In v8.26.0, we've added support for our player plugin code and released several fixes.

New Release

• Added support for our player plugin code to recognize URL query string parameters/variables.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Page Insights to load one of our providers' javascripts when it wasn't needed.
• Fixed an issue where if setControls was set to false the player would error when switching playlist items.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the horizontal volume bar to be unusable during ad playback.
• Fixed an issue with the DAI control bar that caused the volume bar to be unusable.

New Features

• Picture In Picture is now available as a setting.
• An option to view and edit a player’s JSON configurations has been added.
• SDK v3 downloads are no longer accessible via the dashboard.
• The SEO option for embedding has moved from the embed side panel to a player-level setting.

New Releases

Custom Reports was updated to more clearly indicate the 2 different download options:

• Export as CSV is for downloading a .csv file of the graph's data into a table format.
• Download Table is for downloading the displayed results table.

New Releases

• Custom Report scheduling has been updated to allow users to define their desired delivery time.
• Custom Report filters now have a Clear Dates button when using a custom time range to make it easier to pick a new time range.

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports where the complete rate displayed in the table was incorrectly rounded.

New Releases

Manual playlists have improved UI with faster page performance and a media search slide out with publish date and title sort.

Dynamic playlists have improved UI with faster page performance and new features, such as the following:

• Filter by Custom Parameters
• Filter by Recency
• New Duration (asc/dsc), Trending and Shuffle Sort
• Promoted Content module

In v4.6.1, ad error messaging has been improved and various bugs have been corrected.

New Release

• Improved ad error messaging to help identify what is causing the problem.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue that occurs when using autostart with IMA ads.
• Fixes crash that occasionally occurs when reachability changes.
• Fixes bug that causes the UI to get stuck when switching between landscape and portrait mode.

New Feature

Added support for SPEKE v2 Milestone 3 which allows multiple encryption presets for live to the SPEKE Key Provider API

JW Player has just released v8.25.8 for the web player. The notes for this release appear below. If you have any questions about a release note, please contact your JW Player representative.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that wouldn't allow you to close the stats panel overlay.
• Fixed an issue that caused embedded HLS caption to show the wrong attribute value.
• Fixed an issue that caused poster images to be missing from HLS audio only streams with autostart enabled.
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to pause unexpectedly when it was in view and unmuted when autoPause.viewability is set to true.

New Releases

Custom Report details page has been updated with the following new features for the results table:

• Added a Download CSV option which matches the table results
• Enhanced table to be responsive based on the browser size

Usage page now includes Bytes Delivered for Broadcast Live channels in Current Usage section.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports with the display of certain metrics based on the rounding logic.
• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports where the graph display didn’t match the table in some scenarios.
• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports where certain versions of web browsers would lead to a “Something wrong” error page.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports with the Download CSV option for reports using the OTT Apps data source so that the CSV matches all of the chosen filters.
• Fixed an issue in Custom Reports where filters could be saved but then led to an error while running the report.