Updates

Core Player

• Improved handling of cross-origin 360/VR videos in Chrome 70 and Safari 12 so that instead of displaying a blank screen, the player errors with a new 307012 code.

Advertising

• Ungated VAST 4.1 tags, enabling ad tags marked with the latest VAST version to play. VAST 4.1 features that are not yet supported in JW Player will be ignored.
• Added automated localization of all Google IMA text to match the player’s language. Developers may also declare a two-letter ISO language in advertising.locale.

Fixes

Core Player

• Addressed uncaught TypeError that occurs when provided double value for currentTime property on HTMLMediaElement is non-finite.
• Fixed an issue where the error screen was still present after calling .remove() when the player experienced a setupError.

Advertising

• Fixed an issue in Google IMA where content did not background load during a pre-roll on an autostarting player.
• Fixed broken countdown timers in some ads when vpaidcontrols was set to true.
• Fixed a bug in Freewheel causing the adPlay event to fire twice on mobile devices.