JW 8.30.0 introduces a new event, adRequestedContentResume, and addresses styled captions on Tizen.

New Feature

• A new event (adRequestedContentResume) has been added when the ad client requests content playback.

Bug Fix

• On Tizen, styled captions now display properly.

The JWP dashboard now allows you to create Broadcast Live 24/7 streams with enhanced features: enabling multiple language channels through Audio Definitions and the capability to generate Broadcast Live streams from an HLS (Pull) streaming protocol source.

New Features

• When creating Broadcast Live 24/7 streams in your JWP dashboard, you can enable multiple language channels by selecting Audio Definitions in the Optional Settings. This setting is limited to streaming protocols supporting multiple language channels.
• Broadcast Live streams can now be created from a HLS (Pull) streaming protocol source.

  
  

With the rollout of JW 8.29.0, we're continuing our journey of enhancing user experience. This release focuses on updating the OMID version and ensuring better accessibility with ARIA labels. We've also deprecated player configurations and addressed a bug concerning caption update intervals.

New Features

• OMID has been upgraded to version 1.4.2.
• For a more accessible user interface, ARIA labels have been incorporated into the float bar icon.

Bug Fix

• The minimumUpdatePeriod value now consistently dictates the frequency of caption updates in the player. 

Deprecation

• The trackerName and useUniversalAnalytics player configurations have been deprecated since Google dropped support for Universal Analytics on 1 July 2023.

New Enhancement

You can now view summarized metrics as KPIs next to the visualizations in the Analytics Overview.

Direct URLs for captions and legacy captions editor are restored.

Bug Fixes

• We have added back the Direct URL for a caption track to the captions editor. To access the direct URL for a specific caption track, click ⋯ > Edit from the Captions page.
• The legacy captions editor is available again. To access the legacy edit for a specific caption track, click ⋯ > Open Legacy Editor from the Captions page.

In this release, we've introduced Swift Package Manager as an integration option alongside our existing options and boosted JWPlayerKit's playlist control. Plus, we've addressed stability issues with GoogleIMA streams and Google Cast casting.

New Features

• The iOS SDK supports the Swift Package Manager, allowing you to easily add, remove, and update the JWPlayerKit Swift package within your projects.
• JWPlayerKit's setPlaylistItemCallback(_:) method allows you to customize and control playlist items, allowing you to modify or skip a given item, and even run your own asynchronous code. 

Bug Fixes

• GoogleIMA DAI live streams load without a player failure.
• Ending casting to a Google Cast device no longer causes a player failure.

We've updated the Media Details page to enhance your experience and efficiency. For users with alternate images beta entitlement, all media-level Images, Tracks, and Assets are now conveniently located below the media preview player. Contact your JWP representative to request entitlement. 

Users without alternate images entitlement will find media-level Thumbnails, Tracks, and Assets under the preview player.

New Feature

The Media Details page is your new one-stop-shop to view and manage all media-level resources.

1. From the Media Library, select a media item. The Media Details page appears. 
2. Below the preview player, click the Images (Thumbnails), Tracks, or Assets tabs to access related resources. 

With this release, you can customize how you share media, and tag management has shifted from the former Tags page to the Media Library.

New Feature

Now, when sharing a link to your media, you can select which player to use.

You may not have known this. Did you know you could generate shareable links from within your JW dashboard?

1. On the Media Library page, hover over a media item.
2. Click the Share icon.
3. Copy the Share Link.

Deprecation

The Tags page is no longer available in the dashboard as of 18 September 2023. Please use the Media Library for tag management, tag filtering, and searching by tags.

• Manage tags for a single media item
• Bulk manage tags

New Feature

You can now easily set up Broadcast Live from your JW dashboard, enabling you to easily create continuous 24/7 streams that offer:

• Dedicated infrastructure ensuring stable content delivery per stream
• Versatile protocol compatibility, embracing RTMP, SRT, and RTP
• A multi-regional design for enhanced reliability
• Robust security features, such as stream redundancy, geoblocking, and DRM
• Adaptive streaming to optimize the viewer experience

Contact your JWP representative for information about enabling this for your account.

In this latest release, the created date now appears in the dashboard, allowing sorting by date, advanced search filtering, and displays on Media Details page.

New Feature

The Created date is when a media item was uploaded to the JW Platform. This value now appears in the dashboard. This enhancement enables the following:

• Within your Media Library, you can now sort media items by their creation date.
• In Advanced Search, you can filter media items within a specific creation date range.
• Each media item's creation date prominently appears in the Media Summary section on its Media Details page.