Updates

• Added support for Tizen on 2018+ Samsung smart TVs.
• Created a Tizen demo app to showcase our initial 2018+ beta support of this platform.
• Added a new method, jwplayer().stopCasting(), which can be called to stop a casting session on a Chromecast device.
• Added a new method, getPercentViewable, which takes no arguments and returns the visibility attribute from the player's model.
• Added support for DRM robustness. To configure the player to use this feature, specify videoRobustness and/or audioRobustness in the playlist item source in the Widevine, Playready and Clearkey object within the DRM block.

Bugs

• Fixed a bug surfacing when a viewer is behind the live edge where the button stays displayed as “Live” instead of the “Not Live” configuration.
• Fixed in issue in Google IMA where VMAPs with item properties were not being updated properly.
• Fixed an issue in the VAST client where captions do not function properly after ad breaks in Safari.
• Fixed an issue where ads may fail on the JW recommendations playlists when ad preloading is configured.

Deprecations

• Removed support for rendering 360/VR videos across all devices and streaming providers due to underutilization. The player will no longer recognize or render 360 videos as expected, though the videos will still play.

Known Issues

Affecting Tizen only:

• DASH is not yet support on Tizen; DASH streams result in a black screen when played, and some even cause the app to crash entirely.
• On Tizen devices, HLS streams intermittently result in a black screen. You can return to the previous page, but the stream doesn't play and just emit a buffer warning.
• On Tizen devices, controls do not hide when the settings menu is open (will be fixed in 8.18.1).