top Content” is more frequently refreshed
• Create new Ad Schedules with saved templates

See Real Time Analytics Reference for more information.

New Feature

Introducing a multi-template system for Player Bidding:

• Save and manage multiple templates as needed for different on-page setups
• Edit settings in bulk across a large number of Ad Schedules without replacing required custom ID information
• Create new Ad Schedules with saved templates

See Create a bidding template for more information.

General Improvement

Added VideoByte, Smart AdServer as a Player Bidding Ad Partner

Fix

Fixed a bug around captions in MRSS Imports

Fixes

• Fixed issue where adTime events were increasing memory consumption. 
• Fixed issue where VAST ad video quality was always chosen as the lowest quality.
• Fixed issue where the JWPlayerItem.adSchedule API for IMA ads was being ignored. 
• Fixed a crash when configuring the player twice in a row before the player was fully initialized. 
• Fixed a crash when the player was configured in background before the player was fully initialized. 

New Feature

GA of Studio DRM Token v2 API

General Improvements

• We have disabled the poster image for videos that autoplay to help reduce load.
• We have improved our handling of of text tracks on Dash streams. All text tracks will be selectable now even if they are duplicates.

Updates

• Updated our Shaka dependency to v3.3.2
• Updated our HLS.js dependency to v1.1.5

Fixed

• Fixed an issue with the recommendation shelf.
• Fixed an issue with display cues when switching between text tracks that are the same language.
• Fixed an issue that caused Ad blockers preventing player events from firing.
• Fixed an issue with some DASH streams not playing on Safari 15.0 and higher.
• Fixed an issue where ad markers where not appearing with the googima client.
• Fixed an issue with the mute button not working correctly while casting.

Fix

• Fixed a crash related to the next up card being displayed.