Updates

Core Player

• All player editions using JW8 now support all HLS functionality, including AES encryption and 608 captions. DRM support remains an Enterprise-only feature.
• To reduce clutter and avoid confusion, the JW Player build number has been removed from the right click menu. It was previously displayed for all non-production versioned players.

Fixes

Core Player

• Fixed an issue where VTT Japanese and Korean subtitles in HLS streams did not display in Chrome.
• Fixed an issue where certain HLS streams stalled and could not recover quickly when the quality menu was set to auto.
• Fixed a bug where control bar-only mode players were missing the live icon during live streams and did not display control bar-positioned logos, if configured.
• Fixed a bug where the right click menu would appear outside of the player when right clicking on a menu item or center display icon.
• Lowered the threshold for when the max volume icon would display in the control bar to 75% volume, instead of 100%.
• Fixed an issue where setting a window color for 608 captions did not apply the style to the entire window, but rather only to the right of the captions. The player’s renderer is now used in all browsers except Safari. This gives us more granular control of the way captions are displayed. If you prefer to continue using native rendering in Chrome, you can do so by, setting renderCaptionsNatively to true in your player configuration.
• Fixed a bug where there was no visual feedback that the player was buffering after seeking when using Safari on iOS devices.

Ads

• Fixed an issue where the controls would never hide during content playback after the ad ended when using vpaidcontrols:true.
• Fixed an issue where VAST “progress” tracking pixels weren’t firing.
• Fixed a timing issue with VAST events - they now correctly fire the “started” event when the VPAID AdVideoStart event fires, rather than firing “started” when we get the impression event from the VPAID.