Web: 8.28.1
In JW 8.28.1, we've updated hlsjs and corrected a floating bug.
New Feature
- HLS.js (hlsjs) has been updated to ver. 1.4.10.
Bug Fix
- When using
setFloating
, the float functionality now works during ad breaks.
In JW 8.28.1, we've updated hlsjs and corrected a floating bug.
setFloating
, the float functionality now works during ad breaks.With the release of JW 8.28.0, new features include adding a showAdMarkers
property for ad display control, improvements to playlist filtering (except when doNotTrack
is enabled), and new accessibility shortcuts in JWP. Bug fixes address video resizing in Safari and a Freewheel capability flags issue.
showAdMarkers
has been added to the timeSlider configuration object, allowing ad markers to be displayed or removing them and introducing a new ad countdown element that appears 5 seconds before a mid-roll (as shown in the release note image above).doNotTrack
is enabled in the browser, no filtering occurs.With today's release, we've enhanced playlist previews and improved JSON validation in the JWP dashboard.
In the JWP dashboard, playlist configuration pages show promoted content in the playlist preview.
In the JWP dashboard, the player configuration page validates the format of the edited JSON code.
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.