Web: 8.27.1
Service release. No new features.
In this release, we've added support for #EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME
and Google Analytics 4. We also fixed several bugs pertaining to inconsistent arrow key behavior, floating player activation, and incorrect time display.
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME
. See getAbsolutePosition and absolutePositionReady.volume: 0
.addCues
property has been fixed to add cues to the time slider correctly.In this latest release, we're introducing a fresh chapter bar redesign as the default view and fixing various issues.
duration
config option.starttime
value exceeds 0.autopause
functionality works when floating
is set to never
.With 8.26.8, various UX and ad improvements and a fix have been released.
integer-duration
that returns an integer.With v8.26.7, we've updated our HLS.js dependency version in addition to several other updates and fixes.
adWarnings
when the VMAP schedule is missing schema elements.liveTimeout
setting defaulted to null
.With v8.26.5, we've enabled the ability to resize the player on Tizen, removed the timer on DVR live streams, and addressed several player issues.
aria
attribute to wherever it may have been missing.skipoffset
in our VAST plugin.playlistitem
event to fire twice when the setPlaylistitemCallback
is present and the playlistitem
is dynamically changed.appid
did not work with DRM.In this release, we've added the ability to pass parameters into the ad request for FreeWheel and corrected a caption selection issue.
afid
, sfid
, vcid
) can now be passed into the ad request through the Freewheel plugin.See our FreeWheel ad break recipes for examples of how to include these new parameters.
auto pause:false
to not work in combination with autostart: viewable
.stopCasting()
function not workingcontrols:false
Google SEO Optimization can now be set up on the JWP Dashboard:
VideoObject
structured data, our Google SEO Optimization support page has guidance on how to fill out the necessary parameters to deep link to specific timestamps with JWP.Fixed an issue where Starter accounts were unable to update their player settings.
With the release of v8.26.1 we will slowly be introducing a new UI for Chapters! Hope you all enjoy!