## 8.269.0 Released: 2026-07-27 ### Fixed - Unhandled promise rejection when a DASH SegmentBase segment index (SIDX) request fails - Live HLS content could resume from the wrong position after an ad break on Safari when the source was reloaded while a client-side (CSAI) ad was playing, with [`TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_seek_for_live) enabled --- ## 8.268.0 Released: 2026-07-20 ### Added - Improved styling and link to Error Codes documentation on the [public documentation page](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/index.html) ### Fixed - Spurious [`Paused`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Paused) event being emitted during the ad-to-content transition on WPE and Tizen-based devices - Player freezing on Tizen with live DASH streams when a currently-loading period drops out of the manifest during an SSAI ad break - Unhandled JS error `Failed to set the 'duration' property on 'MediaSource': Setting duration below highest presentation timestamp of any buffered coded frames is disallowed.` - Subtitles briefly flickering on webOS when two adjacent cues share a boundary time --- ## 8.267.0 Released: 2026-07-13 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.56.0 to 2.57.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2570)) ### Fixed - [`getAvailableAudio()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableAudio) returning different audio track IDs on every call for native HLS playback on Safari 26.5 and newer --- ## 8.266.0 Released: 2026-07-06 ### Added - [`AdvertisingError.deficiencyData`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdvertisingError.html#deficiencyData) exposing the original player error (code, message and additional data) behind a server-guided ad insertion (SGAI) / HLS interstitial playback failure, so the underlying network or decoding error is no longer lost - **UI**: New `SubtitleOverlayConfig.enableCea608CaptionPositioning` flag (default `true`): by default, the player UI applies CEA-608 grid-based row/column positioning to Closed Captions. Setting this to `false` disables that positioning so that 608/708 captions are laid out like regular VTT subtitles, while CEA-608-specific text formatting remains independently controlled via `enableCea608CaptionFormatting`. - **UI**: `UIConfig.enableTimestampDeepLink` to enable sharing of current playback position. - Shows a `PlayerContextMenu` option to copy the current link with the current time. - Applies the timestamp deep link on first `SourceLoaded` and seeks to the target time (`t=[s]`). - **UI**: `UIConfig.componentConfigOverrides` and `UIComponentConfigOverrides` to configure default UI components without rebuilding complete UI layouts through the `UIFactory`. - **UI**: `UIVariantIdentifier` to scope component config overrides to individual default UI variants. - **UI**: `ToggleSettingsPanelItem` for settings rows that toggle their nested `ToggleButton` when the row is selected. - **UI**: `UIConfig.enablePersistentPreferences` and `UIConfig.showPersistentPreferencesToggle` to configure whether the UI persists volume, mute state, and playback speed across sessions. ### Fixed - WPE STBs freezing when seeking into encrypted content before the DRM license is ready (e.g. after an ad break) - VAST fallback/buffet ads no longer appear in [`AdBreak.ads`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdBreak.html#ads) exposed via [`PlayerEvent.AdBreakStarted`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdBreakStarted) and related events --- ## 8.265.0 Released: 2026-06-30 ### Added - [`ErrorCode.MODULE_SGAI_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#MODULE_SGAI_ERROR) as the top-level error code for server-guided ad insertion (SGAI) / HLS interstitial [`PlayerEvent.AdError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdError) events - [`PlayerEvent.AdError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdError) event with [`SgaiErrorCode.INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_LIST_LOAD_FAILED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/SGAI.SgaiErrorCode.html#INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_LIST_LOAD_FAILED) when an HLS interstitial (SGAI) asset list fails to download - [`PlayerEvent.AdError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdError) event with [`SgaiErrorCode.INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_LIST_INVALID`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/SGAI.SgaiErrorCode.html#INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_LIST_INVALID) when an HLS interstitial (SGAI) asset list is malformed or missing a valid `ASSETS` array - [`PlayerEvent.Warning`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Warning) event with [`WarningCode.MODULE_SGAI_WARNING`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.WarningCode.html#MODULE_SGAI_WARNING) when an HLS interstitial (SGAI) asset list is valid but contains no ads (no-fill), e.g. an empty `ASSETS` array or an empty `2xx` response - [`PlayerEvent.AdError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdError) event with [`SgaiErrorCode.INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_PLAYBACK_FAILED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/SGAI.SgaiErrorCode.html#INTERSTITIAL_ASSET_PLAYBACK_FAILED) when an HLS interstitial (SGAI) asset could not be played back, e.g. due to a network or decoding error ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.55.1 to 2.56.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2560)) ### Fixed - Low-latency DASH playback repeatedly dropping down to a lower quality on connections with a high time-to-first-byte, due to wrongful cancellation of segment downloads - **UI**: Seeking with the remote on the TV UI no longer gets stuck at the start or end of the seek bar: after scrubbing all the way to one edge, pressing the opposite direction now moves the playback position immediately instead of requiring multiple presses. - **UI**: Settings panels with disabled automatic hiding no longer crash when component view mode changes are dispatched. --- ## 8.264.0 Released: 2026-06-22 ### Fixed - Main content not restored after replaying an ad break on Safari when playback has finished - Low latency multi-period DASH streams entering a seek loop because the timeshift target was computed from the wrong live edge - Playback-rate catchup stopping prematurely with low-latency streams when the buffer drops below the buffer guard level, instead of resuming towards the target latency once the buffer recovers - Live HLS content restoring at the wrong position after CSAI/SGAI ad breaks on Safari when [`TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_seek_for_live) is enabled - SGAI ads emitting `AdSkipped` instead of `AdFinished` when the configured playout limit is reached ### Added - **UI**: New `ContextMenu` component to show custom context menus on right-click. - **UI**: `UIInstanceManager.onActive` and `UIInstanceManager.onInactive` lifecycle events for UI variant status changes. - **UI**: Default `PlayerContextMenu` to access player information directly from the UI. - **UI**: `PlayerInsightsPanel` to show detailed player insights and diagnostics. --- ## 8.263.0 Released: 2026-06-16 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.54.0 to 2.55.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2551)) ### Fixed - [`timeShift(0)`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#timeShift) and [`seek(Infinity)`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#seek) now reliably reach the live edge in a single call on Safari after scrubbing back on a live HLS stream - [`getAvailableAudio()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableAudio) reporting audio language and name as `und` for audio-only HLS streams instead of the values declared in the respective `EXT-X-MEDIA` tag - Playback potentially getting stuck when the player internally timeshifts to the live edge after falling out of the DVR window or during low-latency catchup - Incorrect `sourceVolume` on [`PlayerEvent.VolumeChanged`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#VolumeChanged) when the volume changes on the video element and [`playback.volume`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlaybackConfig.html#volume) is configured - Playback stalling indefinitely on Edge for DASH streams with v4.1+ PlayReady Headers containing a whitespace-only KID text node - **UI**: Vertical seek bars and volume sliders (`vertical: true`, e.g. the slide-out volume slider of the `VolumeControlButton`) were rendered with a broken horizontal layout --- ## 8.262.0 Released: 2026-06-08 ### Fixed - External WebVTT cues starting at 0 remaining visible after pre-roll ads on progressive sources when using native player - `MediaElement` not firing `ended` event when close to end of stream on some WPE-based STBs - **UI**: Saved subtitle styling preferences are now correctly applied to the rendered subtitles on initial load ### Added - **UI**: `UIManager.recommendations` namespace for dynamically updating recommendation items for the `RecommendationOverlay` - **UI**: `UIManager.timelineMarkers` namespace for dynamically updating `TimelineMarker`s for the seek bar ### Deprecated - **UI**: `UIManager.getTimelineMarkers`, `UIManager.addTimelineMarker`, and `UIManager.removeTimelineMarker` in favor of the new `UIManager.timelineMarkers` namespace. --- ## 8.261.0 Released: 2026-06-01 ### Changed - Native HLS audio tracks now receive stable monotonic counter IDs (`"1"`, `"2"`, `"3"`, …) instead of raw WebKit-assigned IDs, ensuring `setAudio()` switches to the correct track on Safari 26 ### Fixed - DASH thumbnails not showing for manifests that declare width and height on the `AdaptationSet` rather than on each `Representation` - [`getAvailableAudio()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableAudio) returning duplicate audio track IDs on Safari 26 - **UI**: The exported UI `version` (`window.bitmovin.playerui.version`) no longer includes extra quote characters --- ## 8.260.0 Released: 2026-05-26 ### Fixed - Main live content resuming at the wrong position after an ad break on native HLS playback when [`TweaksConfig.RESUME_LIVE_CONTENT_AT_PREVIOUS_POSITION_AFTER_AD_BREAK`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break) was not enabled - Small memory leak after player destruction with DASH/HLS streams and ads - [`getThumbnail`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getThumbnail) API returning `null` on DASH SegmentTimeline for DASH live streams where `Period.start` diverges from `availabilityStartTime` --- ## 8.259.0 Released: 2026-05-20 ### Changed - Configuring [`TweaksConfig.max_startup_buffer`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#max_startup_buffer) can now bypass the platform-recommended defaults. These defaults are only enforced if the corresponding platform module is included. - **UI**: CEA-608 captions on players with a rendered height at or below 360 CSS pixels (configurable via `cea608SmallPlayerHeightThreshold`) now stay readable by using a centered 80% safe area and avoiding control-bar pushup that can crowd caption rows on small players ### Added - **UI**: New `UIConfig.cea608SmallPlayerHeightThreshold` option (default `360`) to configure the rendered player height threshold at or below which small-player CEA-608 caption adjustments are applied ### Fixed - **UI**: CEA-608 captions could keep stale sizing after CEA subtitle rendering was disabled and re-enabled, causing captions to appear incorrectly scaled or positioned --- ## 8.258.0 Released: 2026-05-11 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.53.2 to 2.54.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2540)) ### Fixed - HLS AES-128 playback stalling indefinitely after a pre-roll ad break when returning to the main content stream if an in-flight content decryption key request was interrupted during the ad transition - `X-PLAYOUT-LIMIT` not always being respected for interstitials on Safari - **UI**: Inline ``/``, ``/``, and `` tags in subtitle cue text (e.g. CEA-608 italics) were rendered without their semantic styling - **UI**: Player APIs called after the player was already destroyed ### Added - **UI**: New `SubtitleOverlayConfig.enableCea608CaptionFormatting` option (defaults to `true`) to opt out of CEA-608-specific text formatting (monospaced font, uppercase transform, character letter-spacing). CEA-608 row/column positioning is still applied. - **UI**: `NavigationGroup.afterNavigation` which is called after a directional navigation finishes, regardless of whether a target was found --- ## 8.257.0 Released: 2026-05-04 ### Fixed - [`PlayerSubtitlesAPI.list()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Subtitles.PlayerSubtitlesAPI.html#list.list-1) sometimes returning an empty array when called inside the [`PlayerEvent.SubtitleAdded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#SubtitleAdded) callback for native HLS subtitle tracks on Safari - HLS streams served via ISM origin servers with parenthetical format specifiers (e.g. `manifest(format=m3u8-cmaf)`) failing to play on Safari when the service worker is active ### Added - **UI**: `ListSelectorConfig.comparator` to customize the display order of list-backed selection UIs such as `AudioTrackSelectBox`, `SubtitleSelectBox`, `AudioTrackListBox`, and `SubtitleListBox`. For subtitle selection UIs, the built-in `Off` option remains fixed at the top. Example: ```ts const subtitleListBox = new SubtitleListBox({ title: i18n.getLocalizer('settings.subtitles'), comparator: (a, b) => String(a.label).localeCompare(String(b.label)), // A-Z }); ``` > **Note**: Requires building a custom UI. The default `UIFactory` presets do not expose this option. - **UI**: `AudioTrackListBox` and `SubtitleListBox` now can accept config objects that extend `ListBoxConfig` without `listSelector`. This enables configuring list-selector behavior such as `comparator`, `filter`, and `translator`, as well as list-box/settings-panel options like `title`, `hideDelay`, and related panel settings. - **UI**: `ListSelector.onItemsChanged` event that fires whenever the effective item collection changes, including item additions, removals, reordering, or updates to rendered item data such as `label` and `ariaLabel`. This event should be used by consumers that rebuild the full list UI from `getItems()`, while `onItemAdded` and `onItemRemoved` remain strict membership-change events. --- ## 8.256.0 Released: 2026-04-27 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.50.1 to 2.53.2 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2532)) ### Fixed - [`SeekEvent.position`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SeekEvent.html#position) always matching the value of `seekTarget` when seeking in fullscreen on iOS - Jump-restricted interstitials not being played when seeking via player UI - **UI**: Subtitle window coloring was not applied for non-region WebVTT cues - **UI**: WebVTT subtitle background color is applied to the window instead of the text background --- ## 8.255.0 Released: 2026-04-20 ### Added - Support for relative URLs in DASH `UTCTiming` values by resolving them against the MPD-level `BaseURL` or the MPD URL in accordance with the DASH specification ### Fixed - [`PlayerAPI.getSource`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getSource.getSource-1) returning `null` after firing [`SOURCE_STREAM_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_STREAM_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED) error - Improve exposed DVR window for DASH `SegmentList` live streams with inaccurate `timeShiftBufferDepth` in manifest - Long playback start delay with certain DASH `SegmentList` live streams --- ## 8.254.0 Released: 2026-04-13 ### Added - Support for DASH manifests featuring `SegmentList` with a nested `SegmentTimeline` - Support for raw and MPEG-TS-packaged EC-3 (Enhanced AC-3 / Dolby Digital Plus) audio codec with HLS ### Fixed - Timeshifting over jumped-restricted interstitials not resuming from the expected live offset - HLS/Widevine playback failing with [`SOURCE_ENCRYPTION_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_ENCRYPTION_METHOD_NOT_SUPPORTED) when the media playlist contains a FairPlay `EXT-X-KEY` tag alongside the Widevine key --- ## 8.253.0 Released: 2026-04-07 ### Fixed - Playback getting stuck on Tizen when HLS streams have an A/V timeline gap at startup (e.g. audio starts at 0s but video at a later time) - Playback position not updating on Chromecast v3 sender when timeshifting on Chromecast v3 receiver - **UI**: In TV spatial navigation, the BACK button could be swallowed by the UI and not reach the application when the controls were already hidden ### Added - **UI**: Export default layout functions in `UIFactory.defaultLayouts` for easier customization of individual UI variants and their display conditions --- ## 8.252.0 Released: 2026-03-30 ### Added - [`SgaiAdBreak.totalPlannedDuration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/SGAI.SgaiAdBreak.html#totalPlannedDuration) to expose the planned duration of an SGAI ad break before playout limits are applied - [`TweaksConfig.sgai_trigger_delay_compensation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#sgai_trigger_delay_compensation) tweak to compensate for the delay in triggering SGAI ad transitions ### Fixed - Video elements created by IMA SDK not getting cleaned up sometimes - Interstitial incorrectly triggering after a pre-roll when content resumes within its time range - Widevine PSSH key ID parsing failing for providers that encode key IDs as ASCII hex strings instead of raw bytes, preventing DRM rendition fallback - Selected audio tracks not preserved after automatic error recovery from [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) - **UI**: The control bar was not respecting the safe-area, e.g. on iOS, within the Ads UI variant. - **UI**: Ad-UI switches to main content UI when a `SourceLoaded` event is received during active ad playback - **UI**: Missing `TimelineMarker`s when the position calculation happens before the UI finished rendering - **UI**: Unexpected `TimelineMarker`s animation when the Player size changes - **UI**: `AdStatusOverlay` blocking clicks on `HugePlaybackToggleButton` at small player sizes --- ## 8.251.0 Released: 2026-03-23 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.disable_audio_buffer_clearing_on_track_switch`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#disable_audio_buffer_clearing_on_track_switch) and [`TweaksConfig.audio_track_switch_buffer_grace_period`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#audio_track_switch_buffer_grace_period) tweaks to avoid playback freeze/stutter when switching audio tracks - Support for jump-restricted interstitials in live streams - Automatic error recovery from [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) by reloading the media source - [`PlaybackConfig.allowDecodingErrorRecovery`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlaybackConfig.html#allowDecodingErrorRecovery) config to enable/disable decoding error recovery from [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) - **UI**: `AdCounterLabel` now shows the ad position across multiple ad breaks scheduled at the same time (e.g. `Ad 2 of 3` instead of `Ad 1 of 1` for each) ### Fixed - [`hls.interstitials.shouldPlayJumpedOverInterstitials`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/SGAI.InterstitialsConfig.html#shouldPlayJumpedOverInterstitials) callback not being called for live streams - Player not recovering from preroll startup failures - Playback on WPE WebKit stalls on startup after the initial `currentTime` assignment - Update active SGAI ad duration when the HLS interstitial playout limit shortens the current ad - Improve accuracy of [`SGAI.SgaiAdBreak.replaceContentDuration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/SGAI.SgaiAdBreak.html#replaceContentDuration) to prioritize `PLANNED-DURATION` over nested ad durations - **UI**: `VolumeController` can store a volume to restore of `0` in some cases, causing unmute to not restore an audible volume level --- ## 8.250.0 Released: 2026-03-16 ### Fixed - Decoding errors on older WPE WebKit STBs with some streams - Audio track switch causing black frames with encrypted HLS streams when the target track's playlist had not been loaded - Ad Breaks failed silently without an `AdError` event if no supported media type was in the VAST manifest - MIME type checking was case sensitive, leading to wrongly filtered ad media types --- ## 8.249.0 Released: 2026-03-09 ### Added - Preload HLS Interstitials ad manifests for SGAI playback ### Fixed - UI not being disposed after calling `player.destroy()` and throwing [`PlayerAPINotAvailableError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Core.PlayerAPINotAvailableError.html) - [`PlayerAPI.getAvailableSegments()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableSegments) returning incorrect segment URLs, durations and count for DASH SegmentTimeline streams - [`PlayerAPI.ads.list()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdvertisingAPI.html#list) does not list ad breaks that are queued for immediate playback - [`PlayerAPI.ads.discardAdBreak()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdvertisingAPI.html#discardAdBreak) not discarding ad breaks that are queued for immediate playback --- ## 8.248.0 Released: 2026-03-02 ### Added - Cache manifests of CSAI and SGAI streaming ads - [`player.sgai`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/SGAI.PlayerSgaiAPI.html) API to control HLS Interstitials ad playback at runtime ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.48.0 to 2.50.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2501)) - Update analytics types of `CustomDataValues` and `AnalyticsConfig` to the last change made in 2.50.0 ### Fixed - Sometimes missing `ended` event on WPEWebKit - Player destroy sometimes failing on WPE based STBs --- ## 8.247.0 Released: 2026-02-24 ### Added - [`hls.interstitials.viewability`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/SGAI.InterstitialsConfig.html#viewability) config to control SGAI ad viewability tracking duration and decision timeout - SGAI ad viewability tracking: fire `VIEWABLE`, `NOT_VIEWABLE`, or `VIEW_UNDETERMINED` tracking URLs based on player and tab visibility during HLS interstitial ad playback - Support interstitials ASSET-LIST preloading ### Fixed - HLS live playback stalling indefinitely on streams with multiple audio codecs --- ## 8.246.0 Released: 2026-02-18 ### Fixed - [`PlayerEvent.AudioAdded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AudioAdded) not dispatched on source loaded - [`PlayerEvent.AudioRemoved`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AudioRemoved) not dispatched on source unloaded - Tizen 6.5 (2022) TV sometimes looping content during SSAI transitions - `X-PLAYOUT-LIMIT` not being respected if coming from an `EXT-X-DATERANGE` metadata update --- ## 8.245.0 Released: 2026-02-09 ### Added - [`NetworkConfig.requestTimeout`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.NetworkConfig.html#requestTimeout) and [`NetworkConfig.defaultRequestTimeout`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.NetworkConfig.html#defaultRequestTimeout) to configure network request timeouts ### Changed - Migrate the Bitmovin Player Web UI integration to v4 (checkout [What's new in UI v4](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/whats-new-in-ui-v4) for details) - If you have no UI customizations, there is no further action required. The new UI is used automatically. - If you ship a custom UI v3 (even when it still uses the default factory name `bitmovin.playerui.UIFactory.buildDefaultUI`) - Configure the legacy factory explicitly via `StyleConfig.uiManagerFactory` (see [Stick to Bitmovin Player UI version 3 (opt-out)](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/whats-new-in-ui-v4#stick-to-bitmovin-player-ui-version-3-opt-out) for details) - Or upgrade your custom UI v4 following our [Migration Guide](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/reference/migration-guide-v3-to-v4) ### Fixed - Progressive ads not playing on Edge for Android - [`PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getCurrentTime) returning the content duration parsed from the manifest regardless of the requested [`TimeMode`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.TimeMode.html) on playback end after live-to-VoD switch - HLS Interstitials not being replayed after timeshifting back in a live stream - Player firing an [`UNKNOWN`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#UNKNOWN) error instead of actual underlying error when restoring main content after CSAI ad - Player unnecessarily time shifting when currently playing period that is already fully loaded drops out of the DASH manifest --- ## 8.244.0 Released: 2026-01-26 ### Added - [`RestrictStrategy.shouldLoadAdBreak`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.RestrictStrategy.html#shouldLoadAdBreak) API ### Fixed - Player sometimes getting stuck at period/discontinuity transitions on WebOS 2016 TVs - [`StartOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#startOffset) not being applied after pre-roll ad break playback - DASH thumbnails not displaying when hovering over the seekbar for live streams - **UI**: Uncaught JS errors after destroying the player while a live source is loaded --- ## 8.243.0 Released: 2026-01-19 ### Added - DASH SupplementalProperty elements are accessible through the [`metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MediaTrack.html#metadata) property on audio, video, and subtitle tracks ### Fixed - Increased number of [`NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) and [`NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) errors with recent player versions due to missing retries --- ## 8.242.0 Released: 2026-01-12 ### Fixed - Player getting stuck at period switch with encrypted video and unencrypted audio - Playback eventually breaking on WebOS when playing DASH live streams with many periods - Playback of ClearKey streams with legacy Edge on Xbox - Playback sometimes looping at the start of a new DASH Period or HLS Discontinuity on Tizen - `NotFoundError` sometimes being thrown when seeking in streams with metadata on Safari - Increase parsing performance of DASH manifests --- ## 8.241.0 Released: 2026-01-07 ### Fixed - Failure to play AES-128-encrypted HLS streams with no `IV` field defined in the playlist --- ## 8.240.0 Released: 2025-12-22 ### Added - [`PlayReadyDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.PlayReadyDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode) and [`WidevineModularDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode) that allow to retry failed DRM request with other available KIDs - **UI**: `SeekBarConfig.markerUpdateIntervalMs` to customize the update interval of the TimeLine markers in a live stream ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.48.0 to 2.48.2 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2482)) - [`WidevineModularDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense) is now deprecated in favour of [`WidevineModularDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnHttpStatusCode) - Adjust [`DOWNLOAD_PREDICTION`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.AdaptationLogicType.html#DOWNLOAD_PREDICTION) ABR logic to allow slightly longer download times for segments of the same quality to reduce quality switching ### Fixed - Forward buffer does not fill if `EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE` or `EXT-X-SKIP` tag are placed after a segment tag - [`PlayerAPI.load`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#load) does not resolve on newer Tizen TVs when forcing Native HLS technology - Infinite stall during startup when manifest reports longer duration than actual media file preventing [`startup_threshold`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#startup_threshold) from being reached - **UI**: `TimelineMarker`s move unexpectedly during time-shifting in a live stream --- ## 8.239.0 Released: 2025-12-15 ### Fixed - [`PeriodSwitch`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PeriodSwitch) and [`PeriodSwitched`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PeriodSwitched) events sometimes not firing on a period transition after a backward seek - `endNumber` not respected for subtitle with DASH `SegmentTemplate` streams --- ## 8.238.0 Released: 2025-12-10 ### Added - Support for HLS interstitials - [`HlsConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.HlsConfig.html) for HLS related settings - [`TweaksConfig.enable_sgai_handling`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_sgai_handling) to enable HLS interstitials playback ### Fixed - Wrong timing information in [`MetadataParsed`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MetadataParsedEvent.html) events for HLS date range of VOD streams on Safari - Player error not being emitted during content restoration after CSAI ad break - Duplicate and inaccurate [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) events with `CUSTOM` tags on Safari with `ServiceWorker` - Playback of HLS streams featuring audio-only variants in Safari when [`native_hls_parsing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#native_hls_parsing) is enabled - Unhandled errors during failed segment prefetching - **UI**: Type incompatibility warnings with Player version 8.235.0 and higher --- ## 8.237.0 Released: 2025-12-02 ### Fixed - Internal bug fixes and improvements --- ## 8.236.0 Released: 2025-11-25 ### Fixed - `NotFoundError` being thrown when processing metadata cues from native `TextTrack` on Safari\<18 - Safari preloading video segments despite [`TweaksConfig.prevent_video_element_preloading`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#prevent_video_element_preloading) being set and [`AdaptationConfig.preload`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#preload) being false, causing unnecessary downloads when a [`SourceConfigOptions.startOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#startOffset) is defined --- ## 8.235.0 Released: 2025-11-19 ### Added - Improved type safety for event callbacks by introducing generic type parameters to [`PlayerAPI.on`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#on), [`PlayerAPI.off`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#off), and [`EventConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/types/Core.EventConfig.html) entries ### Changed - Configuring [`AdaptationConfig.bitrates`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#bitrates) and [`AdaptationConfig.resolution`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#resolution) constraints outside of the available renditions now results in the closest possible representation being selected ### Fixed - Player throwing an uncaught exception when [`AdaptationConfig.bitrates`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#bitrates) or [`AdaptationConfig.resolution`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#resolution) constraints in cannot be met with the available renditions - **UI**: Incorrect sytnax of CSS `URL` functions, leading to problems with URLs containing special characters like `(` or `)` --- ## 8.234.0 Released: 2025-11-10 ### Changed - [`Advertising.AdConfig.replaceContentDuration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdConfig.html#replaceContentDuration) is now also respected for live streams, hence no longer requires [`TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_seek_for_live) and [`TweaksConfig.resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break) to also be set - [`TweaksConfig.resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break) no longer requires [`TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_seek_for_live) to also be set ### Fixed - [`getAvailableSegments`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableSegments) API only returning segments for 1 representation for DASH SegmentTimeline manifests with multiple representations - Player always resuming live content from live edge, or from [`SourceConfigOptions.startOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#startOffset) if present, after CSAI ad playback --- ## 8.233.0 Released: 2025-11-03 ### Fixed - CEA-608 captions not working for streams using HEVC codec in fMP4 --- ## 8.232.0 Released: 2025-10-27 ### Fixed - Player stalling on HLS stream with misaligned A/V discontinuities - [`getThumbnail`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getThumbnail) API returning `null` on DASH SegmentTimeline streams featuring a presentation time offset and a timescale - Unrecoverable stall after HLS Failover --- ## 8.231.0 Released: 2025-10-20 ### Added - Support for v2 of [HLS Playlist Delta Updates](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-pantos-hls-rfc8216bis#section-6.2.5.1) ### Fixed - Failure to load a new source while a CSAI ad is starting with [`Bitmovin Advertising module (BAM)`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#AdvertisingBitmovin) --- ## 8.230.0 Released: 2025-10-13 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.46.0 to 2.48.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2480)) - Update analytics types of `ConfigAPI` ### Fixed - Gap skipping not triggered when [`TweaksConfig.proactive_gap_skip_distance_seconds`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#proactive_gap_skip_distance_seconds) precisely matches the distance to the gap --- ## 8.229.0 Released: 2025-10-06 ### Fixed - Decoding error on Chrome for MPEG-TS streams with HEVC codec - Chance of [`destroy()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#destroy) call rejecting when called during ad restoration - Improved efficiency of HLS playlist handling for long streams --- ## 8.228.0 Released: 2025-10-01 ### Fixed - Improved video startup by performing MediaKeySystem access requests in parallel with manifest download --- ## 8.227.0 Released: 2025-09-23 ### Added - API doc for [`TweaksConfig.enable_performance_logs`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_performance_logs) - API doc for [`TweaksConfig.proactive_gap_skip_distance_seconds`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#proactive_gap_skip_distance_seconds) ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.45.1 to 2.46.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2460)) - **UI**: Update our release automation to prepare for the upcoming v4 release ### Fixed - Delay in video startup on low-power platforms due to unnecessary MediaKeySystem access requests --- ## 8.226.0 Released: 2025-09-08 ### Added - [`StyleConfig.uiManagerFactory`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.StyleConfig.html#uiManagerFactory) to simplify custom `UIManager` initialization ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.44.1 to 2.45.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2451)) ### Fixed - Playback getting stuck at period switches on Edge Chromium --- ## 8.225.0 Released: 2025-09-02 ### Fixed - Unnecessary probing of multiple UID strings for DRM key systems - TypeError during ad-to-content transitions preventing main content from resuming after ad failures --- ## 8.224.0 Released: 2025-08-25 ### Fixed - Parsing of SMPTE-TT image tags in TTML subtitles - Missing `adBreak` property on [`AdBreakFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdBreakFinished) event - Delay in video startup on low-power platforms due to irrelevant DRM key systems being probed for platform support --- ## 8.223.0 Released: 2025-08-18 ### Changed - Failure of appending data to `SourceBuffer` will now fire an error or warning - **UI**: Default font size for CEA captions is lowered, effectively making the previous 75% the new 100%. ### Fixed - Switching between protected and clear audio tracks on Edge/Windows 11 - HLS streams with `#EXT-X-ENDLIST` tag appearing before segments in the playlist wrongly detected as live - Glitchy playback on legacy SmartTVs when bitrate ladder is encoded with different timescales - **UI**: Long CEA captions are cut off when font size changed to greater than 100% via settings panel - **UI**: CEA caption font size is not changing when font size set to 75% via settings panel - **UI**: CEA caption positioning breaks when font size is changed via settings panel - **UI**: Font size change in subtitle rendering options menu has no effect for CEA captions - **UI**: Subtitle font size changes for VTT/TTML subtitles when the subtitle rendering options menu is opened - **UI**: Subtitle font size preference from local storage is not restored upon UI initialization - **UI**: CEA captions can overlap with player's control bar ### Removed - [`TweaksConfig.preserve_gaps_for_base_media_decode_time_rewrite`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8.222.0/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#preserve_gaps_for_base_media_decode_time_rewrite) as gaps in content are now always preserved to avoid AV de-sync --- ## 8.222.0 Released: 2025-08-11 ### Changed - Reduce default value of [`TweaksConfig.max_startup_buffer`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#max_startup_buffer) from 6 to 4 on webOS 2020 ### Fixed - Player not favoring `EC-3` codec over `AAC` if the linked HLS variants feature the same value of `BANDWIDTH` - **UI**: Immediately update the playback position when seeking using a click --- ## 8.221.0 Released: 2025-08-04 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.disable_auto_recovery_on_dvr_window_exceeded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#disable_auto_recovery_on_dvr_window_exceeded) for possibility of disabling default handling of [`DVRWindowExceeded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8.221.0/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#DVRWindowExceeded) event --- ## 8.220.0 Released: 2025-07-28 ### Added - Support for `enumerated-string-list` attribute values (ie. `X-SNAP`, `X-RESTRICT`) for HLS `#EXT-X-DATERANGE` tags ### Fixed - Player unable to transition back to main content after playing 3 or more pre-rolls with IMA SDK - Prevent unnecessary calls to `SourceBuffer.changeType()` when mimeType and codec haven't changed as excessive calls can cause issues on certain platforms - Player potentially not purging backward buffer on TVs after encountering gaps in content --- ## 8.219.0 Released: 2025-07-21 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.44.0 to 2.44.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2441)) ### Fixed - Missing WebVTT subtitle cues due to wrong start/end timestamps with live stream - [`PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getCurrentTime) returning relative instead of absolute time when omitting explicit time mode or specifying `TimeMode.AbsoluteTime` while casting on a Chromecast v3 receiver - Fragmented subtitles sometimes disappearing when resuming playback after exceeding the live DVR window --- ## 8.218.0 Released: 2025-07-14 ### Fixed - Sudden drop in BaseMediaDecodeTime sometimes causing an unrecoverable playback stall on SmartTVs at discontinuity / period transitions - [`TweaksConfig.hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches) not working as expected on most platforms - [`PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getCurrentTime) always returning `0` when called with `TimeMode.RelativeTime` while casting on a Chromecast v3 receiver - Unexpected segment download cancellations during startup on VIZIO, causing unnecessary delay --- ## 8.217.0 Released: 2025-07-07 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.tizen_max_safe_bmdt`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#tizen_max_safe_bmdt), [`TweaksConfig.tizen_max_safe_pto`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#tizen_max_safe_pto), [`TweaksConfig.webos_max_safe_bmdt`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#webos_max_safe_bmdt), [`TweaksConfig.webos_max_safe_pto`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#webos_max_safe_pto), to provide finer control on timestamp rewriting logic on Samsung Tizen and LG webOS TVs ### Fixed - Tizen and webOS modules potentially causing playback issues on newer TVs - Switching audio on multi-period DASH streams with DRM-protected periods sometimes showing a black frame transition --- ## 8.216.0 Released: 2025-06-30 ### Added - TVKey DRM support for Samsung Smart TVs with built-in secure hardware and HbbTV support - Type for [`SubtitleCueParsedEvent.updates`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SubtitleCueParsedEvent.html#updates) ### Changed - [`regionStyle`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SubtitleCueEvent.html#regionStyle) to not get populated with styles from `::cue`-selectors for WebVTT - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.43.4 to 2.44.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2440)) ### Fixed - WebVTT styles not getting applied correctly when using global `::cue` selector - Playback freezes on PS5 during transition between encrypted and unencrypted segments - [`TweaksConfig.startup_threshold`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#startup_threshold) not being respected precisely --- ## 8.215.0 Released: 2025-06-24 ### Added - Tweak [`TweaksConfig.dash_clear_buffers_on_period_switches`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#dash_clear_buffers_on_period_switches) (default value: `false`) that can be used to force buffer clearing upon period transitions - [`SegmentPlaybackEvent.periodId`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SegmentPlaybackEvent.html) property to expose the ID of the DASH period the playing segment belongs to ### Fixed - Performance enhancement of DASH period switching - Playback sometimes stalling on TVs after switching audio track - [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) error on Edge when switching from clear to encrypted segments --- ## 8.214.0 Released: 2025-06-17 ### Added - Tweak [`TweaksConfig.max_startup_buffer`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#max_startup_buffer) to limit the amount of buffer to build upon initial play and thereby reduce video startup time ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.43.3 to 2.43.4 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2434)) ### Fixed - Switching between Adaptation Sets having `urn:mpeg:dash:adaptation-set-switching:2016` schemeIdUri with multiple matches expressed in a comma-separated list - **UI**: The `PlaybackTimeLabel`s time format was incorrectly displayed as `mm:ss` instead of `hh:mm:ss` when the duration is higher than 1 hour when transitioning from Live to VOD - **UI**: The `PlaybackTimeLabel`s flickering LIVE for a short time when transitioning from Live to VOD --- ## 8.213.0 Released: 2025-06-10 ### Fixed - `TypeError` thrown when calling [`PlayerAPI.getPlaybackAudioData()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getPlaybackAudioData) before playback start - Uncaught exception on Firefox when calling [`PlayerAPI.getSupportedDRM()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getSupportedDRM) --- ## 8.212.0 Released: 2025-06-03 ### Changed - [`SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST) is now thrown instead of [`NETWORK_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_ERROR) in case variant playlists request fails due to blocking or offline reason ### Fixed - [`TweaksConfig.infinite_retries_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#infinite_retries_for_live) not having any effect on failed variant playlists when blocking the requests or when the client goes offline --- ## 8.211.0 Released: 2025-05-27 ### Added - [`AudioQuality.channels`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AudioQuality.html#channels) property to expose number of audio channels if specified in the manifest - [`ContentLocationChanged`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#ContentLocationChanged) event that is fired when the player has switched to a different content location (i.e. CDN) ### Fixed - Detection of lowercase string `application/vnd.apple.mpegurl` as valid HLS mime type in ad manifests - Premature [`PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PlaybackFinished) event sometimes being emitted on Tizen when timestamps are rewritten - Infinite rebuffering with muxed MPEG-TS streams upon switching from an embedded audio track to an external one --- ## 8.210.0 Released: 2025-05-21 ### Added - Tweak [`postpone_manifest_updates_until_playback_start`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#postpone_manifest_updates_until_playback_start) (default value: `true`) that delays manifest updates for live streams until playback has started. Does not take an effect for HLS low latency streams. ### Fixed - Playback of HLS streams with unresolved dot-segments in URLs not working in Safari when [`native_hls_parsing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#native_hls_parsing) is enabled - **UI**: Seeking with active CEA captions left an empty window behind - **UI**: WebVTT doesn't render when region styles are present ### Changed - **UI**: Background of CEA captions now does not cover the subtitle window fully --- ## 8.209.0 Released: 2025-05-12 ### Fixed - Broken playback on webOS/Tizen when playing some multi-discontinuity live streams without `#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags - TTML subtitles not showing when XML namespaces are used - Seeking after an ad break with [`discardAfterPlayback: false`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdBreakConfig.html#discardAfterPlayback) has already finished caused a replay of that ad break with the IMA Ad module - `regionStyle` property on [SubtitleCueParsedEvent](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SubtitleCueParsedEvent.html) wrongfully exposed as `layout` property - **UI**: CEA caption rendering broken if no user preference is present for subtitle font size --- ## 8.208.0 Released: 2025-05-05 ### Fixed - Missing [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MetadataEvent.html) events for HLS [`DateRange`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.MetadataType.html#DATERANGE) tags in VOD playlists containing `#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` - Seeking close to the end of the buffer on PS4 - Outdated [`NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) error documentation --- ## 8.207.0 Released: 2025-04-28 ### Added - Missing documentation for the [`enable_muted_background_playback`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#enable_muted_background_playback) tweak - Improved documentation for [`PlayerAdvertisingAPI.list()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.PlayerAdvertisingAPI.html#list) - Improved documentation for the [`Thumbnail`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#Thumbnail) module - Separate documentation for the [`ThumbnailIMP`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#ThumbnailIMP) module - **UI**: Ads UI variant to default TV UI ### Fixed - Player not respecting the configured target [`buffer`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.BufferConfig.html) level for [`BackwardDuration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.BufferType.html#BackwardDuration) on growing DVR streams - WebRTC/WHEP support detection on Safari - Missing [`MetadataParsed`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MetadataParsedEvent.html) and [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MetadataEvent.html) events for HLS [`DateRange`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.MetadataType.html#DATERANGE) tag present after `EXT-X-ENDLIST` tag - `data:` URIs not handled correctly in WebVTT thumbnail files - Playback sometimes not resuming after a seek or period switch on PS4 - Missing ad data in the [`AdManifestLoadedEvent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdManifestLoadedEvent.html) when using IMA - Missing whitespaces in TTML subtitles - Segment index unnecessarily re-downloaded on every quality switch for `SegmentBase` DASH streams --- ## 8.206.0 Released: 2025-04-14 ### Added - `enable_muted_background_playback` tweak to circumvent a muted player being paused by a chromium browser when the tab is in the background - **UI**: `aria-label` to `ErrorMessageOverlay` - **UI**: New `ariaFallbackMode` configuration option to `SeekBarConfig`, which updates the current playback position also in the `aria-label`. This can be used for devices which don't support the `aria-valuetext` attribute for `slider`s. ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.43.2 to 2.43.3 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2433)) - When trying to seek very close to the end of a period or discontinuity, seek to the start of the next period/discontinuity instead - **UI**: The `aria-pressed` attribute is only set on `ToggleButton`s instead of all buttons - **UI**: The `aria-pressed` attribute is not set if both, `onAriaLabel` and `offAriaLabel`, configuration properties are set for a specific component - **UI**: The `aria-label` for Quickseek buttons contain now also the number of seconds the button seeks ### Fixed - Chance of uncaught exception when transitioning to an ad from content featuring fragmented subtitles - Chance of playback getting stuck when seeking exactly to a period start time - Types for [`PlayerAdvertisingAPI.getActiveAd`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.PlayerAdvertisingAPI.html#getActiveAd) and [`PlayerAdvertisingAPI.getActiveAdBreak`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.PlayerAdvertisingAPI.html#getActiveAdBreak) were non-nullable but methods could return `null` if no ad break and ad were active - Memory leak associated with `EXT-X-DATERANGE` metadata - **UI**: Error message in `ErrorMessageOverlay` not read by `Text-To-Speech` engine on Tizen --- ## 8.205.0 Released: 2025-04-07 ### Added - Expose [`advertising.vastLoadTimeout`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising_Ima.ImaAdvertisingConfig.html#vastLoadTimeout) provided by the IMA SDK ### Fixed - Improve exposed DVR window of DASH `SegmentTimeline` live streams carrying inaccurate values of `timeShiftBufferDepth` - Potentially loading the wrong initial playlist causing unnecessary round-trip with HLS multi-codec streams - Audio-only HLS with raw AAC without ID3 tags not playing - Player not firing [`DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM) error when attempting to play FairPlay DRM on Chrome - Playback not starting for DRM-protected HLS multi-codec streams if platform does not support preferred codec with DRM - **UI**: Setting larger font size while using CEA-608 captions can shift some cues outside of visible area. --- ## 8.204.0 Released: 2025-03-31 ### Fixed - Calling [`destroy()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#destroy) would not interrupt the loading of the source - Exceptions in user callbacks are now caught and will result in a warning without interrupting the flow of the player --- ## 8.203.0 Released: 2025-03-24 ### Added - Support for [`NetworkConfig.preprocessHttpResponse`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.NetworkConfig.html#preprocessHttpResponse) on Safari with [`ServiceWorker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LocationConfig.html#serviceworker) for HLS playlists - Support for embedded WebVTT styling and positioning - **UI**: Changing font size now also takes an effect in CEA-608 captions with cap from 50% to 200%. Larger than default font size also disables the grid view. ### Fixed - External subtitle files are now reused after a client side ad - Adaptation callbacks [`onVideoAdaptation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#onVideoAdaptation) and [`onAudioAdaptation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#onAudioAdaptation) not receiving the correct suggested representation after fallback to a lower quality - Playback of ClearKey streams where cipher blocks span across subsample boundaries - Playback of ClearKey streams carrying `sbgp` and `sbgp` MP4 boxes --- ## 8.202.0 Released: 2025-03-12 ### Added - Support for [`NetworkConfig.preprocessHttpRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.NetworkConfig.html#preprocessHttpRequest) on Safari with [`ServiceWorker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LocationConfig.html#serviceworker) for HLS playlists ### Fixed - Missing [`SegmentPlayback`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#SegmentPlayback) events after setting custom [`QueryParameters`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#query_parameters) on Safari with [`ServiceWorker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LocationConfig.html#serviceworker) - Improved transition between unencrypted and encrypted content on WebOS 2018 and later - Improved parsing efficiency for large WebVTT subtitle files on low-powered devices --- ## 8.201.0 Released: 2025-03-03 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.43.1 to 2.43.2 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2432)) ### Fixed - Improved transition between unencrypted and encrypted content on browsers - Improved transition between periods with the same content characteristics on Tizen and WebOS TVs - [`QueryParameters`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#query_parameters) sometimes not being applied to requests on Safari with [`ServiceWorker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LocationConfig.html#serviceworker) - Improved large subtitle files potentially causing long startup time and playback freezes on low-power devices --- ## 8.200.0 Released: 2025-02-24 ### Added - More troubleshooting steps for [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) (code `1301`): [https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/1301.html](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/1301.html) ### Changed - Dispatch warning [`PLAYBACK_INVALID_DATA_SEGMENT_ENCOUNTERED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.WarningCode.html#PLAYBACK_INVALID_DATA_SEGMENT_ENCOUNTERED) when a loaded fmp4 segment could not be parsed correctly or has the wrong size - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.43.0 to 2.43.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2431)) ### Fixed - Chance of missing [`PlayerEvent.CueParsed`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#CueParsed) for closed captions on seeking - Playback getting stuck at period boundaries on PS5 - [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error) with [`ErrorCode.NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) when initial HLS variant playlist fails to load due to network timeout - Live low-latency catchup and fallback mechanism not suspended when moving away from live edge via `player.seek()` API instead of `player.timeShift()` API - Live low-latency catchup and fallback mechanism not resumed when moving back to live edge via `player.seek()` API instead of `player.timeShift()` API --- ## 8.199.0 Released: 2025-02-17 ### Changed - [`getSource()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getSource) now still returns the source after a [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error) - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.42.3 to 2.43.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2430)) ### Fixed - ABR sometimes ignoring representations after merging Adaptation Sets to achieve `adaptation-set-switching` - Playback stuck at period boundary after audio track switch in second-to-last period - Playback stuck after audio track switch if player already pre-buffered next period and audio track changes from unencrypted to encrypted (or vice versa) across periods - PS4/PS5 sometimes emitting the [`Playing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Playing) event before the [`Ready`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Ready) event - [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error) with [`ErrorCode.NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) when the HLS or DASH manifest fail to load due to network timeout --- ## 8.198.0 Released: 2025-02-10 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.disable_parallel_segment_loading`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#disable_parallel_segment_loading) (default value: `false`) that, if enabled, will force segments to be downloaded sequentially, i.e. by alternating audio and video segments, and by fetching init segments prior to data segments, as opposed to doing these operations concurrently ### Changed - Init Segments will now be loaded in parallel to the data segments requiring them ### Fixed - Unexpected error [`SOURCE_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_ERROR) sometimes being emitted on webOS 2016 when seeking while the DRM license is being acquired - Duplicated browser tabs not starting playback on some platforms when a persistent DRM license is used - Playback stuck after audio track switch with multi-period DASH stream when using Tizen/webOS TV modules --- ## 8.197.0 Released: 2025-01-28 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.42.2 to 2.42.3 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2423)) ### Fixed - webOS requiring [`DRM module`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#DRM) for playback of clear streams - Unexpected error [`DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM) sometimes being emitted on PS5 when interrupting the load of the source with another load call - Calling [`getSource()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getSource) while switching sources or after a player error would still return the old source - [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error) with [`ErrorCode.NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) when segments fail to load due to network timeout - Console errors when the player is paused in a Period which drops out of the manifest in live streams --- ## 8.196.0 Released: 2025-01-20 ### Added - Support for KeySystem string `com.widevine.alpha.experiment` - **UI**: Support for changing the font style of subtitles and closed captions - **UI**: Support for changing the edge color of characters of subtitles and closed captions ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.42.1 to 2.42.2 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2422)) --- ## 8.195.0 Released: 2025-01-14 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.42.0 to 2.42.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2421)) - **UI**: Create separate region components for each CEA-608 row ### Fixed - Player not loading audio and video segments in parallel on startup and upon seeking - Irrecoverable stall during playback on Tizen and webOS when handling timestamp overflow - Emit `SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID` instead of `SOURCE_HLS_STREAM_ERROR` when failing to parse the media playlists - **UI**: Positioning of CEA-608 caption cues when multiple cues are displayed on the same line - **UI**: Unexpected styling for the initially displayed cue when enabling CEA-608 captions - **UI**: Vertical alignment of CEA-608 captions on small player sizes - **UI**: CEA-608 caption window covering almost the entire video area - **UI**: Seek preview thumbnails exceeding the UI dimensions when default size is increased --- ## 8.194.0 Released: 2024-12-16 ### Added - Support for specifying time synchronization configuration on source level in [`LiveConfigAtSourceLevel`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfigAtSourceLevel.html) - [`PlayerConfigBuilder.enableLowLatency`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Util.PlayerConfigBuilder.html#enableLowLatency) for enabling low-latency live streaming in configurations built by `PlayerConfigBuilder` - Support for LL-HLS optimizations (Partial Segment Loading, Blocking Playlist Reloads, Preload Hints) with LL-HLS streams when a [Low Latency config](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html#lowLatency) is present - [`PlayerConfigBuilder.mergeWith`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Util.PlayerConfigBuilder.html#mergeWith) for combining a custom config with the one generated by the `PlayerConfigBuilder` - Support for passing an existing base [`PlayerConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerConfig.html) to the [`PlayerConfigBuilder`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Util.PlayerConfigBuilder.html) constructor ### Changed - If a [`LowLatencyConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html#lowLatency) is present and a DASH Live source is loaded the player will automatically enable [`TweaksConfig.chunked_cmaf_streaming`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#chunked_cmaf_streaming) and use the [low-latency adaptation logic](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.AdaptationLogicType.html#LOW_LATENCY) to facilitate segment loading/streaming using HTTP CTE (chunked transfer encoding) ### Fixed - Reduced startup times and duration of out-of-buffer seek operations - Reduced startup times for live streams when server time sync is configured in [`LiveConfig.synchronization`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html#synchronization) - EMSG Metadata causing high memory usage on Safari 18 when playing HLS live streams - Loading next source on [`PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PlaybackFinished) event after streaming ads freezes player - Wrong time on [`TimeChanged`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#TimeChanged) event when playing progressive source on PlayStation5 --- ## 8.193.0 Released: 2024-12-09 ### Added - [`RestoringContent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#RestoringContent) event that is triggered when the main content is being restored after ad playback ### Fixed - Response of first data segments not streamed with HLS fMP4 streams despite [TweaksConfig.chunked\_cmaf\_streaming](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#chunked_cmaf_streaming) enabled - Subtitles containing SMPTE images which have a misnamed or missing `imagetype` attribute would cause exceptions. Now `png` is assumed as default. - PTO not set on prefetched segments during preroll ad break which results in a player stalling --- ## 8.192.0 Released: 2024-12-02 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.max_safe_mse_duration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#max_safe_mse_duration) (default value: `Infinity`) that can be overridden on those platforms where setting `Infinity` as a duration on the `MediaSource` can causes problems ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.41.0 to 2.42.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2420)) ### Fixed - Player failing to play Smooth streams when the manifest is redirected - Improved period switching performance when next period is not yet loaded --- ## 8.191.0 Released: 2024-11-25 ### Fixed - Failing to playback certain audio-only HLS streams - High memory usage with HLS live streams on Firefox and WebKit-based browsers - Dynamically updating [`AdaptationConfig.limitToPlayerSize`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.DynamicAdaptationConfig.html#limitToPlayerSize) via [`AdaptationApi.setConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationAPI.html#setConfig) --- ## 8.190.0 Released: 2024-11-20 ### Fixed - ClearKey/AES-128 encrypted streams causing unnecessary Web Worker instantiation even when not required - Failure when calling [`setPlaybackSpeed()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#setPlaybackSpeed) on PS4 playing a progressive stream with WebMAF >= 3.2.1 - Unexpected error dispatched instead of [`SOURCE_INVALID`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_INVALID) when loading an invalid source - [`load()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#load) promise not rejecting with the expected [`SOURCE_INVALID`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_INVALID) error when providing an invalid HLS source configuration on Safari - Playback not resuming from seeking close to a buffer gap on VIZIO TVs - Player getting stuck at small gaps in video content on Chromium browsers - Chance of missing 3rd `AdQuartile` event on short ads with [`Bitmovin Advertising Module`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/modules/Advertising_Bitmovin.html) - **UI**: Potential performance impact caused by forced layout reflows --- ## 8.189.0 Released: 2024-11-11 ### Added - Support for HLS Playlist Delta Updates ### Fixed - Unexpected [`Playing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Playing) event being emitted when seeking via Player UI on Safari - [`PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PlaybackFinished) event sometimes not being emitted on Safari 18 - Playback not resuming after skipping multiple mid rolls with [`IMA Advertising Module`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#AdvertisingIma) - Inconsistent values returned by [`getPlaybackVideoData()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getPlaybackVideoData) on Safari with Service Worker when playing HLS streams featuring audio-only variants - Improved performance of ClearKey decryption --- ## 8.188.0 Released: 2024-11-04 ### Fixed - Audio track switch only becoming audible after several seconds on smart TVs - Type error when calling [`AdaptationApi.setConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationAPI.html#setConfig) with production builds of the player - VPAID preroll ad sometimes getting skipped if scheduled after unloading a previous ad when using [`Bitmovin Advertising Module`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/modules/Advertising_Bitmovin.html) --- ## 8.187.0 Released: 2024-10-28 ### Added - [`advertising.trackers.omSdk.onAccessMode`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.OmSdkTracker.html#onAccessMode) now also works for the IMA module by converting the returned map to [`omidAccessModerules`](https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/html5/client-side/reference/js/google.ima.AdsRequest?hl=en#omidAccessModeRules) ### Fixed - Beginning in October 2024, when starting a CAF cast session with active subtitles, the subtitles would not become active on the receiver. ### Changed - **UI**: Dpad keymap for Android devices --- ## 8.186.0 Released: 2024-10-21 ### Added - Improved documentation for [`shouldRecreateSourceBuffersOnPeriodSwitch`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#shouldRecreateSourceBuffersOnPeriodSwitch) ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.40.1 to 2.41.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2410)) ### Fixed - Broken playback when seeking backwards via [`Bitmovin Player UI`](https://github.com/bitmovin/bitmovin-player-ui) after playing near the end of the stream - Missing [`AdQuartile`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#AdQuartile) events with VPAID + [`BAM`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/modules/Advertising_Bitmovin.html) when scheduling back-to-back ads - TypeError: `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'dispatch')` at `closeSession` - Infinite loop when calling the [`getAvailableSegments`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableSegments) API while playing HLS content --- ## 8.185.0 Released: 2024-10-14 ### Added - HLS Playlist Delta Updates with live streams that support them and carry Program Date Time tags - [`LiveConfig.incrementalManifestUpdates`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html#incrementalManifestUpdates) flag to control whether the player should perform incremental manifest updates such as HLS Playlist Delta Updates. Default is `true`. - Support for multi-discontinuity HLS streams where video is encrypted and audio is not ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.40.0 to 2.40.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#v2401)) --- ## 8.184.0 Released: 2024-10-07 ### Fixed - Chance of stalling with fMp4 HLS live streams after switching to a never-tried-before quality - Playback getting stuck on Tizen 2018 and 2019 models when seeking close to the end of buffer - Make input type of [`PlayerConfigBuilder.optimizeForPlatform`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Util.PlayerConfigBuilder.html#optimizeForPlatform) optional --- ## 8.183.0 Released: 2024-09-30 ### Added - Introduced [`PlayerConfigBuilder`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/classes/Util.PlayerConfigBuilder.html) for a simplified configuration of the player ### Fixed - Unnecessary delay in segment scheduling for HLS Live due to playlist updates - Switching between audio tracks with different codecs sometimes causing playback to stall on WebOS 2021 and later - Missing properties on the API documentation for [`GoogleCastRemoteControlConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/RemoteControl.GoogleCastRemoteControlConfig.html) and [`WebSocketRemoteControlConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/RemoteControl.WebSocketRemoteControlConfig.html) --- ## 8.182.0 Released: 2024-09-23 ### Fixed - Sometimes a [`DRM_FAILED_LICENSE_REQUEST`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#DRM_FAILED_LICENSE_REQUEST) player error is thrown when loading a clear source after an AES encrypted source - Player with active Tizen/WebOS module getting stuck when only one content type exceeded the safe BaseMediaDecodeTime limit and the other content type was loaded first --- ## 8.181.0 Released: 2024-09-16 ### Fixed - Broken playback when a buffer gap is encountered in proximity of a timestamp rollover on Tizen - HLS live stream not erroring out or recovering from failure during quality switch-up --- ## 8.180.0 Released: 2024-09-09 ### Changed - Player no longer dispatches additional [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error)s after the first one is emitted - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.39.0 to 2.40.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2400)) - **UI**: `selectbox` now sets its `ViewMode` to `Persistent` whenever and as long as the select-dropdown is shown - **UI**: `uicontainer` and `settingspanel` will no longer auto-hide if there are any components that are in the `Persistent` view mode ### Fixed - Advertising with IMA not resuming content when starting with an offset that goes across multiple ad breaks and VMAP with passthroughMode is set to [`vastandvmap`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising_Ima.ImaAdBreak.html#passthroughMode) - Update [`PlayerAPI`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html) to expose `analytics: Bitmovin8Adapter` with analytics public Adapter API - **UI**: `selectbox` dropdown not closing in Safari when the UI is hidden ### Added - **UI**: `Component` now has a `ViewMode` that can either be `Persistent` or `Temporary` --- ## 8.179.0 Released: 2024-09-02 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.38.0 to 2.39.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2390)) ### Fixed - HLS live streams sometimes not recovering from stall when going offline while playing at live edge - Parsing of HLS manifest freeze when having custom tags with quoted values ### Added - **UI**: Dutch (nl) subtitles - **UI**: Link to API docs in README - **UI**: Support for a new placeholder `{adBreakRemainingTime}` in [AdMessageLabel](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/ui/3/docs/classes/AdMessageLabel.html) that displays the remaining time in an ad break. [Documentation](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/ui/3/docs/functions/StringUtils.replaceAdMessagePlaceholders.html) on usage. --- ## 8.178.0 Released: 2024-08-21 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.37.1 to 2.38.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2380)) ### Fixed - Subtitles not being displayed on iOS/iPadOS devices when entering fullscreen in a `WKWebView` - Native player on Safari not triggering [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) event for HLS `DATERANGE` tag with `END-ON-NEXT=YES` and no matching future tag - Native player on Safari not respecting `CLASS` attribute on HLS `DATERANGE` tags with `END-ON-NEXT=YES` - Player skipping HLS discontinuity sequence or DASH period if it is shorter than the forward target buffer length and has overlapping timestamps with its preceding discontinuity sequence or period. ### Added - **UI**: API doc generation and publishing. The API doc from the UI can be found [here](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/ui/3/docs/index.html) --- ## 8.177.1 Released: 2024-08-14 ### Fixed - Playback failure with ClearKey content on Tizen 2016 --- ## 8.177.0 Released: 2024-08-12 ### Added - Property [TextTrack.isSideloaded](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TextTrack.html#isSideloaded) to distinguish between sideloaded and in-stream text tracks ### Fixed - Enabling non-fragmented in-stream subtitles on Chromecast - HTML5 player not triggering [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) event for HLS `DATERANGE` tag with `END-ON-NEXT=YES` and no matching future tag - SSAI ads with gaps in-between sometimes getting skipped if playback is paused and resumed again - Same ClearKey loaded twice when present in both audio and video HLS variant playlist --- ## 8.176.0 Released: 2024-08-06 ### Added - Parsing of `forced-subtitle` attribute in addition to `forced_subtitle` for DASH streams - A [`LowLatencyConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LowLatencyConfig.html) can now also be defined on the source level within a [`LiveConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html) in the [`SourceConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfig.html) - Support for [`LowLatencyAPI.getLatency()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LowLatencyAPI.html#getLatency) on Safari ### Fixed - Playback of streams with timestamps larger than 32bits on VIDAA TVs - ABR improvements for MPEG-TS streams --- ## 8.175.0 Released: 2024-07-29 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.infinite_retries_for_live`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#infinite_retries_for_live) (default value: `true`) which, if disabled, will cause the player to fire a [`PlayerError`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Error) if all segments and/or playlists become unavailable during playback of a live stream ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.36.0 to 2.37.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2371)) ### Fixed - Playback sometimes not starting or resuming on VIDAA TVs - Skipped SSAI Ad when seeking from one Ad period to another with SegmentBase DASH asset - [`preloadOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.AdBreakConfig.html#preloadOffset) not applied to `adBreaks` extracted from `VMAP` - HLS VOD streams not throwing a [`SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST) error after all variants become unreachable - Potential memory leak with HLS live streams --- ## 8.174.0 Released: 2024-07-22 ### Fixed - Infinite AES-128 key loading retries for HLS manifests with missing codecs when loading the key fails - Missing [`frameRate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.VideoQuality.html#frameRate) attribute on [`VideoQuality`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.VideoQuality.html) returned by [`getPlaybackVideoData()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getPlaybackVideoData) - Startup failure on some VoD streams with encoded startup times larger than 0 --- ## 8.173.0 Released: 2024-07-15 ### Changed - Provide consistent IDs for closed caption tracks ### Fixed - Player no longer providing consistent closed captions IDs across browsers since Safari 17.4 - Low-latency ABR not working in `prod` builds --- ## 8.172.0 Released: 2024-07-08 ### Fixed - Player sometimes emitting a [`PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#PlaybackFinished) event on Safari when the currentTime is set on the video element directly and seeking is disabled - Playback stuck at discontinuity when subtitles are enabled with HLS fMP4 stream and plaintext WebVTT subtitles ### Added - **UI**: Eco Mode toggle button ### Changed - **UI**: Playground demo page to include checkbox to enable/disable ads - **UI**: Store basic configuration of playground demo page in localStorage --- ## 8.171.0 Released: 2024-07-01 ### Fixed - Playback of Widevine streams using a server certificate failing during client-side ad playback on 2017 WebOS TVs - Skipping a segment upon failover for HLS live streams with sliding windows - Player failing to play HLS streams with a single segment and an `EXT-X-START` tag - Player throwing unhandled errors during HLS failover \[e.g. `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'promise') in 'e.getPayload'`] - Missing [`Paused`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Paused) event on autoplay failure on Firefox and Safari on iOS --- ## 8.170.0 Released: 2024-06-24 ### Fixed - Player would default the offset of an `EXT-X-BYTERANGE` tag to `0` instead of the end of the previous segment --- ## 8.169.0 Released: 2024-06-17 ### Added - Support for `ManagedMediaSource` on Safari for more efficient media segment download scheduling and DASH support on iOS. It can be controlled with the [`prefer_managed_media_source`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#prefer_managed_media_source) tweak (default: `true`) ### Fixed - Synchronizing client time with time server via [`LiveConfig.synchronization`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.LiveConfig.html#synchronization) not working with HLS streams - Player staying on the lowest quality when the Qualities are in reverse bitrate order when using a Smooth stream - [PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getCurrentTime) with [TimeMode.RelativeTime](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.TimeMode.html#RelativeTime) returning wrong value for DASH live stream - Temporarily stalling at discontinuities on webOS when [`TweaksConfig.hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches) is disabled - CSS pseudo-class deprecation warning logged on Chrome --- ## 8.168.0 Released: 2024-06-12 ### Changed - [`SegmentRequestFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#SegmentRequestFinished) event now includes a `timeToFirstByte` property which is set to -1 if the segment request is cancelled before headers are received ### Fixed - Player not respecting user selected representation even if it is [excluded](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#exclude) through the adaptation config - Player sometimes requesting segments from wrong CDN after HLS failover --- ## 8.167.0 Released: 2024-06-03 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.34.1 to 2.36.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2360)) ### Fixed - Video element gets hidden when loading a different source during CSAI ad playback if multiple pre-rolls are scheduled - [`Unmuted`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Unmuted) event sometimes not firing during ad playback in Safari on iOS - Missing [`SourceUnloaded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#SourceUnloaded) event when a new source is loaded while playing an Ad with IMA SDK - Player not exiting [`ViewMode.Fullscreen`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ViewMode.html#Fullscreen) when [`destroy`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#destroy) is called - **UI**: Two touch interactions needed to skip an ad or open the click through link ### Added - **UI**: `Component` instances are now assigned to their `HTMLElements` for easier accessing --- ## 8.166.0 Released: 2024-05-27 ### Added - Native PiP support using `HTMLVideoElement.requestPictureInPicture` ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.33.1 to 2.34.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2341)) ### Fixed - Player skipping first segment of DASH `SegmentTimeline` VOD streams --- ## 8.165.0 Released: 2024-05-21 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.33.0 to 2.33.1 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2331)) ### Fixed - WebVTT only displaying one line of subtitles in some cases - Replay through video element play call after playback has ended on PS5 - Playback failure when redirected HLS source is used on Safari 17.4 - Improve recovery mechanism for temporary playlist failures ### Added - **UI**: `QuickSeekButton` control bar component for jumping +/- a configurable number of seconds (10 second default) --- ## 8.164.0 Released: 2024-05-13 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.5 to 2.33.0 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2330)) ### Fixed - Player not falling back to Widevine L3 renditions after L1 ones are excluded from DASH streams - Player mistakenly selecting DASH `trickmode` track for regular video playback - Playback beginning from live edge even when [`startOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#startOffset) is set to 0 and [`startOffsetTimelineReference`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#startOffsetTimelineReference) is set to [`TimelineReferencePoint.Start`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.TimelineReferencePoint.html#Start) - **UI**: No subtitle is shown when switching between different tracks --- ## 8.163.0 Released: 2024-04-29 ### Fixed - Potential playback issues resulting from calling [`player.play()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#play) multiple times - **UI**: `ControlBar` not auto-hiding when `UIConfig.disableAutoHideWhenHovered` is set to `true` on some touch screen devices --- ## 8.162.0 Released: 2024-04-22 ### Fixed - Subtitle Fragments loaded from the start of the video instead of the current position after a mid roll ad - Safari crashes when turning on certain CEA captions tracks ### Added - **UI**: Type export for `UIVariant` interface --- ## 8.161.0 Released: 2024-04-15 ### Changed - CEA caption extraction for fMP4 segments with the [`SubtitlesCEA608`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#SubtitlesCEA608) module does not depend on the [`ContainerTS`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#ContainerTS) module anymore ### Fixed - Player not properly updating its target buffer level for growing DVR streams, potentially causing ABR downshifts in cases where the initial DVR length is much shorter than the configured forward buffer duration - Duplicate or wrong [`SegmentPlayback`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#SegmentPlayback) events when the same segments are loaded multiple times, e.g. when doing a backward out-of-buffer seek. ### Removed - Legacy [`TweaksConfig.live_segment_list_start_index_offset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#live_segment_list_start_index_offset) that was allowing to reduce the seekable range for live HLS and DASH SegmentList streams - Web Worker polyfill ### Added - **UI**: `UIContainerConfig.hideImmediatelyOnMouseLeave` to immediately hide the UI when mouse leaves it --- ## 8.160.0 Released: 2024-04-09 ### Fixed - Playback of AES-128 encrypted HLS streams with unencrypted init segments - Playback jumping forward during period transitions with DASH `SegmentTimeline` streams having negative period start times ### Added - **UI**: `seekbarSnappingEnabled` flag in `UIConfig` to enable/disable the play head snapping to markers on the seek bar when seeking near them, the default is `true`. --- ## 8.159.0 Released: 2024-04-02 ### Fixed - Wrong segment getting loaded as a fallback on init segment loading failure - **UI**: Subtitle settings not being retained when the UI variant switches ### Added - **UI**: `disableStorageApi` config option ### Changed - **UI**: `localStorage` availability check to not create a test-entry anymore --- ## 8.158.1 Released: 2024-12-05 ### Added - [`RestoringContent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8.158.1/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#RestoringContent) event that is triggered when the main content is being restored after ad playback --- ## 8.158.0 Released: 2024-03-25 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.hls_parse_native_metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#hls_parse_native_metadata) that, if set to false, disables processing of native metadata events on Safari ### Fixed - Potential stall when switching to a redundant stream in case of HLS live stream failover - IMA module throwing an exception when calling [`load`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#load) or [`unload`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#unload) before the Ad has started - Playhead jumping around when scrubbing on seekbar in Safari on iOS - Excessive amount of ID3 [`PlayerEvent.Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) events being emitted on Safari - Time jump after source loading due to player retaining playback time of previous source --- ## 8.157.0 Released: 2024-03-18 ### Added - Support for DASH `` elements ### Fixed - [`AdaptationConfig.maxStartupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#maxStartupBitrate) sometimes not being respected - [`AdaptationConfig.startupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#startupBitrate) mistakenly disabling ABR for DASH sources - Duplicate live edge seek/timeshift on startup - Modular player breaking on platforms without `Map`/`WeakMap` support when using [DRM](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#DRM), [VR](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#VR) or [RemoteControl](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#RemoteControl) modules - Failing to load HLS sources on Tizen 2016 due to error `Can't find variable: Set` --- ## 8.156.0 Released: 2024-03-11 ### Fixed - Playback not recovering when seeking back on PlayStation 5 - Playback not starting on a second player instance on Chrome/Edge when a persistent license is configured --- ## 8.155.0 Released: 2024-03-04 ### Added - `vtt` is treated as a valid codec string for WebVTT ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.4 to 2.32.5 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2325)) - Update OMSDK to version `1.4.12` --- ## 8.154.0 Released: 2024-02-26 ### Added - WISH ABR tweak property [`USE_RATE_BASED_SELECTION_ON_SEEKING`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/types/Core.WishAbrConfig.html) that bypasses lowest quality decision when seeking - VVC codecs are now supported and chosen with priority in multi-codec track selection ### Fixed - Improvements to HLS source processing during startup --- ## 8.153.0 Released: 2024-02-22 ### Fixed - VoD streams stalling or skipping content when `BaseMediaDecodeTime` values exceed threshold on TVs - Playback on Tizen 2016 for streams with relative URLs in manifest - Forced subtitles not being shown on streams with muxed together audio and video - Forced subtitle track not getting selected when language matches but regional localization does not --- ## 8.152.0 Released: 2024-02-12 ### Fixed - Player stuck on lowest quality when using [Low Latency ABR](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.AdaptationLogicType.html#LOW_LATENCY) - Missing [`PlayerEvent.Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) event for HLS `DateRange` tag when `END-ON-NEXT` attribute is present --- ## 8.151.0 Released: 2024-02-06 ### Added - Polyfill for `String.prototype.endsWith` ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.3 to 2.32.4 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2324)) ### Fixed - Player skipping first segment of MPEG-TS stream when it doesn't start with a keyframe - Player not respecting [`SourceConfigOptions.startOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.sourceconfigoptions.html#startoffset) after pre-roll ad in Safari native HLS playback - Replay in [`ViewMode.PictureInPicture`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ViewMode.html#PictureInPicture) not working - Different `scor` and `correlator` query parameter set for each ad in an AdPod when IMA ad module is used - Player not replacing escaped characters in URL fields in DASH manifests - HLS live streams stalling indefinitely once all representations have been tried, even if further requests would succeed - Race condition which would prevent restoring playback after client-side ad - **UI**: FCC subtitle settings menu showing two options with the same value --- ## 8.150.0 Released: 2024-01-29 ### Changed - [`Play`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Play) event documentation no longer excludes [`autoplay`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlaybackConfig.html#autoplay) ### Fixed - Player failing to start in environments without cookie access - Broken playback for short HLS livestreams in Safari - Uncaught promise rejection when disposing the player during startup - Progressive live stream not starting - Duplicate Ads returned by Google Ad server - Playback not resuming from temporarily offline stream --- ## 8.149.0 Released: 2024-01-22 ### Added - [`NetworkConfig.requestApi`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.NetworkConfig.html#requestApi) to specify the API that the player uses for network requests. `XHR` is used by default. ### Fixed - Incorrect Typescript types for [`AppleFairplayDRMConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.AppleFairplayDRMConfig.html) - [`SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID) error when loading HLS sources with missing codec strings if WISH ABR is enabled - [`audioCodecPriority`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfigOptions.html#audioCodecPriority) not working for HLS - [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) when unstalling after rebuffering with DRM content on WebOS 2023 --- ## 8.148.1 Released: 2024-01-25 ### Fixed - [`PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR) when unstalling after rebuffering with DRM content on WebOS 2023 --- ## 8.148.0 Released: 2024-01-15 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.2 to 2.32.3 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2323)) ### Fixed - Stalling at discontinuity gaps in HLS live streams - Player sometimes getting stuck at period transitions --- ## 8.147.0 Released: 2024-01-08 ### Fixed - Delay DRM preparation until an encrypted period is encountered on WebOS when [`immediateLicenseRequest`](\[`immediateLicenseRequest`]$\$) is enabled - Player sometimes getting stuck on low buffer on PlayStation 4 --- ## 8.146.0 Released: 2023-12-27 ### Fixed - Player sometimes getting stuck at SSAI transitions on PlayStation 4 - [`maxStartupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#maxStartupBitrate) and [`startupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#startupBitrate) config options ignored on source reload - [`maxStartupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#maxStartupBitrate) should not be used as [`startupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#startupBitrate) --- ## 8.145.0 Released: 2023-12-18 ### Fixed - Missing [`SOURCE_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#SOURCE_ERROR) with DRM streams if no playable audio or video track is left due to DRM errors or HDCP restrictions --- ## 8.144.0 Released: 2023-12-11 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.check_all_drm_licenses_for_kid`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#check_all_drm_licenses_for_kid) to control whether a KID should be checked for a usable key status across all available DRM licenses. Default is `true`. ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.1 to 2.32.2 ([release notes](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2322)) ### Fixed - Unexpected [`DvrWindowExceeded`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#DVRWindowExceeded) event and [`timeshift`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#timeShift) attempt during SSAI transitions on PlayStation 5 - Player sometimes getting stuck at period transitions on PlayStation 5 - [`ErrorCode.DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED) error when (re-)loading DRM sources in quick succession - DRM error if KID becomes unusable on one license but remains usable on others - Potential race conditions during Load/Unload on WebOS when using [`immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.DRMConfig.html#immediateLicenseRequest) --- ## 8.143.2 Released: 2024-01-03 ### Fixed - Delay DRM preparation until encrypted period is encountered on WebOS, even if [`DRMConfig.immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.DRMConfig.html#immediateLicenseRequest) is enabled - [`maxStartupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#maxStartupBitrate) and [`startupBitrate`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#startupBitrate) config options ignored on source reload --- ## 8.143.1 Released: 2023-12-06 ### Fixed - Potential race conditions during Load/Unload on WebOS when using [`DRMConfig.immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.DRMConfig.html#immediateLicenseRequest) --- ## 8.143.0 Released: 2023-12-04 ### Added - DRM key system priority is now configurable using the [`keySystemPriority`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#keySystemPriority) in [`WidevineModularDRMConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html), [`PlayReadyDRMConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.PlayReadyDRMConfig.html), [`AdobePrimeTimeDRMConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.AdobePrimeTimeDRMConfig.html), and [`AppleFairplayDRMConfig`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.AppleFairplayDRMConfig.html). - [`TweaksConfig.hls_backup_stream_penalty_duration`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#hls_backup_stream_penalty_duration) to depenalize failed backup streams ### Changed - HLS failover upon failure on primary stream switches all representations to backup - [`PlayerConfig.adaptation.onVideoAdaptation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationPlatformConfig.html#onVideoAdaptation) and [`PlayerConfig.adaptation.onAudioAdaptation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationPlatformConfig.html#onAudioAdaptation) are no longer called for init segments. The init segment will be loaded as a result of the adaptation choice. ### Fixed - HLS failover for streams with multiple audio qualities - HLS failover support not working on startup when the source has no explicit codecs in the manifest - **UI**: Potential name clashing in CSS animations due to missing bmpui prefix --- ## 8.140.2 Released: 2023-12-04 ### Added - [`TweaksConfig.check_all_drm_licenses_for_kid`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8.140.2/docs/interfaces/Core.TweaksConfig.html#check_all_drm_licenses_for_kid) to control whether a KID should be checked for a usable key status across all available DRM licenses. Default is `true`. ### Fixed - [`ErrorCode.DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/2008.html) error when switching DRM sources in a fast manner - DRM error if a KID becomes unusable on one license but remains usable on others --- ## 8.142.0 Released: 2023-11-22 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.32.0 to [2.32.1](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2321) ### Fixed - Player breaks if browser's Performance API does not support `getEntriesByName` method - Switching between clear and PlayReady-protected audio tracks on Edge Chromium - **UI**: Crash when receiving a SourceLoaded event during scrubbing --- ## 8.141.0 Released: 2023-11-13 ### Added - [`mimeType`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.TrackMetadata.html#mimeType) property to the audio tracks exposed via [`labeling`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceLabelingConfig.html#tracks) API on Safari - [`codec`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.VideoQuality.html#codec) property to the data returned by [`getPlaybackVideoData`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getPlaybackVideoData) API on Safari when [`ServiceWorker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ModuleName.html#ServiceWorkerClient) is used ### Fixed - Performance improvements for quality switches and [`seek`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#seek) operations across DASH-Periods and HLS-Discontinuities - Tracking URLs not being pinged with IMA module when VAST response is empty and [`VAST_NO_ADS_AFTER_WRAPPER`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Advertising_Ima.ImaModuleErrorCode.html#VAST_NO_ADS_AFTER_WRAPPER) error is thrown - Subtitle [`labeling`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceLabelingConfig.html#subtitles) API not exposing track [`label`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MediaTrack.html#label) and [`id`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.MediaTrack.html#id) on Safari --- ## 8.140.1 Released: 2023-11-09 ### Fixed - Performance improvements for quality switches and [`seek`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#seek) operations across DASH-Periods and HLS-Discontinuities --- ## 8.140.0 Released: 2023-11-06 ### Fixed - Performance improvements of [`seek`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#seek) operations for non-native playback - Inaccurate [`getMaxTimeShift`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getMaxTimeShift) while casting to CAF --- ## 8.139.0 Released: 2023-10-30 ### Added - Documentation for [`SOURCE_ERROR`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/1200.htm) error code ### Fixed - Inaccurate seeking with DASH `SegmentTimeline` streams if `presentationTimeOffset` is greater than the time value of the first timeline entry --- ## 8.138.0 Released: 2023-10-23 ### Changed - If the player fails to play a quality level due to HDCP restrictions it will no longer throw the [`DRM_RESTRICTED_OUTPUT`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/2013.html) error but rather emit a [`WarningEvent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.WarningEvent.html) for the failed DRM key and try to fall back to quality levels associated with different keys. Only if all keys have been tried a source error will be thrown. ### Fixed - Playback freezing on HLS discontinuity change on PS4 - `MINIMAL_BACKWARD_BUFFER_CLEARING_INTERVAL` tweak value not being respected --- ## 8.137.0 Released: 2023-10-16 ### Fixed - Infinite stalling when segments with same url are present in different discontinuities in HLS live sources - Playback stall due to downloading two consecutive segments in a loop - Incorrect live edge computation when playing multi-period SegmentTimeline streams with `startOffset` --- ## 8.136.0 Released: 2023-10-09 ### Added - [AdaptationConfig.logic](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#logic) for selecting type of adaptation logic being used - [WidevineModularDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense) which when enabled attempts the playback of other representations with different Key IDs whenever a DRM license request returns 403 Forbidden - [DRM\_FAILED\_LICENSE\_REQUEST](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#DRM_FAILED_LICENSE_REQUEST) warning when the Widevine license request fails because access is forbidden and [WidevineModularDRMConfig.retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.WidevineModularDRMConfig.html#retryOtherKeysOnForbiddenLicense) is enabled - WISH ABR that can be enabled via [AdaptationConfig.logic](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#logic) ### Changed - Bundled analytics collector version from 2.31.2 to [2.32.0](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2320) ### Fixed - No errors being thrown after receiving an invalid Widevine DRM License - No [CueExit](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#CueExit) event when switching subtitle tracks when NativePlayer is used - Some HLS tags are not parsed correctly when tags are in a particular order - Segment download cancellation not working for MPEG-TS streams when [startupBitrate](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.AdaptationConfig.html#startupBitrate) is configured --- ## 8.135.1 Released: 2023-10-04 ### Fixed - Some HLS tags are not parsed correctly when tags are in a particular order --- ## 8.135.0 Released: 2023-10-02 ### Changed - Considerably improved HLS manifest parser performance ### Fixed - Duplicated [`PlayerEvent.MetadataParsed`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#MetadataParsed) being triggered in Safari when using [`native_hls_parsing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#native_hls_parsing) - Player reporting a [`currentTime`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getCurrentTime) of `0` when switching audio track while a segment is being processed --- ## 8.134.0 Released: 2023-09-25 ### Added - [`PlayerEvent.Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#Metadata) and [`PlayerEvent.MetadataParsed`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.PlayerEvent.html#MetadataParsed) with `metadataType` [`EVENT_STREAM`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.MetadataType.html#EVENT_STREAM) will have their `schemeIdUri` exposed on the `metadata.schemeIdUri` field ### Changed - **UI:** When having a spatial navigation and using a mouselike device, components will lose focus when the mouse leaves the hovered component. Spatial navigation will continue at the last active component when using arrow keys again. - [`PlayerAPI.getAvailableAudioQualities`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableAudioQualities) for HLS streams now returns bitrates based on a preset of values, as opposed to returning 0 - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.31.1 to [2.31.2](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2312) - A [`MODULE_MISSING`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.ErrorCode.html#MODULE_MISSING) error is thrown when attempting to play AES-128 encrypted content without importing the `Crypto` module first - A [`WarningEvent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/Core.WarningCode.html#MODULE_MISSING) is dispatched when passing an invalid subtitle object to [`PlayerSubtitlesAPI.add`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Subtitles.PlayerSubtitlesAPI.html#add) or [`SourceConfig.subtitleTracks`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SourceConfig.html#subtitleTracks) ### Fixed - Audio quality adaptation not working properly for HLS - Legacy API Doc URLs pointing to previous player version --- ## 8.133.0 Released: 2023-09-18 ### Changed - Player to trigger [`PlayerEvent.CueExit`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#cueexit) and [`PlayerEvent.CueEnter`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#cueenter) events immediately after seeking, even when paused - **UI:**: On seek/timeshift operations the UI will only remove subtitle cues which do not enclose the seek target instead of removing all ### Fixed - [`DRM_INIT_DATA_MISSING`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/pages/error/code/2015.html) error sometimes being thrown on PS4 when playing mixed protected and clear content - VAST pod ad not playing with [`BitmovinAdvertisingModule`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/modules/Advertising_Bitmovin.html) if it provides a Wrapper and the ad in wrapper response does not specify a sequence - Missing [`Metadata`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#metadata) events when using [`native_hls_parsing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#native_hls_parsing) and the same URL is present in different discontinuities inside the playlist --- ## 8.132.0 Released: 2023-09-11 ### Added - OmSdkTracker config [`advertising.trackers.omSdk.serviceWindowProxy`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Advertising.OmSdkTracker.html#serviceWindowProxy) to override the default window\.top ### Changed - Arrays returned by [`PlayerAPI.getAvailableAudioQualities`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableAudioQualities) and [`PlayerAPI.getAvailableVideoQualities`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#getAvailableVideoQualities) are no longer reflecting the order in the manifest and are instead sorted by bitrate in ascending order - Updated API docs theme and structure; URLs are no longer in lowercase, but match the casing of the type name - [`PlayerEvent.SegmentRequestFinishedEvent`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.SegmentRequestFinishedEvent.html) now provides the url of the segment request ### Fixed - Playback stalling on WebOS if the DRM source is reloaded with [`DRMConfig.immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.DRMConfig.html#immediateLicenseRequest) while the license request is still ongoing - [`PlayerAPI.setAudio`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/Core.PlayerAPI.html#setAudio) on live streams could lead to infinite stalling on Tizen TVs when the video buffer was already full --- ## 8.131.0 Released: 2023-09-05 ### Changed - Capitalized HLS tag names instead of small case exposed through [`PlayerManifestAPI.hls`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playermanifestapi.html#hls) - Variant playlist url is exposed as `uri` instead of `value` in [`HlsAPI.properties`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.hlsapi.html#properties) through [`PlayerManifestAPI.hls`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playermanifestapi.html#hls) ### Fixed - ABR cancelling and re-downloading the same segments in case of high RTT - HLS tag names exposed through [`PlayerManifestAPI.hls`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playermanifestapi.html#hls) not containing `EXT-X` - Wrong segment loaded when recovering from a failed segment request - Choosing too high qualities when tying to load segment that failed to load in a different quality - Buffer gap after recovering from a segment request that fails or is cancelled for taking too long with DASH `SegmentTimeline` streams - Failing to load an HLS source on Tizen 2016 when [`hls_parse_manifest_in_worker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#hls_parse_manifest_in_worker) is enabled --- ## 8.130.1 Released: 2023-09-11 ### Fixed - Playback stalling on WebOS if the DRM source is reloaded with [`DRMConfig.immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/DRM.DRMConfig.html#immediateLicenseRequest) while the license request is still ongoing --- ## 8.130.0 Released: 2023-08-30 ### Fixed - Potential A/V alignment issues in transmuxed streams on startup - Playback failure for multiple representations with same bandwidth in DASH SegmentBase - Potential A/V alignment issues or gaps in transmuxed streams on discontinuity switches - Improve HLS playlist processing efficiency slightly - Player sometimes stalling after falling out of the DVR window when [`ENABLE_SEEK_FOR_LIVE`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#enable_seek_for_live) is set - Player sometimes stalling after falling out of the DVR window when [`immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/drm.drmconfig.html#immediatelicenserequest) is set --- ## 8.129.1 Released: 2023-08-31 ### Fixed - ABR logic cancelling and re-downloading the same segments in case of high request round trip time - Wrong segment loaded when recovering from a failed segment request - Player potentially choosing too high quality when trying to load segment that failed in a different quality --- ## 8.129.0 Released: 2023-08-16 ### Added - Possibility to dynamically change [`AdaptationConfig.limitToPlayerSize`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.dynamicadaptationconfig.html#limitToPlayerSize) via [Adaptation API](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.adaptationapi.html) ### Changed - Updated OMSDK to version `1.4.8` ### Fixed - Unhandled type error upon competing [`player.unload()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playerapi.html#load) and [`player.destroy()`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playerapi.html#destroy) calls - ABR improvements for HLS on lower-end devices --- ## 8.128.0 Released: 2023-08-07 ### Added - Possibility to dynamically change [AdaptationConfig.resolution](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.dynamicadaptationconfig.html#resolution) via [Adaptation API](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.adaptationapi.html) - [AdaptationAPI.getConfig](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.adaptationapi.html#getconfig) method to retrieve the current adaptation config ### Fixed - Uncaught error when prefetching unencrypted content if content before the ad was ClearKey-encrypted - Playback stuck when transitioning from period with ClearKey-encrypted content to period with unencrypted content --- ## 8.127.0 Released: 2023-07-31 ### Fixed - [`SourceConfigOptions.startOffset`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.sourceconfigoptions.html#startoffset) sometimes not respected with HLS live streams on Safari --- ## 8.126.0 Released: 2023-07-24 ### Added - [`DrmConfig.immediateLicenseRequest`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/drm.drmconfig.html#immediatelicenserequest) support on LG WebOS TVs - [`AdaptationAPI`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.adaptationapi.html) available on [`PlayerAPI.adaptation`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playerapi.html#adaptation) to dynamically change the behavior of the player's adaptation logic ### Fixed - Companion ad container sizes being ignored by IMA ad module - Broken player instantiation on Tizen 2016 due to missing polyfill - **UI:** Settings panel does not close on a single tap on mobile devices - **UI:** Restoring volume on unmute not working when the volume was changed through the player API --- ## 8.125.1 Released: 2023-07-18 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.31.0 to [2.31.1](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2311) --- ## 8.125.0 Released: 2023-07-17 ### Added - **UI:** `onActiveUiChanged` event on the `UIManager` that is dispatched when the UI manager switches to a different UI variant - **UI:** Readonly `currentUi` field on the `UIManager` that exposes the active `UIInstanceManager` ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.30.0 to [2.31.0](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2310) - Align return type and update description of [`buffer.getLevel`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.playerbufferapi.html#getlevel) API ### Fixed - Player sometimes re-loading segments upon timeshifting or when the currently playing period drops out of the DVR window - [`PlaybackConfig.timeShift`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.playbackconfig.html#timeshift) is not respected with NativePlayer - Player skipping the load of an entire period due to a race condition - Switching from one player technology to another in Firefox when a Google Cast v3 [`remoteControl`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.playerconfig.html#remotecontrol) config is specified - Playback sometimes getting stuck on Tizen 2017 models when seeking across Periods/Discontinuities --- ## 8.124.0 Released: 2023-07-10 ### Fixed - Discontinuity switching on PlayStation 4 - Leftover video element styling from VPAID ad break - Updated PlayStation 5 Tweaks documentation - Closed captions disappearing on period switch --- ## 8.123.0 Released: 2023-07-03 ### Fixed - Wrong indexing of segments in DASH SegmentTimeline streams potentially causing playback issues - Segment download not being cancelled when playing period drops out - Playback failure due to missing init segment when switching periods - **UI:** When more than one UI with spatial navigation is managed by the UI manager, all UIs would handle key events, instead of only the active one. ### Removed - `ClassList` polyfill as it is not required for supported devices --- ## 8.122.0 Released: 2023-06-26 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.29.4 to [2.30.0](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2300) ### Fixed - ABR improvements on SmartTVs - Typo in public readme.md for npm.js - Occasional stutter on playback start if `autoplay` is configured - Timeshifting backwards sometimes causing playback to break - Player sometimes getting too close to real live edge after timeshifting to 0 - Player sometimes reporting a buffer level of `null` during startup on Safari - Player potentially cancelling and downloading the same segment --- ## 8.121.0 Released: 2023-06-19 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.29.3 to [2.29.4](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2294) ### Fixed - Playback stuck after the first ad if multiple ads are present in one ad break with Bitmovin Advertising Module in Chrome on Android - Delayed timing of segment requests when playing HLS live streams --- ## 8.120.0 Released: 2023-06-05 ### Added - WebRTC/WHEP support for 2020 Tizen TVs ### Fixed - PlayStation 5 sometimes freezing on SSAI transitions - PlayStation 4 sometimes missing [`PlayerEvent.PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#playbackfinished) event - WebRTC/WHEP support detection - [`PlayerEvent.VolumeChanged`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#volumechanged) not containing the `sourceVolume` and `targetVolume` fields when playing back a WHEP stream - Missing [`PlayerEvent.Playing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#playing) on PlayStation 4 - Failing to restore from client side ad to main content using `Bitmovin Advertising Module` on PlayStation 4 when playing progressive assets - Playback failure in Safari when using [`native_hls_parsing`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#native_hls_parsing) if HLS playlist URLs contain the string `$1` --- ## 8.119.0 Released: 2023-05-30 ### Added - [StaticPlayerAPI.removeModule](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core.staticplayerapi.html#removemodule) to remove added modules - `engine-webrtc` module that adds support for WHEP sources ### Fixed - Not being able to exit fullscreen mode by clicking on UI button in Safari 16.4+ - Startup failures on Safari 16+ - Playback of muxed live streams on TVs affected by a timestamp limit ### Removed - Unused `CustomEvent` polyfill --- ## 8.118.0 Released: 2023-05-22 ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector from version 2.29.1 to [2.29.3](https://developer.bitmovin.com/playback/docs/analytics-collector-web-releases#2293) - Limit update interval of DASH live streams to minimum 1 second - Update analytics types [CollectorConfig](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.collectorconfig.html), [AnalyticsConfig](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.analyticsconfig.html) ### Fixed - Improve memory efficiency of live DASH SegmentTimeline parsing - Memory leak when playing DRM-protected content on WebOS --- ## 8.117.0 Released: 2023-05-15 ### Fixed - Improve performance of DASH SegmentTimeline processing - Failing MSE support checks on Chromium preventing playback of DASH and HLS sources - When using [limitToPlayerSize](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.adaptationconfig.html#limittoplayersize), a quality matching the precise player dimensions is not selected --- ## 8.116.0 Released: 2023-05-08 ### Fixed - Improvements to enhance the overall performance --- ## 8.115.0 Released: 2023-05-02 ### Fixed - Playback breaking due to high BaseMediaDecode time values on WebOS - Unnecessary querying of supported DRM capabilities causing warning messages - [PlayerResized](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#playerresized) event not fired if CSS classes are used to change size - HLS Playback failure when seeking to a new a discontinuity just after having started to load a different one --- ## 8.114.0 Released: 2023-04-24 ### Fixed - Player sometimes getting stuck when seeking close to a discontinuity boundary between encrypted and clear content - Missing [`PlaybackFinished`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/enums/core_events.playerevent.html#playbackfinished) event on PlayStation4 when seek is called after end of stream is reached - Inconsistent playback start after pre-roll ad in Safari 15 and later - HLS playlist processing inefficiencies --- ## 8.113.0 Released: 2023-04-17 ### Added - [`hls_parse_manifest_in_worker`](https://cdn.bitmovin.com/player/web/8/docs/interfaces/core_config.tweaksconfig.html#hls_parse_manifest_in_worker) tweak to enable HLS playlist parsing in web worker ### Changed - **UI:** Updated dependencies - Cache variant playlist during codec probing for HLS live streams ### Fixed - Potential errors when init segments share the same URL across representations --- ## 8.112.0 Released: 2023-04-10 ### Fixed - Broken playback on PS4 after transitioning from unencrypted to encrypted content - Failed segment requests sometimes retried too many times before being skipped on live streams --- ## 8.111.0 Released: 2023-04-03 ### Fixed - HLS parsing inefficiencies - Player not emitting `TimeChanged` events on PS4 with DRM-protected sources - Player potentially cancelling segment downloads when the browser reports `loadedBytes: -1` - Broken playback when clicking play after an autoplay failure with client side ads on Safari 16 - Slow startup with HLS when network slows down after source loading --- ## 8.110.0 Released: 2023-03-23 ### Added - **UI:** Config option `forceSubtitlesIntoViewContainer` to handle overflowing subtitle labels ### Fixed - Player sometimes getting stuck when seeking close to a discontinuity boundary in MPEG-TS streams - Player sometimes not resuming playback after seeking on 2018 Tizen TVs - Player sometimes cancelling segment downloads of the lowest quality when `onVideoAdaptation` callback is used - Enabling fragmented subtitle track during livestream playback resulted in no cue events being fired --- ## 8.109.0 Released: 2023-03-13 ### Fixed - Random playback failures when trying to play back IMA ads on TVs ### Known Issues - Slow startup due to runaway download cancellation under certain circumstances when using `onVideoAdaptation` callback --- ## 8.108.0 Released: 2023-03-06 ### Added - **UI:** Scrubbing during a FaceTime call automatically creates a SharePlay suspension to not synchronize scrubbing to other participants ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector to version 2.29.1 ### Fixed - Player returning relative values for `getSeekableRange` and `getBufferedRanges` in livestreams on Safari with `NativePlayer` when `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` is present in the manifest - Audio-only stream failing to play and throwing an error on Safari when `native_hls_parsing` is enabled - Custom player builds in the Dashboards ### Known Issues Slow startup due to runaway download cancellation under certain circumstances when using `onVideoAdaptation` callback --- ## 8.107.1 Released: 2023-02-28 ### Changed - `PlayerAPI.getSeekableRange` and `PlayerAPI.getBufferedRanges` to return relative values again to prevent problems with `PlayerAPI.timeShift` and `PlayerAPI.seek` in HLS streams with `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags on Safari with player version `8.107.0` --- ## 8.107.0 Released: 2023-02-27 ### Fixed - Player emitting `StallStarted` and `StallEnded` events while timeshifting - `PlayerAPI.getSeekableRange` and `PlayerAPI.getBufferedRanges` returning relative instead of absolute values on Safari for HLS live streams with `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags - Potential decode error due to gap compensation logic sometimes applying a wrong timestamp offset on HLS discontinuities for fMP4 streams on LG webOS - Race condition causing segments to be pushed to buffer using the timestamp offset of a following HLS discontinuity on TVs - Dynamically scheduled linear ad sometimes getting skipped when overlay ad is playing using IMA ad module ### Known Issues - `PlayerAPI.seek` and `PlayerAPI.timeShift` not working as expected with HLS streams that have an `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tag on Safari. Fixed in `8.107.1`. - Slow startup due to runaway download cancellation under certain circumstances when using `onVideoAdaptation` callback --- ## 8.106.0 Released: 2023-02-20 ### Changed - Disabled download cancellation for HLS streams with multiple audio qualities to prevent runaway segment download cancellations ### Fixed - Playback failure because of race condition between backward buffer clearing and timestamp rollover handling - TypeError: Cannot read property `isBufferBlockSwitchOngoing` of undefined - Downloads being cancelled too late when headers weren't yet received - Delayed playback start for HLS streams due to first requested segment sometimes not matching initially loaded playlist and thus requiring an additional playlist request ### Removed - Remove leftover v7 tweak `autoqualityswitching` from documentation ### Known Issues - Slow startup due to runaway download cancellation under certain circumstances when using `onVideoAdaptation` callback --- ## 8.105.0 Released: 2023-02-13 ### Added - `MIN_SIZE_FOR_GAP_SKIPPING` tweak to avoid jumping gaps that the browser can handle on its own ### Fixed - **UI:** Circular dependency in the export of `AudioTrackListBox` - Improved accuracy when seeking close to buffer end - Leftover buffer range after a timestamp rollover buffer clearing causing playback stall --- ## 8.104.0 Released: 2023-02-06 ### Added - **UI:** `UIConfig.enterFullscreenOnInitialPlayback` flag to enter fullscreen when clicking `PlaybackToggleButton` or `HugePlaybackToggleButton` to initiate the initial playback ### Fixed - Sudden playback stall caused by unexpected buffer clearing on TVs soon after timestamp rollover - Loading a new source while in the middle of a content transition ### Removed - Legacy transmuxer along with `TweaksConfig.experimental_transmuxing` flag --- ## 8.103.0 Released: 2023-01-30 ### Added - PlayStation 4 support through PS4 module that addresses the following issues - App crash when trying to playback DRM content - Incorrect event ordering when starting playback of a DRM protected asset - Disabled setting of playbackRate when playing adaptive bitrate streams as it results in stalling - **UI:** Language localization for Spanish ### Fixed - Performance issues with HLS stream carrying a lot of `DATERANGE` tags - Frequent stalls during SSAI sections of HLS streams containing large `DATERANGE` tags on Tizen TVs - Memory leak causing performance degradation after long sessions of HLS live streams that feature `DATERANGE` metadata - Missing Bitmovin header in UI release files - Broken UI export in the `bitmovin-player` npm package preventing import of `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.css` and `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.js` ### Known Issues - Seeking after playback finished results in unexpected behaviour on PS4 - Player seeks to start of the buffer after playback finished on PS4 with certain assets --- ## 8.102.0 Released: 2023-01-23 ### Fixed - Infinite stalling when seeking over, and then seeking back into a discontinuity with different encryption state ### Known Issues - Broken UI export in the `bitmovin-player` npm package preventing import of `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.css` and `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.js` --- ## 8.101.0 Released: 2023-01-17 ### Added - **UI:** Export `Localization` and `SpatialNavigation` to use in external UI configuration ### Changed - Update bundled analytics collector to version `2.28.1` ### Known Issues - Broken UI export in the `bitmovin-player` npm package preventing import of `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.css` and `bitmovin-player/bitmovinplayer-ui.js` --- ## 8.100.0 Released: 2022-12-20 ### Added - **UI:** Support for spatial navigation - **UI:** SmartTV UI via UIFactory.buildDefaultTvUI ### Fixed - Failing to play protected audio-only HLS streams --- ## 8.99.0 Released: 2022-12-01 ### Added - `StyleConfig.container` callback config option to specify a container for player styles ### Changed - Clear buffers by default on Tizen 2017 in case of discontinuity changes, unless the tweak `hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches` is disabled ### Fixed - Broken playback after HLS discontinuity change due to missing `SourceBuffer` for either audio or video - Broken playback in HLS live streams without `#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE` and segments with duration of 0 - Seeking backward sometimes inaccurate or leading to playback getting stuck - Incorrect thumbnails appear in DASH streams with non-zero MPD `availabilityStartTime` or `Period.Start` --- ## 8.98.0 Released: 2022-11-22 ### Added - `TweaksConfig.parse_emsg_boxes` tweak to disable parsing of `emsg` boxes from MP4 segments ### Fixed - Setting time on ending boundary of a buffered range sometimes preventing playback from resuming after a seek - Playback freeze with HLS SSAI live stream with growing DVR window when `#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE` tag is not present - Inefficiencies in metadata handling causing playback stutters with long streams and large amounts of inband metadata - Reset IMA AdsManager on `ALL_ADS_COMPLETED` event to ensure unique IMA scor query parameter for each ad request - Audio not being audible on Samsung Tizen 2017 for streams with large timestamps ### Removed - Obsolete polyfill for `atob` and `btoa` browser APIs for Base64 de-/encoding --- ## 8.97.0 Released: 2022-10-25 ### Changed - DASH and HLS manifest parsing errors to be more descriptive ### Fixed - Playback sometimes jumping forward a few seconds when playing through a timestamp rollover on TVs - Promise returned by `load` not rejecting when loading a HLS playlist as a DASH source - Subtitles not showing up when custom labeling is applied to a HLS source - Slight chance of 3rd `AdQuartile` event not getting dispatched on short ads when using IMA SDK - Playback looping or getting stuck after gap is skipped on Tizen --- ## 8.96.0 Released: 2022-10-11 ### Changed - The player will now throw an error after it has exhausted all available DRM licenses and none worked ### Fixed - `PlayerEvent.Playing` and `PlayerEvent.Ready` being emitted on PS5 before a DRM license response is received - `PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime` briefly returning inaccurate value when crossing DASH period boundaries and HLS discontinuities, e.g. on SSAI streams ### Known Issues - On Firefox version 105 the video element sometimes does not emit an `ended` Event leading to problems with Ad transitions. Firefox version 106 does not seem to have the same error and is scheduled to be released on 2022-10-18. --- ## 8.95.2 Released: 2023-02-10 ### Added - `MAX_ALLOWED_BANDWIDTH_ESTIMATION` config to allow capping the bandwidth observations to a max value in the adaptation logic - `MIN_SIZE_FOR_GAP_SKIPPING` tweak to avoid jumping gaps that the browser can handle on its own ### Changed - Increase impact of RATE\_SAFETY\_MARGIN\_PERCENTAGE in download prediction logic ### Fixed - Improve download cancellation policy in the case of very high Time-To-First-Byte - Fix TypeError `Cannot read property 'readyState' of undefined` - Performance hog caused by stringification and hashing of potentially large metadata events - Sudden playback stall caused by timestamp rollover leaving leftover range after buffer clearing - Processing time of Date Range metadata steadily increasing over time - Race condition due to backward buffer clearing getting executed on a timestamp rollover - Backward buffer clearing removing the entire buffer due to wrong time mapping - Player sometimes loading variant playlists twice before scheduling segment downloads on startup - Loading a new source while in the middle of a content transition --- ## 8.95.1 Released: 2022-12-01 ### Fixed - Broken playback after HLS discontinuity change due to missing `SourceBuffer` for either audio or video --- ## 8.95.0 Released: 2022-09-27 ### Changed - The formerly experimental transmuxer is now considered stable and used by default, hence the default value of `TweaksConfig.experimental_transmuxing` now changed from `false` to `true`. For the time being, it is possible to switch back to the legacy transmuxer by setting this flag to `false`. Included are various bug fixes and experimental support for CEA-708 closed captions via `TweaksConfig.parse_cea_708_caption` ### Fixed - Thumbnails do not appear in DASH streams with no `segmentTemplate@startNumber` - Player unexpectedly stalling at discontinuity boundary when playing SSAI streams on Tizen even though buffer is available - Memory leak when using `TweaksConfig.native_hls_parsing` in Safari since late 15 versions with live streams that have a growing DVR window - Memory leak caused by leftover performance marks - TypeError `Cannot read property 'isPaused' of null` - TypeError `Cannot read property 'seekingOrTimeshifting' of null` - Seeking after `player.load()` loaded segments from the beginning instead of the seek target - `getDroppedVideoFrames()` API always returning 0 on Firefox - Mid-playback stalls with multi period/discontinuity streams on TVs ### Removed - Support for HLS MPEG-TS streams with multiple audio tracks muxed into the same segment. The player is now always defaulting to the first audio track. Note: This legacy feature was removed in the new transmuxer implementation but is still supported when using the legacy transmuxer. --- ## 8.94.0 Released: 2022-09-13 ### Fixed - Frequent stalling with HLS SSAI live streams on smart TVs - Player pausing unexpectedly during content transitions on TVs - `DVRWindowExceeded` handling causing repeated timeShifts and potentially infinite stalling --- ## 8.93.0 Released: 2022-08-30 ### Added - `hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches` tweak to clear buffers on discontinuity changes on TVs - `load()` promise rejection message ### Changed - Prohibit changing the playback rate on PlayStation 5 when playing adaptive bitrate streams to prevent stalling ### Fixed - Intermittent stalls and playback failures when playing back SSAI HLS streams on WebOS - Chance of getting stuck at period switch or discontinuity transition on low-end devices - No `PlaybackFinished` event on PlayStation5 when audio content is longer than video - **UI:** Duration format not getting updated from \` - mm:ss`to`hh:mm:ss\` ### Known Issues - Rare chance of freezing on HLS SSAI live streams. Can be alleviated by setting tweak `hls_clear_buffers_on_discontinuity_switches` to `false` --- ## 8.92.2 Released: 2022-11-03 ### Fixed - Playback freeze with HLS SSAI live stream with growing DVR window when `#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE` tag is not present --- ## 8.92.1 Released: 2022-10-27 ### Added - `TweaksConfig.parse_emsg_boxes` tweak to disable parsing of `emsg` boxes from MP4 segments. ### Fixed - Inefficient metadata handling causing playback stutters with long streams and large amount of inband metadata. --- ## 8.92.0 Released: 2022-08-16 ### Fixed - Playback not starting for HLS Live streams on WebOS when forcing `native` technology for `hls` in `PlayerConfig.playback.preferredTech` ## 8.91.0 Released: 2022-08-02 ### Added - Support for audio track switching between muxed AV and external audio - Option to disallow the player to use the `localStorage` via `PlayerConfig.storage.disableStorageApi` - Option to disallow the ad module to use the `localStorage` via `AdvertisingConfig.disableStorageApi` ### Fixed - `PlayerAPI.setAudio` does not work when `PlaybackConfig.audioLanguage` is set - Ignore `styp` box with value `lmsg` (defined only for DASH) when the source is HLS - HLS `DEFAULT` property not being respected when audio is muxed with video - Memory leak on Chromium-based browsers with HLS live streams containing Data URLs in playlists --- ## 8.90.0 Released: 2022-07-19 ### Fixed - `Seeked` event triggering prematurely on Tizen 2016 and IE - Advertising modules (IMA and BAM) throwing an `AdError` when VMAP includes escaped characters - Source not loading in iOS/iPadOS `WebView`s that have the `mediaTypesRequiringUserActionForPlayback` configuration option set - Main content not resuming after VPAID ads that triggered an `AdPaused` event on ad completion - PlayStation 5 Module breaking DRM playback - Replay sometimes not working after post-roll ad break - Parsing of AC-4 and EC-4 codec strings --- ## 8.89.0 Released: 2022-07-05 ### Added - `HLS_SYNC_SEGMENT_PLAYBACK_TIME_VIA_MEDIA_SEQUENCE` tweak to enable synchronizing segment playback time between HLS playlists using `X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE` playlist tags. Enabling this tweak can help resolving playback stalls occurring during quality switching. ### Fixed - IMA Advertising module sometimes scheduling the same AdBreak twice - TypeError `Cannot read property 'fireError' of null` - `player.destroy()` failing to tear down player and causing it to continue playback if casting is enabled in CastConfig - Memory leak in DASH live streams on Chromium browsers --- ## 8.88.0 Released: 2022-06-21 ### Added - PlayStation 5 Module - `playstation_5.playmode` tweak to define hardware resources when playing multiple videos at the same time - `playstation_5.esvm` tweak to toggle Enhanced Security Video Mode - `playstation_5.pass_through` tweak to toggle audio pass through - Support for PlayReady-protected content playback with SL-3000 on Playstation 5 via `esvm` tweak ### Fixed - Unexpected `PlaybackFinished` when switching from Live to Vod on Safari 15 - Removal of Representations with DRM Errors inside merged AdaptationSets got undone by live manifest updates - Playback getting stuck at mid-roll ad with DRM-stream on WebOS 2017 highend ### Changed - Improved stalling behavior for HLS streams without `EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS` tags - Segment download cancellation is now disabled during codec detection for HLS streams --- ## 8.87.0 Released: 2022-06-07 ### Added - `SourceConfigOptions.shouldRecreateSourceBuffersOnPeriodSwitch` to allow overwriting the default player behavior concerning recreation of SourceBuffers on Period switch ### Fixed - Pre-rolls not starting on Chrome for iOS after an autoplay failure - TypeError `Unable to get property 'ready' of undefined or null reference` - TypeError `Cannot read properties of null (reading 'canSwitchToBufferBlockForTime')` - TypeError `this[_$_d149[483]] is null` - TypeError `Unable to get property 'has' of undefined or null` - TypeError `Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getPropertyValue')` - TypeError `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'dispatch')` - TypeError `Cannot read properties of null (reading 'dispatchEvent')` - TypeError `Cannot read properties of null (reading 'isTimeShifting')` --- ## 8.86.0 Released: 2022-05-24 ### Added - Playback is always allowed on domain `127.0.0.1` without requiring license authentication ### Changed - A `MODULE_MISSING` warning is now emitted when an additional module is needed to parse CEA captions ### Fixed - Modular player requiring DASH module to play HLS streams - Modular player requiring `ContainerTS` module to play fMp4 streams - Modular player requiring `ContainerMp4` module to play MPEG-TS streams - DASH Streams with empty `EventStream.Event` tag not starting - Main content restoration occasionally failing when using IMA advertising module - Potential minor memory leak when cast is enabled - Poster HTML element not getting disposed when destroying the player before starting playback --- ## 8.85.0 Released: 2022-05-10 ### Fixed - Player sometimes getting stuck on content restorations after client side ad playback - Missing ads on Safari with DRM-protected content - Playback sometimes getting stuck at content encryption changes for HLS - Player stalling indefinitely when transitioning from video-only period to audio-video - Documentation for `SubtitleCuePosition` specifying wrong `row` and `column` range - Samsung Tizen 2018+ TVs not choosing AC-3 audio with DRM-protected streams, although supported - `Seeked` event sometimes not being triggered in multi period scenarios --- ## 8.84.0 Released: 2022-04-26 ### Added - Added a `parse_cea_708_caption` tweak in `TweaksConfig` to support both CEA-708 and CEA-608 with the `experimental_transmuxing` tweak ### Fixed - `Ready` event triggered before promise of `player.load()` resolves for progressive sources - Logging of unhandled errors in event callbacks - Unhandled exceptions sometimes being visible in logs when playing HLS content with metadata --- ## 8.83.0 Released: 2022-04-12 ### Added - Warning event with code `PLAYBACK_INVALID_DATA_SEGMENT_ENCOUNTERED` when encountering an invalid data segment ### Fixed - Incorrect segments being loaded for `SegmentTimeline` streams when the timeline grows into the past - Outdated Open Measurement SDK documentation in the player API reference - Playback occasionally stalling on period switches - Playback on Tizen 2016/2017 not starting under certain circumstances if the init-segment of an `fMP4`-stream contains an `elst`-box - **UI:** Incorrect line alignment for subtitle cues from WebVTT tracks. - **UI:** Incorrect edges of reference for vertical writing cues in block positioning from WebVTT tracks. - **UI:** An empty line is added in vertical subtitle cues. --- ## 8.82.0 Released: 2022-03-29 ### Added - Graceful handling of invalid TS segments when transmuxing is required ### Fixed - Unexpected `Paused` event sometimes being emitted right before `PlaybackFinished` on Safari - Player sometimes continues playback while paused on period switch - Player sometimes unloading during content restoring on Safari 15 - PlaybackTime adjustment to fill buffer holes on WebOS discontinuity transitions could lead to decoding errors - Playback of progressive streams sometimes not starting on Safari 15 - `MetadataParsed` and `Metadata` events of HLS live streams with `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags on Safari --- ## 8.81.0 Released: 2022-03-15 ### Added - Support for EMSG metadata with version 1 - **UI:** Seek preview is now configurable via `UIConfig.enableSeekPreview` or `SeekBarConfig.enableSeekPreview` ### Changed - `AdvertisingOmSdkModule` bundle now includes required OMSDK library ### Fixed - Playback sometimes not starting on Safari 14+ when native player is used - Not respecting order in which standalone ads with the same position get scheduled in Bitmovin Advertising Module - Player potentially choosing a wrong audio rendition when there is more than one rendition with the default language - Manifest redirects not being respected with enabled `native_hls_parsing` tweak --- ## 8.80.0 Released: 2022-03-01 ### Fixed - `AdFinished` event sometimes not being emitted with IMA module - Player not restoring from ad break on WebOS 2018+ when main content is a progressive stream - `getAvailableSegments()` only returning a single representation for DASH SegmentTemplate streams - Playback sometimes not starting for HLS streams due to incorrect `timestampOffset` being applied - Current time in some cases is not progressing on Safari when using the MSE - Adjustment of presentation time offsets on the first HLS discontinuity leading to negative PTS values - **UI**: npm install failure when using Node 16 --- ## 8.79.0 Released: 2022-02-16 ### Added - The following player errors now provide a message and some additional context: - `NETWORK_PROGRESSIVE_STREAM_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT` - `NETWORK_ERROR` - `NETWORK_FAILED_CERTIFICATE_REQUEST` ### Fixed - Sometimes imprecise time-shifting due to wrongfully delayed buffer clearing - Superfluous `AudioChanged` event sometimes being emitted before `SourceLoaded` when using HLS on Safari - `player.getTimeshift()` returning the wrong offset after restoring from an Ad break on Safari 15 - `player.getTimeshift()` sometimes returning the wrong offset when joining a live stream on Safari 15 - Compilation error using the player package in TypeScript projects where `@types/chrome` package is not installed --- ## 8.78.0 Released: 2022-02-01 ### Added - Optional `sendTimestamp` to `HttpResponseTiming` - Optional `url`, `elapsedTime` and `segmentDuration` to `RequestProgress` - `SEGMENT_LOADING_PROGRESS_CHECK_INTERVAL` tweak to set the desired interval of proactive download progress checks - Eager download cancellation - `prepareMediaInfo` callback to `GoogleCastRemoteControlConfig` providing the possibility to alter the `MediaInfo` object before it is loaded onto the receiver upon changing its media/source - **UI:** Support for providing custom `aria-label` when `ListBox` is used ### Changed - Adjust return types for `getAudio`, `getSnapshot`, and `getThumbnail` APIs to include nullish values - `API_NOT_AVAILABLE` error message now mentions the name of the API that led to the error - Player errors `DRM_CERTIFICATE_ERROR`, `DRM_INIT_DATA_MISSING`, `DRM_FAILED_LICENSE_REQUEST`, `DRM_MISSING_CONFIGURATION`, `DRM_NO_LICENSE_SERVER_URL_PROVIDED`, `DRM_KEY_SYSTEM_NOT_SUPPORTED`, `DRM_KEY_SESSION_INITIALIZATION_FAILED`, `DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED`, `DRM_PLAYREADY_INVALID_HEADER_KEY_VALUE_PAIR`, `NETWORK_MANIFEST_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT`, and `NETWORK_SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT` now provide a message and some additional context ### Fixed - Not respecting `AUTOSELECT` attributes in HLS streams for audio when played on MSE-based player - Not selecting user language in HLS streams for MSE based players - Buffer erroneously being cleared while seeking backwards - fMP4 encapsulated subtitles sometimes being dropped when playing back an HLS stream - Case-sensitive merging of internal and user-defined request headers - Potential playback failure when calling `load()` multiple times - **UI:** Updating the markers on live streams causing unhandled exception after player is destroyed --- ## 8.77.0 Released: 2022-01-18 ### Added - Documentation for `UNKNOWN`, `SETUP_LICENSE_ERROR`, `SOURCE_INVALID, SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID`, `SOURCE_NO_SUPPORTED_TECHNOLOGY`, `SOURCE_STREAM_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED`, `SOURCE_COULD_NOT_LOAD_MANIFEST`, `SOURCE_PROGRESSIVE_STREAM_ERROR`, `SOURCE_HLS_STREAM_ERROR`, `DRM_INIT_DATA_MISSING` and `NETWORK_ERROR` - Additional error context to `SOURCE_PROGRESSIVE_STREAM_ERROR` and `SOURCE_HLS_STREAM_ERROR` - Actively track asset loading and trigger an error on Tizen with Native player in case asset is not available - Support for Dolby Vision video codec strings - Tweaks for changing the retry policy on failed downloads ### Fixed - Improve HLS livestream performance on older low-end devices - Fixed issue on older Tizen devices with the duration being `NaN` during startup - Playback occasionally freezing on Tizen when skipping a gap - DASH sometimes being chosen over Native HLS even though a FairPlay config is provided - Slightly improve parsing performance of HLS playlists - Improve resource efficiency when playing long HLS playlists - Content restoring sometimes not respecting the `startOffset` on Native HLS - Player missing the target when timeshifting with a positive timestamp value - Invalid HTML line break tags for subtitles - Player getting stuck on the lowest quality, when the representations are ordered by descending bandwidth - Better support for unknown video codecs in HLS ### Changed - `troubleShootLink` for the error events --- ## 8.76.0 Released: 2021-12-21 ### Added - `TweaksConfig.experimental_transmuxer` to enable new experimental transmuxer - More context for the `DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED` error - `PlayerErrorEvent.troubleShootLink` to follow for error troubleshooting - `DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM` error event now contains information about the provided and available key systems - `DRM_KEY_ERROR` now includes the code and system code provided by the browser - The error for `DRM_KEY_SESSION_INITIALIZATION_FAILED` now includes the reason for the failure ### Fixed - A nullpointer exception at the end of an advertisment during which the player is destroyed - Line spacing being too large for WebVTT subtitles when using Native HLS - Not recovering when seeking too close to the end of buffer for PlayReady protected content on Edge Chromium - WebOS 2018 and 2019 not rejecting the `player.play` promise when there is a player error - `getTimeshift` returning out of bounds values for HLS Native on Safari 14+ - Player firing a `DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM` error instead of `MODULE_MISSING` when trying to play an encrypted stream without the DRM module - Loading too much on seeking to segment boundaries on SegmentTimeline streams - Progress bar always jumping to max timeshift offset on Safari 15+ with Native HLS when joining a live stream and after every seek - **UI:** The scrubber could jump to an old position during a seek operation when it was dragged - **UI:** The Seekbar scrubber could jump to an old position on touch devices when the buffer updates during a seek operation ### Changed - Improve parsing efficiency of long HLS playlists with custom metadata tags - Firing a `DRM_KEY_ERROR` error instead of `DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED` when `msSetMediaKeys` fails - Firing a `DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM` error instead of `DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED` when `requestMediaKeySystemAccess` or `createMediaKeys` fails --- ## 8.75.0 Released: 2021-12-07 ### Added - Documentation for `DRM_KEY_SYSTEM_NOT_SUPPORTED`, `DRM_NO_KEY_SYSTEM`, `DRM_MEDIA_KEY_INITIALIZATION_FAILED`, `PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR`, `DRM_KEY_ERROR` and `DRM_KEY_SESSION_INITIALIZATION_FAILED` - New detail page for each error from the `ErrorCode` enum ### Fixed - ABR logic not recovering when a custom `RequestController` is in use - ABR logic selecting the highest quality for codec probing even on a poor network - Player being unable to restore content playback after an `AdError` with the IMA module - Missing `AdStarted` and `AdFinished` with the IMA module when the previous ad request has returned an empty response - Missing `AdStarted` and `AdFinished` with the IMA module when the previous ad is skipped - Setting the duration on a closed MSE in a multi period live stream - `load` / `unload` not resolving in Chrome 95+ on Android with Widevine protected DASH streams - Unhandled exception being thrown when attempting to play a Fairplay stream on a device that does not support Fairplay - STARTUP\_THRESHOLD behaving inaccurately on start times close to the end of a segment - `NativePlayer` ignoring `TimeMode` parameter in `getCurrentTime` - OMSDK not respecting VAST manifest verification parameters --- ## 8.74.0 Released: 2021-11-23 ### Added - `setAspectRatio` and `getAspectRatio` API methods - `PlayerEvent.AspectRatioChanged` event which is fired when aspect ratio is changed using `PlayerAPI.setAspectRatio` ### Fixed - Failed time-shifts for fMP4 HLS assets - Playback with DRM content failing to destroy player due to unhandled exception - Throwing unhandled exceptions during repeated destroying of player on tizen ### Changed - All player errors (except DRM and network errors) now provide a message, and some also provide contextual data - Improve parsing efficiency of long HLS playlists with `#EXT-X-KEY` tags considerably --- ## 8.73.0 Released: 2021-11-09 ### Added - Support for the [Open Measurement Software Development Kit (OM SDK)](https://iabtechlab.com/standards/open-measurement-sdk/) ### Fixed - Playback not starting when setting initial time too close to gap on Chromium browsers - Broken content restoring after ad when using production build - Unhandled exceptions during `Player.destroy()` causing playback failures on low-end devices --- ## 8.72.0 Released: 2021-10-27 ### Added - `CueEnter` event includes VTT properties in native player ### Changed - Updated `ErrorCode` documentation - Better mapping of `MediaError` from the `HTMLMediaElement` to `PlayerError` when using native player ### Fixed - Missing `Playing` event when casting using CAF - Freeze on Tizen due to gap in audio buffer --- ## 8.71.0 Released: 2021-10-12 ### Fixed - `player.getCurrentTime` returning NaN when the player is finishing an ad break - Period switches sometimes failing on slow network when audio and video segments are not aligned - Player stalling when seeking during an ongoing quality switch with `SegmentBase` WebM assets - Playback of subsample encrypted WebM assets failing when ClearKey is used - Ads schedule with BAM module not respecting the order they are defined when the schedule time is the same - Network API documentation used outdated namespace in code examples - Broken playback in Safari for HLS streams that carry `PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags in any but the first discontinuity sequence - Player not respecting audio selection when video segments contained muxed audio while separate audio playlists were available - **UI**: Incorrect font size for TTML subtitles --- ## 8.70.0 Released: 2021-09-28 ### Fixed - `DVRWindowExceeded` event fired during a time shift operation, even when we are not close to the maximum DVR Window - VR playback not working on iOS devices - Device orientation not being used for VR playback on iOS 13+ devices - Native player sometimes failing to enable an external subtitle track after an ad break - Duplicated text tracks being added on Native player after content restoring - Inconsistent reporting of subtitles being `fragmented` / not `fragmented` when using native player - `PlaybackFinished` event sometimes not being fired on Safari when using MSE - Subtitle cue timing sometimes off after a discontinuity switch --- ## 8.69.0 Released: 2021-09-14 ### Added - Support for the `@endNumber` attribute in DASH manifests. - **UI:** Sort `AudioTracks` inside the A`udioTrackSelectBox` and the `AudioTrackListBox` by their identifier. ### Changed - Player now dispatches an `AudioChanged` event when the native player is used in case an enabled audio track is added after the `SourceLoaded` event has already been dispatched - `AudioChanged` event definition now allows `sourceAudio` property to be `null` ### Fixed - No `StallStarted` event if video element stops before buffer end is reached - Playback stalling on WebOS and Tizen when switching between audio tracks with different timescales - Parent wrapper sequence and fallback ads inside VAST manifests not being respected when using the Bitmovin ad module - TTML region style linked to head style ID not being applied - Correctly set the live stream duration when it is provided by the manifest --- ## 8.68.0 Released: 2021-08-31 ### Changed - `AdPlayerAPI.done` and `AdPlaybackReportingAPI.done` now returns a promise - `PlayerAdvertisingAPI.skip` now returns a promise ### Fixed - UI becoming unresponsive when reloading the page or creating a new player instance while casting - Playback failing after unprotected/protected content transitions on 2016 WebOS TVs - When switching from one ad to another, the last played content was still visible for a few frames --- ## 8.67.0 Released: 2021-08-19 ### Fixed - Playing over period switches on Tizen 2016 for non-aligned audio and video segments - **UI:** Empty line being added to subtitle boxes when VTT positioning attributes are present --- ## 8.66.0 Released: 2021-08-04 ### Added - Support for mid-stream key rotation for PlayReady in Edge browsers - Support for subtitle styling via WebVTT default classes ### Fixed - Quality switches interfering and causing inaccuracies in seeking/timeShifting on HLS streams - Freezing playback during seeking when adjusting the time to a buffer start which will be removed - Duplicate handling of the DVRWindowExceeded event - Playback occasionally freezing on Tizen when switching periods - Preferred language order for `playback.audioLanguage` and `playback.subtitleLanguage` not respected - Fragmented subtitles tracks sometimes failing to activate - `getCurrentTime` sometimes returning 0 during period transitions - `startOffset` not getting applied in live streams after a pre-roll ad has finished - Not handling multiple DATERANGE tags per segment - Not firing metadata event for DATERANGE tag with duration zero - Error event swallowed on content restore after an ad break - `AdVerifications` in nested `Extension` tags prevented ads from being played when using the BitmovinAdvertisingModule --- ## 8.65.0 Released: 2021-07-20 ### Added - `RttEstimationMethod` `AdaptationConfig` parameter that allows to choose the RTT estimation method used by the ABR ### Fixed - Mapping to external time sometimes not working when the `BaseMediaDecodeTime` is rewritten - Playback occasionally starting from 0 on Tizen after seeking back in VOD content - Freezing playback when switching between unencrypted and encrypted audio tracks - Fragmented subtitles not appearing after seeking over a period boundary - Parsing of styled CEA Closed Captions causing out-of-memory issue and broken playback on HLS with MPEG-TS segments - Playback not starting when configuring `audioLanguage` on HLS streams with multiplexed audio+video - WebVTT subtitles new line not respected on native player --- ## 8.64.0 Released: 2021-07-06 ### Fixed - Playback occasionally not starting on Native during initial load - Source unloading during content restoring on Native player - Nudging the video element causing playback to stall under certain conditions on 2018 Tizen TVs - No `PlayerError` being triggered when a video element error was encountered during the playback of live streams - Subtitles rendered automatically and duplicated on Safari 14 - Switching audio in Livestream with PTS exceeding 32bits causing playback to stop on LG and Tizen TVs - Source being reloaded on the receiver after casting an already playing source - Switching from a Period without subtitles to a Period with fragmented subtitles - Tizen emitting fake ended event on live streams that still have not ended --- ## 8.63.1 Released: 2021-06-28 ### Added - `force_software_decryption` tweak to force software decryption over the default of using WebCrypto API ### Fixed - Potential memory leak with HLS live streams that have growing DVR window --- ## 8.63.0 Released: 2021-06-22 ### Added - Support for DASH Thumbnails which use a SegmentTimeline ### Fixed - Playback breaking when running the same source on multiple players - Playback on Tizen TVs sometimes not starting - Player failing when trying to cast client side Ads to CAF - Native player not reporting time changed events after startup - VTT position alignment calculation based on text alignment property - Subtitles disappearing after PTS rollover in HLS streams --- ## 8.62.0 Released: 2021-06-08 ### Fixed - Live streams with Thumbnails and missing segment template information not starting - Slow `DVRWindowExceeded` handling causing stalls - Playback on XBox freezing after a seek operation in playready VOD content --- ## 8.61.0 Released: 2021-05-26 ### Fixed - Multiple `` element --- ## 8.59.1 Released: 2021-06-25 ### Changed - Use median instead of a weighted average for RTT calculations ### Fixed - Player consecutively timeShifting if it fell out of the DVR window - Player not starting playback when seek target is adjusted to buffer start - Slow `DVRWindowExceeded` handling causing stalls - Unnecessary frequent DRM license state serialization potentially causing performance issues - Period switches failing if they're interrupted by time-shifts - Loading of incorrect segments when joining a multi-period DASH live stream in any but the last period - Erroneous end-of-stream signalling causing period switches to fail - Erroneous timestamp-rollover handling on Tizen causing period switches to fail --- ## 8.59.0 Released: 2021-04-27 ### Fixed - `PeriodSwitched` being emitted before it has actually finished - Parsing of DASH-IF IOP thumbnails skipping first sprite when `SegmentTemplate.startNumber` is zero - Timescale changes between discontinuities got the player stuck on Tizen2016 - NativePlayer not transitioning to `ended` state after post-roll ads - `RestrictStrategy.shouldPlaySkippedAdBreaks` not being treated correctly on multiple consecutive seeks - Player shows `DRM_KEY_ERROR` when the certificate request finishes after loading a new Fairplay source - Failing to detect dropping out of the DVR window in some `SegmentTemplate` live streams - BufferController returning cached buffer ranges too early --- ## 8.58.0 Released: 2021-04-13 ### Fixed - Audio and Subtitle tracks information not being updated correctly when using `startOffset` option to start playback from any period other than the first - Order of `preferredTech` not being respected - Segment playback time parsing for WebM segments - Ads in an AdBreak being sorted by `sequenceNumber` in alphabetical order instead of numerical when using `freewheelVastFallbackHandling` - Tizen not signaling correctly end of period on multi-period live streams - Live streams freezing on certain webOS TVs when time-shifting or switching audio tracks --- ## 8.57.0 Released: 2021-03-30 ### Added - Skipping duplicate audio renditions within the same rendition group in HLS streams ### Fixed - Playback freezing after client side mid-roll ad break with HLS stream - Tizen playback getting stuck after skipping an ad - Exception thrown when trying to get a thumbnail inside a gap - Video staying frozen while audio plays normally after unstalling on Chromium-based browsers - `PlaybackFinished` event occasionally not being fired on Chromium-based browsers --- ## 8.56.0 Released: 2021-03-16 ### Added - Passing on `withCredentials` flags from `SourceConfig` and `DRMConfig` to CAF receiver for cookie/credentials support ### Fixed - Playback on Tizen freezing when time shifting backwards - Playback not starting in some cases, mostly with low latency streams - webOS buffer levels not correct on discontinuity changes - Fragmented subtitles being downloaded from the beginning when activating after a seek - Uncaught exceptions when playing HLS with fragmented WebVTT subtitles - Uncaught exceptions after manifest updates ### Changed - Fix mutating passed in SubtitleTrack in `InternalPlayer.addSubtitle` method --- ## 8.55.0 Released: 2021-03-02 ### Added - Support plain text fragmented VTT subtitles with DASH streams ### Fixed - UI freeze and slow startup and with HLS streams that have long playlists - Tizen playback freeze with `SegmentBase` asset - WebVTT HTML5 styling isn't respected in Safari - HLS codec detection only being applied to the selected variant playlist - Wrong WebVTT cue position alignment ### Removed - Native flash player for native Hls playback when flash is supported - Flash renderer for Html5 and Hls playback when flash is supported - `HWDECODING` tweak to enable or disable hardware decoding for flash playback --- ## 8.54.0 Released: 2021-02-17 ### Added - Image Media Playlist thumbnail support - Proper handling of Widevine protected streams with representations that don't have valid DRM licenses ### Fixed - Dynamic removal of non-playable representations due to DRM license not being usable - Tizen 2016 not seeking in VOD content - Tizen playback occasionally freezing during a period switch or seeking in VOD - Player not switching to a HLS backup stream - Missing `Seek` and `Seeked` event when setting current time on video element during startup with `startOffset` - `drm: DrmAPI` missing in the `PlayerAPI` interface - Playback of raw AAC segments on Tizen ### Changed - Do not recreate `SourceBuffer` on encryption change on Firefox --- ## 8.53.0 Released: 2021-02-02 ### Added - `PROACTIVE_GAP_SKIP_DISTANCE_SECONDS` tweak that allows skipping of gaps in the content proactively - `AdvertisingConfig.freewheelVastFallbackHandling` to enable sequence based fallback handling for ad pods ### Fixed - Video duration returning `null` on TVs during ad/main content transition - Some Tizen TVs freezing when skipping gaps in the content ### Changed - More gradual resolution change on heavy bandwidth drops --- ## 8.52.0 Released: 2021-01-19 ### Added - `player.drm.renewLicense` API to trigger a manual license reload for Playready streams - `DrmLicenseAdded` event to signal a DRM license becoming active ### Fixed - HLS codec probing if variant and rendition have same URL - Safari autoplay blocker handling fails with IMA module - Tizen occasionally freezing or seeking to wrong position when the content has finished playing and user seeks back to content - Memory leak when loading and unloading sources - Fallback to standalone ad from ad buffet if VPAID ad within VAST ad pod fails to resolve ### Changed - Rename `SETUP_MISSING_DOMAIN_LICENSE_WHITELIST` and `SETUP_MISSING_LICENSE_WHITELIST` error codes to use more up-to-date terminology --- ## 8.51.0 Released: 2020-12-22 ### Added - `metadata` field on the `SourceConfig` that is automatically passed to CAF v3 receivers whenever a source is loaded ### Fixed - TTML Bitmap based subtitles not rendering on Tizen TV 2018 and older - Occasionally wrongly reported timeshift value - `player.getTimeShift` sometimes not returning `0` while being at the live edge on Safari - CEA-608 captions not being parsed on HLS live streams with a discontinuity related to SSAI - CEA-608 captions overlapping on live streams after time shifting back - Downloads not being cancelled on drastic bandwidth drops - Subtitle not rendering with smooth streaming - Metadata provided by `CLOSED-CAPTIONS` renditions in HLS and `Accessibility` descriptors in DASH not being exposed in `SubtitleTrack`s of CEA closed caption tracks - Unresponsive player after livestream pre-roll ad has finished --- ## 8.50.0 Released: 2020-12-09 ### Added - `drop_invalid_segments` tweak that enables dropping of invalid MP4 segments to prevent breaking the playback. ### Fixed - HLS backup stream handling for manifests with relative URLs - Overlap of CC1 or CC3 CEA-608 closed captions with CC2 or CC4 - Stop VPAID ad if playback is already finished on `AdPaused` event - Race condition on simultaneous playlist updates causing timeline gaps --- ## 8.49.0 Released: 2020-11-25 ### Added - Expose `dword_base_media_decode_timestamps` and `force_base_media_decode_time_rewrite` in the tweaks config - Switching of active audio on a CAF V3 receiver - ServiceWorker support for the `source.withCredentials` config - Usage of the ABR for progressive ad media file selection with present bitrate - Handling for HLS backup streams with different audio `group-id` - Delaying of `BufferBlock` switch on timeshift/seek if target `BufferBlock` is not available ### Fixed - Player not playing audio on HLS streams with a non video or audio codec in CODECS attribute - Playback stalling sometimes after seeking/timeshifting due to a failed `BufferBlock` switch - Race condition while updating HLS live playlists, that leads to incorrect playback times. - Unnecessary segment cancellation after timeshift --- ## 8.48.2 Released: 2020-11-12 ### Fixed - Segment downloads stopping unexpectedly after time-shifting, causing the player to stall --- ## 8.48.1 Released: 2020-11-12 ### Fixed - Incorrect handling of HTML character encoding in manifest --- ## 8.48.0 Released: 2020-11-10 ### Fixed - `SourceBuffer.changeType` shouldn't be used on tizen - Safari autoplay blocker handling fails with IMA module - Race condition which could lead to the player loading outdated segments in HLS live streams - First segment not loaded on timeShift - Fixed ad playback failures on platforms not supporting `Object.assign` - Dash live playback freeze on Tizen due to removal of segment before pushed into buffers - Stalling when restoring the content from CSAI due to wrong SegmentIndex calculation - Deliberate playlist download cancellations sometimes causing all future playlist updates to fail for HLS live streams - Chrome HLS playback starts at wrong position when `#EXT-X-START:TIME-OFFSET=0,PRECISE=NO` is present in variant manifest ### Added - Put back `segment_encryption_transition_handling` tweak to `PlayerConfigAPI` as deprecated - `force_base_media_decode_time_rewrite` tweak --- ## 8.47.0 Released: 2020-10-27 ### Fixed - On webOS segments were added to the buffer twice - On webOS the gap filling logic for discontinuity handling was executed too often, leading to inaccurate playback times - Player getting stuck on emtpy VPAID ads with `BitmovinModule` - Seeks in quick succession through the UI breaking the UI when a V3 CAF Receiver is connected - Stalling on Samsung Tizen TVs when segments' `BaseMediaDecodeTime`s go from below 32 bit to above 32 bit mid-stream ### Changed - Remove obsolete `segment_encryption_transition_handling` from `PlayerConfigAPI` ### Added - Support for enabling and disabling subtitles loaded from manifest on google CAF V3 - Support for adding new subtitles to a Chromecast V3 session using the Player API - Support for removing subtitles from a Chromecast V3 session using the player API - Support for configuring subtitles using source config for Chromecast V3 - Support for DASH ClearKey License Server --- ## 8.46.0 Released: 2020-10-13 ### Fixed - Stream freezes on HLS streams with TS container format and SSAI - Ad pod ads not being replaced by ad buffet ads in case the ad pod ads cannot be loaded when the `Bitmovin Advertising Module` is used - Player not unstalling automatically when calling `seek` shortly after `play` during startup - `SourceConfigOptions.startOffset` not respected in native player on WebOS 2018 and later - Player sometimes stuck in stalling state when switching periods after a seek event on a live stream - Xbox and Legacy Edge rare stalling when switching periods - Incorrect relative time returned by `PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime` for live streams - Accidental URL special character replacement in manifest metadata ### Changed - Rewritten XML Parser to boost parsing speed. --- ## 8.45.2 Released: 2020-10-08 ### Fixed - Freezing on small buffer gaps on Webos devices - Stream freezes on HLS streams with TS container format and SSAI --- ## 8.45.1 Released: 2020-09-30 ### Fixed - Player not selecting the correct starting segment for live streams with different segment lengths --- ## 8.45.0 Released: 2020-09-29 ### Fixed - Improved performance of low-latency `Catchup` and `Fallback` modes - Short clear discontinuities inbetween encrypted content could be skipped - Fallback tag plays twice with Bitmovin advertising module - Progress Bar jumping to Live position when it starts playing from a MaxTimeShift position - Playback freezing at discontinuity boundary when timescales differ between segments ### Changed - Jumps over video gaps immediately when audio continues to play. Improves visible video stalls. ### Added - Filtering of unsupported codecs based on `MediaKeySystemMediaCapabilities` --- ## 8.44.0 Released: 2020-09-15 ### Added - Support for sending custom metadata to CAF receivers - MPEGTS-to-fMP4 transmuxing support for HEVC ### Fixed - Falsely logged 'PSSH data found but DRM is not configured' - Play all resolved ads of the ad break with empty wrapped VAST while seeking over - Main content not playing with `persistent: true` flag and IMA module - Race condition causing loading of HLS streams to fail if loaded in quick succession - Documentation for `PlaybackConfig.audioLanguage` - Tizen stuck in stalling state on loading stream with segments if both 32bit and >32bit timestamps exist - Different start time offset in audio and video Hls playlist - Rare stalling of HLS live streams when timeshifting back - License call gets only issued once per player creation --- ## 8.43.0 Released: 2020-09-02 ### Added - Basic media playback support for CAF v3 receivers - New error code `SEGMENT_PSSH_DATA_MISSING` when no PSSH box in init segments is provided for Tizen 2016 ### Fixed - Check if `pssh` and `pro` are available before loading them in from the drm config to avoid undefined index error - `SEGMENT_PSSH_DATA_MISSING` firing on non DRM protected content when running on tizen 2016 - `PLAYBACK_VIDEO_DECODING_ERROR` being thrown sometimes during seeking - Playback stuck when seeking on webOS - Fairplay DRM license requests using incorrect `LA_URL` with multi-key streams --- ## 8.42.1 Released: 2020-09-02 ### Fixed - Play all resolved ads despite wrapped VAST ads are empty --- ## 8.42.0 Released: 2020-08-18 ### Added - WebVTT subtitle property descriptions ### Fixed - `Play` event firing twice - Segments erroneously being pushed into the Renderer multiple times - Memory leak in the Tizen module caused by keeping a reference to individual segments - Playing back content with playback time less than Period.start after a period switch --- ## 8.41.0 Released: 2020-08-05 ### Added - `onSelectAdQuality` which applies custom logic before picking to download progressive ads ### Fixed - Uncaught error while adding event listener on edge video element wrapper - Period switching in DRM streams on webos 2016 TVs - Filter out ranges that are too small for playback when handling gaps - Decoding error with assets containing incompatible codecs with the same mimetypes (e.g aac and ac-3) ### Changed - Updated analytics collector to v2.17.2 - `startupBitrate` applied only on initial loading of main content - Exposing `isAd` and `representations` to the `onVideoAdaptation` and `onAudioAdaptation` callback to allow custom processing --- ## 8.40.0 Released: 2020-07-23 ### Added - Replace all custom protocols with `skd` when `EXT-X-SESSION-KEY` is present in a hls master playlist and the ServiceWorker is used - `DRMConfig` api spec to add `preferredKeySystems`, and `PlayreadyDRMConfig` to add `utf8message` and `plainTextChallenge` ### Fixed - Joining a live stream near the end of a DASH period could lead to a `playbackfinished` event being fired - PlayReady DRM to DRM period switches sporadically failing in the Edge browser - `RestrictStrategy.shouldPlaySkippedAdBreaks` is not respected on seek with IMA module - Time shifting for DASH `SegmentTimeline` sometimes not accurate - Loading segment index rewind after ongoing segment download cancellation - DRM protected streams with init-data only in the manifest not playing back on webOS TVs - Main content not playing after adaptive streaming ad when `Bitmovin Advertising Module` is used - Main content playing while switching between midroll adBreaks for same position --- ## 8.39.1 Released: 2020-07-10 ### Fixed - Video freezing or device slowing down due to lack of memory --- ## 8.39.0 Released: 2020-07-07 ### Added - Support for VAST `Extensions` for `Bitmovin Advertising Module` - Support for `stpp.ttml.im1t` subtitle codec - Improved performance of manifest parsing - Decreased the time between processing of the manifest and start downloading of segments ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.15.2` ### Fixed - Failing to continuously rewrite `BaseMediaDecodeTime`s with active Tizen module, when only one stream had `BaseMediaDecodeTime`s exceeding 32 bits - Video freezing when player stalls and quality switch occurs - Several unhandled exceptions when quickly changing sources - Accessing undefined property on Tizen 2018 TV's when switching sources - Fix missing subtitles when `startOffset` is set - Initially requesting lowest quality variant playlist before target variant playlist for HLS - Missing audio on Tizen TVs when switching from a Period with `BaseMediaDecodeTime`s > 2\*\*32 to a Period with smaller `BaseMediaDecodeTime`s while the playback time stayed over 4.294.967 - Inaccurate time shifting with multi-period DASH `SegmentTimeline` streams - Playback of self-init dash segments --- ## v8.38.0 Released: 2020-06-23 ### Added - Possibility to switch between audio tracks with different MimeTypes and incompatible codecs - Missing documentation for `BufferMediaTypeConfig` ### Fixed - Handle `HDCP` error when having `immediateLicenseRequest` and preroll ad - Updating of licence storage data --- ## v8.37.1 Released: 2020-06-10 ### Fixed - Playback freezing after mid-roll adbreak on Smart TVs --- ## v8.37.0 Released: 2020-06-09 ### Fixed - CEA-608 Closed Caption cues sporadically missing for HLS streams with fMP4 - Missing `seeked` event when seeking via the touch bar and a `startOffset` was present. ### Added - Dispatch a Warning event if the `setTimestampOffset` attempt fails on Tizen with DOM\_EXCEPTION 11. --- ## v8.36.2 Released: 2020-06-05 ### Fixed - Seeking across `BufferBlock` boundaries with not aligned start times --- ## v8.36.1 Released: 2020-05-29 ### Fixed - Player freeze when seeking back to previous period - Restoring main content when VMAP adbreak contains an empty VAST - Uncaught error and playback stuck when seeking during the transition between clear and DRM-protected content --- ## v8.36.0 ### Fixed - Ad player pause error on failing to load ad - Clear past cues from `TimeMetadataHandler` - Depleting audio buffer could freeze Tizen 2017 models - Custom Labeling functions breaking due to invalid string response - Content starts automatically when broken streaming ad creative URL is present in VAST response ### Added - Improved performance for `SegmentBase` streams on low-end device - `selectMediaFile` method on `AdPlayerDelegate` to select progressive ad media file based on main content download quality data ### Changed - Improved API description for `PlayerEvents` and `PlaybackConfig` - Quality selection of progressive ads considers content bitrate over player resolution when using the Bitmovin Advertising Module --- ## v8.35.0 Released: 2020-05-12 ### Added - Parallel requesting of VMAP ad tags before the source has been loaded ### Fixed - Some HLS streams using a deprecated AVC codec format playing back without audio - Player failure due to `isLive of undefined` error - HLS live streams playback on Samsung Tizen 2016 - VMAP Ad tracking requests not including cookies - Transition from ad break to content on XBox - WebVtt subtitle offset being applied for wrong container formats ### Changed - Seeking backwards within buffered range does not re-download segments --- ## v8.34.0 Released: 2020-04-28 ### Fixed - Tracking VMAP `breakStart` and `breakEnd` events when containing VAST tag is empty - Inefficient handling of `EventStream` events on period switches - Smooth live streams stopping playback after some time - Segment downloads sometimes being cancelled too aggressively - CEA-608/708 captions stuck during and after SSAI in `HLS` stream when using `NativePlayer` - Playback stops when seeking back to 0 ### Added - `ServiceWorker` public documentation - Immediately sending DRM license requests when initialization-data becomes available, if the `DRMConfig.immediateLicenseRequest` configuration option is set - Expose `ImaAdData.traffickingParameters` provided by the IMASDK --- ## v8.33.0 Released: 2020-04-14 ### Fixed - Seeking on non-seekable `streaming` ads using the video element API directly - Pixelated picture when switching between unencrypted and encrypted segments - MPD update stops when both DASH and HLS source is provided in `SourceConfig` - Certain segments being disregarded after a discontinuity on HLS with MPEG-TS - Subtitles not showing in fullscreen on iOS/Safari - Wrong playback position when restoring main content after ad break - Multiple VMAP tracking URLs for same tracking event type ### Changed - Interface of `ImaAdBreak.trackingEvents` to support multiple URLs for each tracking event type --- ## 8.32.1 Released: 2020-04-08 ### Added - Legacy SSL support on Samsung Tizen --- ## 8.32.0 Released: 2020-03-31 ### Added - `AdTagConfig.discardAfterPlayback` to enable keeping the `AdBreaks` in schedule after playback. Default is `true` - DASH WebM Clearkey support ### Fixed - WebVTT cue times which use a `,` as a second - millisecond separator - TTML ignoring `` tags - A `MODULE_MISSING` warning when WebOS module not present - Documentation for `Event.AdStarted` and `Event.OverlayAdStarted` - `getViewMode` returns an incorrect value if the source is changed while in "fullscreen" mode --- ## 8.31.0 Released: 2020-03-17 ### Added - `HttpRequestType.MEDIA_SEGMENTINDEX` used for DASH `SegmentBase` - Extended `PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime` to also provide a relative time for live streams ### Fixed - Seeking back when VOD stream ended - HLS adaptation logic would fail to switch to other renditions if playlist was missing resolution information - Cancelling an ongoing `XMLHttpRequest` on Tizen leading to a `DOMException`, making unloading unsuccessful - Adding DRM initial data while a DRM config setup is happening - Duplicate `PlaybackFinished` events after loading different technologies - Not respecting `startupBitrate` on content restoration for VOD --- ## 8.30.1 Released: 2020-03-09 ### Fixed - Audio tracks being removed on HLS discontinuity - DRM-protected live streams getting stuck - Transition back to DRM-protected main content after ads fails --- ## 8.30.0 Released: 2020-03-03 ### Added - WebVTT inline styles support - WebM Segment index parsing support ### Fixed - Failing to play back MPEG-TS streams when the Tizen module is active - Decoding error when playing back unencrypted content with a DRM config on LG 2017 devices - Rapid seeking could lead to the player loading segments at the wrong position with SegmentTimeline streams - DRM protected playback when DRMConfig is present in manifest but not in SourceConfig - Multiple encryption transitions for DASH assets on WebOS devices - VTT subtitle cues not updating when seeking back --- ## v8.29.1 Released: 2020-02-18 ### Fixed - Player failing to instantiate when loaded on a page with script tags with no src attribute - The player could fire wrong `PeriodSwitch` / `PeriodSwitched` events when playing fMp4 HLS streams leading to removed audio languages - Improved `TweaksConfig.resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break` accuracy on Safari Live HLS when `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` is present --- ## 8.29.0 Released: 2020-02-17 ### Added - Envivio module to handle shortcomings of the Envivio packager. - `onLog` callback to the `LogsConfig` that is invoked whenever a message is logged ### Fixed - Playback failure when joining a live stream at the very moment of its creation - `TweaksConfig.resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break` not working properly for Live HLS in Safari --- ## 8.28.0 Released: 2020-01-30 ### Added - Smarter adaptation set merging where only adaptation sets with the same language get merged - Reuse DRM session across client side ad transitions, no additional license requests when `MediaKeys` or `MsMediaKeys` is used - Cache HLS master playlist across ad breaks on live streams - Enhanced support for WebVTT subtitle styling and positioning ### Fixed - `PlayerEvent.SegmentPlayback` sometimes being fired at the wrong playback time when using HLS sources with multiple qualities - Wrong error message when `MEDIA_ERR_DECODE` is fired by video element - Potentially stalling for a long time when trying to play over a discontinuity when the playlist contains duplicate segment URLs in different discontinuity sequences - `Metadata` event not firing on each segment with ID3 HLS sources - Loading the same segment for two different qualities when playing at the DVR edge in a HLS live stream and the player stalls while segments drop out - Skipping the first segment in a playlist when playing at the DVR edge in a HLS live stream and a quality switch happens while segments drop out - Discontinuity adjustments are not made on Fragmented Subtitles - Potentially long stalling when switching qualities right at HLS discontinuity boundaries - Wrong timing of `SegmentPlayback` and `Metadata` events with `ServiceWorker` - Improved `segment_encryption_transition_handling` tweak to behave more seamless and add support for new Edge - Captions not being properly parsed after discontinuity transitions in HLS streams --- ## 8.27.0 Released: 2020-01-17 ### Added - `TweaksConfig.resume_live_content_at_previous_position_after_ad_break`, which provides the ability to change at what playback position the content will resume after an ad break for live streams ### Fixed - Seeking back to the start of an ad shortly after the ad starts playback when using adaptive streaming ads - Missing DASH dependency for Smooth and XML dependency for DASH module - `EXT-X-START` sometimes not being respected when using HLS in Safari - CEA Closed Captions not being reactivated after transitioning back from a client-side ad - Pixelated content after ad break on HLS + PlayReady - Player stalling after postroll ad --- ## 8.26.0 Released: 2020-01-08 ### Added - `PlayerType` enum to `PlayerExports` ### Fixed - XML parsing error log when parsing DASH sources on IE, Edge and Firefox - Playhead directly jumping to the end of the stream when seeking near it - Seek into unbuffered area would sometimes seek to the beginning of a segment before seeking to target time - Uncaught exception on second run when having persistent ads - Fragmented TTML Subtitles are being activated with wrong time information on TizenTV --- ## 8.25.1 Released: 2019-12-19 ### Fixed - `DRM_INIT_DATA_MISSING` error being thrown in Chrome 79 for multi-period streams --- ## 8.25.0 Released: 2019-12-18 ### Added - Support for forced subtitles on Safari native player - Manifest caching to speed up ad break to content transitions for VoD sources - `PlayerEvent.AdInteraction`, which is fired when the user interacts with the ad. For now this is only fired when a VPAID `AdInteraction` event occurs ### Fixed - TTML empty body and non-wrapped timed element parsing errors - Dash switching to secondary baseURL when segment request failed from primary baseURL - Player inclusion from other JS projects in a Node context - `SourceConfigOptions.startOffset` failing to be applied when using `TweaksConfig.native_hls_parsing` - Audio glitches with some MPEG-TS streams getting transmuxed to fMP4 - Gracefully handle initial partial request to HLS master playlist by the video element when using `TweaksConfig.native_hls_parsing` with ServiceWorker ### Changed - Optional `LA_URL` value in `DrmConfig` for Widevine, Primetime and Fairplay --- ## 8.24.3 Released: 2019-12-17 ### Fixed - DRM playback on WebOS - DRM playback on Tizen - Playback of fMP4 streams with `Movie Fragment` (`moof`) boxes containing only a single video sample and do not specify an explicit sample size --- ## 8.24.2 Released: 2019-12-13 ### Fixed - CEA caption parsing from fMP4 with multiple `Movie Fragment` (`moof`) boxes within a segment --- ## 8.24.1 Released: 2019-12-12 ### Fixed - metadata events not fired on Safari native player - Playback of DRM protected streams on the Tizen platform - Parsing of DRM `initData` containing more than one PSSH box (too many license requests) --- ## 8.24.0 Released: 2019-12-10 ### Added - Support persistent licenses in Chrome, Firefox and Edge ### Fixed - `currentTime` shifted far off in Firefox due to `EditList` boxes of fMP4 not being removed - An initial internal seek to the start position could trigger an unintended `seeked` event when a second seek operation was started - Parsing urls with semicolons after the `pathname` in the Service Worker - Tizen preferring native player for hls over html5 - Race condition where an unreachable segment was skipped instead of trying a backup stream - Incorrect value of `downloadTime` property on `PlayerEvent.DownloadFinished` - `PlaybackFinished` event being triggered prematurely - Pre-roll ads not being played after initial autoplay was blocked - VPAID clickthrough URLs not opening with the Bitmovin Advertising Module when an ad
is clicked and the VPAID ad specifically requests the Player to handle the redirection (`playerHandles`) - Sambatech licensing and impression server URLs - `PlaybackFinished` event sometimes not triggered - Tizen2016 models would fail to start playback when a `skip` box was present in the init segment - Seeking during startup could lead to a missing `seeked` event ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.8.0` --- ## 8.23.1 Released: 2019-11-28 ### Fixed - Wrong Sambatech licensing and impression server URLs - Fallback to bitmovin licensing server URL if a custom URL specified by `TweaksConfig.licenseServer` is not whitelisted - Tizen preferring native player for hls over html5 --- ## 8.23.0 Released: 2019-11-25 ### Added - Sambatech licensing server URL in `availableLicenseServers` and `availableImpressionServers` - `frameRate` property to `VideoQuality` except for Safari use-case ### Fixed - `PlayerManifestAPI` not being documented on `PlayerAPI.manifest` - Graceful handling of faulty `SampleEncryptionBox` in fMP4 streams - Player stalling on period transitions with DASH live streams when new `Period`s are added to the manifest - Chromecast `ready` event isn't fired - Sometimes seeking to the beginning of a segment rather than the correct time - Functionality to build custom players - Changes of the audio track ID across HLS discontinuities in MPEG-TS streams cause wrong timestamps --- ## 8.22.0 Released: 2019-11-11 ### Added - Better mapping of `MediaError` from the `HTMLMediaElement` to `PlayerError` - Forced subtitles for HLS ### Fixed - Inaccurate seeking when there are several buffered ranges - Playback of HLS streams with multiple audio renditions having identical `LANGUAGE` attributes within the same rendition group - Period switching between encrypted and non-encrypted content on WebOS devices - Playback of HLS live streams in IE11 - A/V running out of sync due to wrongly inserted silence for duration mismatches between audio, video and manifest - Subtitles not being displayed on LG TV - Inaccurate warning of 'A required player module is missing: Advertising' when module is actually not required - Fix EMSG boxes parsing for MicrosoftEdge/IE - Console error when calling `player.unload` during playback of TrueX VPAID ad - Chromecast was not usable anymore after playback finished - Absence of style module causing playback issues --- ## 8.21.0 Released: 2019-11-06 ### Added - Possibility to dynamically define forced subtitles by `PlaybackConfig.isForcedSubtitle` ### Fixed - Treating subtitles with role `alternate` as `forced_subtitles` ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.7.1` ### Removed - `PlaybackConfig.forcedSubtitles` which got replaced by `PlaybackConfig.isForcedSubtitle` --- ## 8.20.0 Released: 2019-10-28 ### Added - Default logic for DASH forced subtitles - Support for live streams transitioning into a VoD during playback - Support for VAST adaptive streaming ads in the Bitmovin Advertising Module (DASH and HLS) ### Fixed - Console error when using `subtitle-cea608` module without `container-mp4` - Error code when HDCP playback is restricted by DRM - Playback of AES encrypted HLS streams failing on WebOS devices - Audio track switching before playback has started - Player being stuck at lowest resolution when playing back a VR stream with `limitToPlayerSize` set - Server time synchronization - DefaultContentLoader doesn't load infinitely on network outage - Stop manifest requests on unload - Player falling out of DVR window on streams with smaller DVR window than `targetBufferLevel` - Infinite loop when parsing DASH-IF IOP thumbnails for live streams - Safari throwing DRM\_KEY\_ERROR with FairPlay protected stream before requesting license --- ## 8.19.3 Released: 2019-10-25 ### Fixed - Fragmented subtitles not shown on Chromecast - Player may get stuck upon period switch if video qualities differ between periods and `AdaptationConfig.limitToPlayerSize` is used - Player getting stuck on DASH SegmentBase streams with different segment lengths on different qualities --- ## 8.19.2 Released: 2019-10-24 ### Fixed - Player getting stuck at HLS discontinuity transitions - Player unable to start playback with multiple HLS discontinuities and without `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags - Player failed to switch quality back to a previous one after it has encountered a HLS discontinuity transition while playing a different quality --- ## 8.19.1 Released: 2019-10-16 ### Fixed - Missing metadata events on the first HLS discontinuity transition - `hls` fail to load variations raises multiple errors in console --- ## 8.19.0 Released: 2019-10-11 ### Added - `PlayerEvent.DurationChanged`, which is fired when the duration of a source changes - `player.subtitles.cueEnter` and `player.subtitles.cueExit` to fire custom subtitle cue events - Partial support of AdaptationSet/ContentProtection DRMs in DASH manifests ### Changed - `player.subtitles.add` may now be called without an URL ### Fixed - Handle parsing of named colors in TTML subtitles - `getCurrentTime` returning 0 while ad is playing - Subtitles not showing after period switch - DASH fragmented TTML subtitles not showing on IE11 - Pixelation when switching qualities due to segment order getting mixed up - `PROGRAM-DATE-TIME`-based timestamp mapping for HLS is applied wrongly if awaiting one or more playlist updates before starting playback - Segments being assigned wrong `playbackTime` due to a rare race condition with live manifest updates - Pixelation due to segments being dropped from `Renderer`'s segment queue before actually reaching the `MediaSource` - Flickering of content - Starting a seek operation right before a gap in the content could be overruled by skipping the gap - Endless buffering when the current period drops out of the manifest - HLS variant playlists still being requested after the player was unloaded - An error being logged when attempting seek in a SegmentList live stream before playback has started --- ## 8.18.2 Released: 2019-10-08 ### Fixed - Dependency from core module to analytics - Missing metadata events after HLS discontinuity changes --- ## 8.18.1 Released: 2019-09-30 ### Fixed - Transition from `AES-128`-encrypted segments to non-encrypted segments in HLS --- ## 8.18.0 Released: 2019-09-30 ### Added - DASH-IF IOP thumbnail support - WebVTT thumbnail tracks in `SourceConfig.thumbnailTrack` have priority over these thumbnails - Support for multi-region TTML subtitles ### Changed - Removed Tweak to disable period switching on subtitles. ### Fixed - New loaded sources on Chromecast don't follow autoplay configuration - Uncaught error when disposing a player that uses the Tizen module - Endless buffering of segments when requested from invalid/non-existing domains - `DRM_KEY_ERROR` being triggered for some Fairplay streams due to duplicate `needkey` events - Consider merging `Representation.SegmentTemplate` with `AdaptationSet.SegmentTemplate` while selecting `MPDHandler` - Fix uncaught exception when merging `AdaptationSet`s for DRM streams with multiple video `AdaptationSet`s and differing DRM decryption keys --- ## 8.17.1 Released: 2019-09-24 ### Fixed - CEA-608 captions for HLS fMP4 streams - Buffered CEA-608 captions discarded in case of an in-buffer `seek` or `timeShift` --- ## 8.17.0 Released: 2019-09-16 ### Added - Missing typings for Analytics metadata configuration in `PlayerConfig` and `SourceConfig`. ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.5.4` ### Fixed - HLS live streams with one segment being looped at the start/end of the playlist - Segments requested from incorrect URL when a manifest containing a redirect is loaded - VPAID ad tag that lead to faulty IMA SDK behaviour making the Player buffer forever - Skip button not being shown for some linear VPAID ad tags - Not being able to set a higher target buffer level than the default - Video and audio segments getting downloaded out of sync for HLS VOD with missing segments - Improve ServiceWorker memory usage - Playback getting stuck when doing a `timeShift` exactly to boundaries of DASH Periods and HLS discontinuities - Seek for HLS live streams (`TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live` enabled) --- ## v8.16.2 Released: 2019-09-09 ### Fixed - DASH fragmented TTML subtitles didn't show from the very beginning. --- ## v8.16.1 Released: 2019-09-04 ### Fixed - Redux warning of not being in production mode --- ## 8.16.0 Released: 2019-09-02 ### Fixed - Transition from VPAID pre-roll ads to main content containing segments addressed via byte ranges - Occasional stalling of SegmentTimeline streams with a short DVR window - Metadata events being kept across loads when service worker is active - Loading HLS master manifest twice in `NativePlayer` when `native_hls_parsing` tweak is enabled - `PlayerAPI.timeShift` not being usable when `TweaksConfig.enable_seek_for_live` is set for live streams when using the `NativePlayer` ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.5.2` --- ## 8.15.0 Released: 2019-08-18 ### Fixed - `PlayerAPI.load` or `PlayerAPI.unload` not cancelling an ongoing load call that is timing out - Subtitles not shown when casting from mobile device - Initial seeking/timeshifting with HLS streams that contain duplicate segment URIs - Content sometimes not being restored correctly after an ad when using HLS streams with discontinuities --- ## 8.14.2 Released: 2019-08-07 ### Fixed - `getSeekableRange` and `getCurrentTime` returned inconsistent values after seeking with `enable_seek_for_live` - Loading new source on a player that has already loaded a DRM source fails in Firefox 68 and newer ### Changed - Updated bundled analytics-collector to `v2.5.0` --- ## 8.14.1 Released: 2019-08-06 ### Fixed - Failing npm build --- ## 8.14.0 Released: 2019-08-05 ### Added - Improved period switching performance - `SegmentPlayback.presentationTimestamp` - Replace `EXT-X-KEY` `URI`s protocol with `skd://` when ServiceWorker and Fairply are in use. - `ImaAdvertisingConfig.beforeInitialization`, `ImaAdvertisingConfig.onAdContainerAvailable` and `ImaAdvertisingConfig.onAdsManagerAvailable`. These callbacks can be used to access properties of the `Ima` sdk directly from the config - Support `Metadata` and `MetadataParsed` events for Custom HLS tags ### Fixed - `getSeekableRange` returning 0 on a live stream before playback is started - HLS streams with multiple audio tracks not starting on specific default track settings - Inaccurate timeshifting on live streams with multiple `Period`s / `Discontinuities` - Period switching on Tizen with active tizen module ### Changed - `PlayerAdvertisingAPI.list` with the IMA Advertising Module will now return the list of scheduled ad breaks sorted by the `preloadTime`, same as in the Bitmovin Advertising Module - `PlayerAPI.destroy` will now first fire `PlayerEvent.Destroy` before disallowing API access and destroying the Player --- ## 8.13.1 Released: 2019-07-30 ### Fixed - Fragmented subtitles not being displayed after seek on `fmp4` streams --- ## 8.13.0 Released: 2019-07-22 ### Added - Speed up main content restoration after ad breaks by prefetching segments during ad playback - MediaRole on `SubtitleTrack`s exposed by the Subtitle API - `Promise.finally` polyfill in the polyfills module - `TweaksConfig.prevent_video_element_preloading` to prevent native player from preloading data - Tweak to disable period switching on subtitles. In case there are discontinuities in the video and audio playlists, but not in the subtitle playlist, one has to enable this tweak to make the subtitles show up on period switching - `Metadata` and `MetadataParsed` events for `SCTE35`, `DATERANGE` and custom tags without additional HTTP requests (using a `ServiceWorker`). ### Fixed - Initial period not being set on live streams - Audio and video segments not being downloaded in sync with each other - Player getting stuck when loading an IMA playlist that resolves in an empty VAST tag - Subtitles are not shown on cast devices - Typo in tweak `live_segment_list_start_index_offset` - Cues with the same timestamps and same content are now detected as duplicates - Fragmented subtitles with fMp4 HLS streams - Player getting stuck on postroll ad during hls stream and doesn't display replay button - Unreasonably heavy quality drops after timeshifts in live streams --- ## 8.12.1 Released: 2019-07-17 ### Fixed - Property access on `undefined` when using custom build player --- ## 8.12.0 Released: 2019-07-08 ### Added - `AdvertisingConfig.withCredentials`, which can be used to specify whether to send credentials such as cookies or authorization headers along with ad requests. Default value is `true`, which is a change from previous versions for the Bitmovin Advertising Module - Synchronize current playback position in live stream between Chromecast sender and receiver when starting/stopping cast session ### Fixed - `PlayerEvent.SourceUnloaded` not being fired when unloading the player during ad playback - Ad not being completely unloaded with VPAID ads when unloading the player during ad playback - Player not using complete HLS DVR window in case of shorter playlist duration than buffer level - Loading a valid source right after an invalid one - `SourceConfigOptions.startOffset` not being applied correctly with HLS streams - HLS live variant playlists reloaded too frequently --- ## 8.11.1 Released: 2019-06-28 ### Fixed - HLS live manifests being requested too frequently - Improved performance on low-end devices when playing back content for a long period of time --- ## 8.11.0 Released: 2019-06-24 ### Added - API documentation in JSON format - Advertising error 2000, which is fired when a player module is not loaded that is required for ad playback - Support for DRM system of Edge Anaheim ### Fixed - Main content not being correctly restored when playing back ad pods with the IMA Advertising Module - VMAP ads not played and `aderror` event triggered due to ad manifest parsing failure - Consider `BaseURL` along with `Location` while switching CDN for MPD - PlayReady protected HLS streams not being played back correctly - Player reporting incorrect seekable ranges in live streams --- ## 8.10.2 Released: 2019-06-18 ### Fixed - Player not working within minimized Webpack builds --- ## 8.10.1 Released: 2019-06-17 ### Fixed - Playback of DRM protected live streams failing, if init data is only provided in the manifest - `AudioChanged` not being fired directly after loading a `live` source and changing the audio track - Don't process event callbacks after `player.destroy()` was called. ### Changed - Updated `bitmovin-analytics` to version `2.4.2` --- ## 8.10.0 Released: 2019-06-11 ### Added - Support HLS protocol version 8 to determine updateInterval - `PlayerEvent.LicenseValidated` event ### Fixed - Delayed update of internal buffer ranges causes detection of buffer thresholds being reached to fail - Incorrect documentation about SourceLoaded - Switching assets during ad playback - Target buffer level adjustment on growing DVR window - Improve the documentation of `startOffset` - SegmentPlayback events sometimes not being triggered - Potential stalling on period switches with a fixed video quality set ### Changed - The impression will be tracked after the main content or a pre-roll ad started playback. --- ## 8.9.0 Released: 2019-05-27 ### Added - Support `startOffset` in `SourceConfigOption` ### Fixed - IMA ads on Chromecast with DASH/HLS/Smooth source - HLS codec detection for muxed live content - Uncaught TypeError occurring for streams with video resolutions greater than 1080p - Initial seek and timeshift sometimes inaccurate due to the `GapHandler` interfering - ContainerTS module required for fMP4/CMAF streams ### Changed - `getSeekableRange` now returns values that are consistent with `getCurrentTime` for live streams --- ## 8.8.2 Released: 2019-05-20 ### Changed - Removed `DRM_KEY_MISSING` error due to false positives --- ## 8.8.1 Released: 2019-05-16 ### Fixed - The first switch from unprotected to protected periods might lead to decoding errors on certain hardware --- ## 8.8.0 Released: 2019-05-13 ### Fixed - Fairplay DRM not being recognized via `PlayerAPI.getSupportedDRM` in Safari 12.1+ - Player potentially getting stuck in case of inaccurate seek/timeshift - Problem with playback of live streams using WEBM container format - Player stalling on period switches - Player stuck when seeking to the start of a gap between DASH periods --- ## 8.7.0 Released: 2019-05-02 ### Added - Various memory & performance optimizations ### Changed - `PlayerAPI.getCurrentTime` now always returns the current time minus the current timeshift for live streams ### Fixed - Correctly reset pendingSegmentInfoRequest to prevent infinite timeShift loop - Chromecast on Android from Chrome versions where Cast Framework provides wrong initial session state (i.e. Chrome 73 and newer) - Pausing the local player when resuming an ongoing Chromecast session - Re-enable triggering of the DRM\_KEY\_MISSING error in case the EME fires a keyneeded event after all known licenses have been requested, but ignore the handling in IE and Edge --- ## 8.6.0 Released: 2019-04-17 ### Fixed - Support for multiple closed caption labels using DASH `Accessibility` tags - SMPTE-TT subtitles not being rendered correctly - Abort SourceBuffer when updating is done - Enter `Play` state before triggering pre-roll Ads - Continuous `currentTime` when playing over HLS discontinuities ### Changed - `timeShift` and `getTimeShift` are now more honest and work on an extrapolated continuous liveEdge - The player's `currentTime` is mapped to the wall-clock (preferably `EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME`) for HLS live streams --- ## v8.5.0 Released: 2019-04-02 ### Added - Support DateRange Metadata when native\_hls\_parsing is enabled - `NativePlayerManifestAPI` on the `player.manifest` namespace, to allow read-only access to data from HLS manifest in `NativePlayer` - Support `MetadataChanged` event for DateRange metadata - Optional `VideoQuality.codec` and `AudioQuality.codec` properties to retrieve codec information through the quality APIs (`getAvailableVideoQualities`, `getAvailableAudioQualities`, …) ### Changed - Moved `AdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` to `ImaAdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` and added IMA-specific documentation ### Fixed - Generate an invalid XML when a newline is present in betweeen an XML tag - `LiveLatencyTracker.getLatency` was returning null when uninitialized - `AdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` not hiding unwanted UI elements correctly when it was empty in the IMA Advertising Module - Player getting stuck when autoplay is blocked for ads in Firefox - Player getting into an infinite loop of trying to start ads and ad playback being blocked by the browser in certain devices - Ad break schedule being wrongly triggered when an ad is already playing in the IMA Advertising Module - Ad playback being blocked by the browser even though play was triggered through a user-interaction on some platforms like Samsung Browser 8 and iOS Safari on iPad - Player sometimes getting stuck if multiple ad breaks are scheduled at the same time and the last one of them does not contain linear ads - Old avc1 codec strings not being converted to the new format --- ## v8.4.0 Released: 2019-03-21 ### Added - Support for SmoothStreaming `Clip` elements - `PlayerManifestAPI` on the `player.manifest` namespace, which allows read-only access to data from the loaded DASH or HLS manifest ### Changed - Temporarily disabled `DRM_KEY_MISSING` error, as it was fired in situations where DRM playback was working fine ### Fixed - Player not maintaining the audio language when it temporarily drops out in multi-period streams - Seeking close to the end of the period caused `player.play` to reject and `player.destroy` to remain pending indefinitely when called - Player stalling on period switches if audio is catching up after changing the audio track - Handling of all periods dropping out of a DASH manifest - Stop certain HTTP codes from being retried on given `HttpRequestType`s by adding entries to `TweaksConfig.disable_retry_for_response_status` - Content decoding errors due to failed buffer appendage of cached init segments - Playback of PlayReady protected streams not containing a PlayReady Object in every PSSH box --- ## v8.3.0 Released: 2019-03-18 ### Added - Optional `Ad.data` property that provides various additional information about the ad - Disabling `edts` boxes of fMP4 to work around different browser's inconsistent behavior in handling such - Firing of the `DRM_KEY_MISSING` error in case a `keyneeded` event is triggered after all known licenses have been requested - `BufferType.BackwardDuration` to specify a target backward buffer level that is maintained throughout playback - Support for non-linear VPAID ads when using the `BitmovinModule` for advertising - `ImaAdTagConfig.passthroughMode`, which provides a way to tell the Player which ad tags should be downloaded by the IMA SDK and not by the Player itself. - DASH Live Low Latency Streaming with chunked CMAF - Support `EXT-X-DATERANGE` HLS tag ### Changed - `ImaPassthroughMode.Vast` is the new default passthrough mode - Improve error event data on video element and network errors ### Fixed - Player's `currentTime` jumps to wrong value during `timeShift` with DASH `SegmentTimeline` - Incorrect handling of `QUOTA_EXCEEDED` errors, causing the player to stall - Correctly identify audio codec from CODECS attribute of HLS variants - `getManifest`, `getDroppedVideoFrames` and `getTotalStalledTime` should work across ads - When a segment is unavailable during a live stream, it will now be skipped instead of permanent retries - Ad tag requests missing IMA-specific parameters when using the IMA Advertising Module by using the new `ImaPassthroughMode` - Video element potentially getting stuck in paused state when player unstalls - Change default value of `MINIMUM_ALLOWED_UPDATE_PERIOD` tweak to `1` - Parsing of VMAP manifests when it included ad urls with newlines - `player.getCurrentTime` returning inconsistent values between `timeshift` and `timeshifted` events. It will now always report the old position until the time-shifting operation has finished. - Player stalling on period switches if audio is catching up after changing the audio track - No types being published to npm --- ## v8.2.4 Released: 2019-04-02 ### Changed - Moved `AdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` to `ImaAdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` and added IMA-specific documentation ### Fixed - `AdvertisingConfig.allowedUiElements` not hiding unwanted UI elements correctly when it was empty in the IMA Advertising Module - Player getting stuck when autoplay is blocked for ads in Firefox - Player getting into an infinite loop of trying to start ads and ad playback being blocked by the browser in certain devices - Ad break schedule being wrongly triggered when an ad is already playing in the IMA Advertising Module - Ad playback being blocked by the browser even though play was triggered through a user-interaction on some platforms like Samsung Browser 8 and iOS Safari on iPad - Player sometimes getting stuck if multiple ad breaks are scheduled at the same time and the last one of them does not contain linear ads --- ## v8.2.3 Released: 2019-03-07 ### Added - `ImaAdTagConfig.passthroughMode`, which provides a way to tell the Player which ad tags should be downloaded by the IMA SDK and not by the Player itself ### Fixed - Playback of PlayReady protected streams not containing a PlayReady Object in every PSSH box --- ## v8.2.2 Released: 2019-02-20 ### Changed - Adding an invalid module will result in an error ### Fixed - Playback of HLS VOD streams with unequal #EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY tag indexes - Correctly identify audio codec from CODECS attribute of HLS variants --- ## v8.2.1 Released: 2019-02-08 ### Fixed - Timeshift with a positive timestamp parameter - Filtering of unsupported ad media types --- ## v8.2.0 Released: 2019-02-04 ### Added - Dynamic removal of non-playable representations due to DRM license errors - `VideoQualityAdded`, `VideoQualityRemoved`, `AudioQualityAdded` and `AudioQualityRemoved` events - Support default sample duration specified in `tfhd` box of fMP4 - Time synchronization config as part of the `LiveConfig` - Support for HLS Live streams with `#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY` tags but without `#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE` - Tizen Module that implements workarounds for Tizen TV specific issues like BaseMediaDecodeTimes exceeding 32 bits in length - VAST `MediaFiles` and `NonLinearAds` are now being chosen more optimally based on relevant information about the client - Support for linear VPAID ads when using the `BitmovinModule` for advertising ### Changed - Default overlay ad position - Update bundled Bitmovin Analytics to 2.x+ ### Fixed - Superfluous warning event being occasionally fired after pre-rolls ads - Tizen would sometimes play 1 frame beyond the end of buffer, which could lead to us clearing the post timestamp rollover buffer - An issue where the Player could enter an endless loop when pre-roll ads were available and autoplay was blocked - Ads just showing a black screen on iOS when using the IMA Advertising Module - Issue with ad pods containing ads with errors - Metadata events originating from segments not being fired after seeking back - Player seeking to wrong position in multi-period SegmentTemplate VOD streams - `PlayerApi.getManifest` throwing an `Error` when used with the `NativePlayer` - `PlayerApi.getSource` not returning the `SourceConfig` of the main content while an ad is playing - Endless loop when an ad was clicked - Wrong source being played back after manual setting of `video.src` - Handling of `SegmentTemplate` on `Representation` level - Fixed StallStarted occuring between Play and Playing - Setting the playback speed in pause state in IE11 - HLS subtitle playlists could lead to an incorrect stream duration --- ## 8.1.2 ### Fixed - Timeshift with a positive timestamp parameter - Playback of PlayReady protected streams not containing a PlayReady Object in every PSSH box --- ## v8.1.1 Released: 2019-01-24 ### Fixed - Companion ads not being displayed correctly using the Google IMA SDK - Ignored `config.location.google_ima` - Skipped pre-roll ad break in IMA ads module if playback was blocked - Attempted to play flash media from VAST tags with video element in Bitmovin ads module - `isPlaying` returning `true` after a blocked playback attempt with Bitmovin ads module - `AdBreak.scheduleTime` sometimes being `null` inside the `AdBreakStarted` event when using the Bitmovin Advertising Module - Issue with ad pods containing ads with errors --- ## v8.1.0 Released: 2018-12-21 ### Added - Fairplay key rotation support - Support multiple init segments within one HLS media playlist - Parsing HEVC codec parameters from ISO BMFF segments - Ad tag placeholders (macros) - `getSupportedTech` API method extended with `SupportedTechnologyMode` parameter to query supported technologies of the loaded player modules - VAST `AdVerifications` support. The parsed `AdVerifications` tag of a given VAST manifest is now available on the new `verifications` property of the corresponding `Ad`. - Support for seamless `AdaptationSet` switching for `AdaptationSet`s with identical `group` and `codecs` - `BufferConfig`, `PlayerBufferAPI.setTargetLevel` and `PlayerBufferAPI.getLevel` API that can be used to limit and view the forward buffers for video and audio separately. - `AdManifestLoadedEvent` will now also be fired for `AdTagConfigs` like VMAP. - `AdManifestLoadedEvent.adConfig`, which includes the ad tag that was downloaded. Useful for ad tags that do not result in an `AdBreak` like VMAP tags. In that case `AdManifestLoadedEvent.adBreak` is set to `null`. - `AdManifestLoadedEvent.downloadTiming`, which includes timing information like how long it took for the ad tag to be downloaded. `PlayerDelegate.metadataLoaded` received a new parameter `downloadTiming` in order to pass the information along to the event. - The `AdError` now includes the `AdConfig` that caused the error. `PlayerDelegate.onError` received a new `adConfig` parameter to pass the `AdConfig` along to the event. - `PlayerAdvertisingAPI.getModuleInfo`, which returns the name and version of the currently used advertising module. - Support for seamless `AdaptationSet` switching for `AdaptationSet`s with identical `group` and `codecs` - `PlayerAdvertisingAPI.getActiveAd` function that returns the currently active ad. - Bitmovin advertising module ### Changed - `PlayerAdvertisingAPI.skip` now removes the currently active overlay ad. - Advertising API documentation structure - Advertising error code documentation structure ### Fixed - Unsmooth audio track switching - Wrong player technology (`native.hls` instead of `html5.hls`) being chosen per default on Tizen TVs - HLS stream with incorrect segment durations not being played back until the end - `player.getCurrentTime` not returning the current time of the currently active linear ad. - `AdError.data.code` sometimes being `undefined`. - A few seconds of content being skipped after playback of SSAI ad - Ad playback in IE with the Bitmovin advertising module - Playback of PlayReady protected HLS streams only specifying the `WRMHEADER` instead of a full `pssh` box - Closed captions being out of sync in live-streams with multiple discontinuities - Impression calls being issued for ads - Timeout defined in `AdvertisingConfig.videoLoadTimeout` not always being respected ### Deprecated - `TweaksConfig.max_buffer_level`. Please use `BufferConfig` instead. - `getVideoBufferLength`. Please use `PlayerBufferAPI.getLevel` instead. - `getAudioBufferLength`. Please use `PlayerBufferAPI.getLevel` instead. --- ## v8.0.4 Released: 2019-01-10 ### Fixed - Closed captions being out of sync in live-streams with multiple discontinuities - Live Smooth Streaming playback - View mode switching - Ad playback being blocked on iOS when using the Google IMA SDK - DASH `SegmentTimeline` live stream playback - VTT subtitle rendering issue due to unexpected order of attributes of `X-TIMESTAMP-MAP` header - `stallstarted` not being fired on hls livestreams - The start time of a HLS discontinuity was added to the video's currentTime if a subtitle playlist was present - Unexpected `PlayerEvent.StallStarted` in live stream startup - Switching audio language of live streams after manifest update --- ## v8.0.3 Released: 2018-12-12 ### Fixed - Handling of `SegmentTemplate` on `Representation` level - Last segment check for long `SegmentTimeline` MPD assets - Playback of Fairplay source after progressive source on Safari - Uncaught TypeError `Cannot read property 'find' of null` on period switch for live streams --- ## v8.0.2 Released: 2018-11-29 ### Fixed - `options.startTime` not being respected - Snapshot acquisition when `native` playback technology is used - Some overlay ads not getting displayed correctly - A `MODULE_MISSING` warning being triggered for the `AdvertisingModule` although no ads were specified in the player config - Graceful handle missing timing properties in `conf.network.sendHttpRequest` response - Stalling state and events on transition from/to paused state - Apply `PlaybackConfig.volume` and `muted` at setup and retain state during player lifecycle (no reset on `load` calls) - When doing an in-buffer seek near the end of the stream with unequal audio and video buffer length, no `playbackfinished` event was fired - Uncaught exception if HLS master playlist request is cancelled - `PlayerEvent.AirplayChanged` was not renamed to v8 pattern - Subtitles being disabled directly after they've been enabled when playing back a HLS stream with metadata tracks - Trigger `onPlaying` after play when autoplay rejected beforehand on iOS - Reject load in NativePlayer on source error (e.g. 404) - Missing `PlayerEvent.TimeChanged` when loading a live asset after a finished VOD asset --- ## v8.0.1 Released: 2018-10-19 ### Fixed - `getAvailableAudio` and `getAudio` returning more data than specified in the API - Backup stream switching for live stream playlist updates - Seeking near the end of a Period caused the player to stall indefinitely in Edge - Ad playback for Flash - Flash renderer overlaying UI - Widevine license requests having no headers - Remove poster when source is unloaded - `PlayerSubtitlesAPI.list` sometimes returning `null` instead of an empty array when using the `NativePlayer` - Single file subtitles from a multi-period manifest could not get cleaned up on period switch and were not re-activated after switching - Detection of PlayPromise in Safari - Transition from non DRM to DRM period - Fixed problems with start time calculation on live streams - Improved initial time calculation for MultiPeriod Segment Template live streams - Player got stuck because of a race condition with drm streams and loading new drm sources before proper playback - Init segment not downloaded when timeshifting during init segment request - fMP4 media playlists playback - Playback speed resetting when switching video quality in the `NativePlayer` - Player getting stuck after switching the audio track with multiple periods / discontinuities - Rare race condition with live SegmentTimeline manifests with very short periods which lead to endless buffering - Rapid seeking could lead to an exception when accessing `undefined.duration` --- ## v8.0.0 Released: 2018-09-12 ### Added - Analytics module - `Config.ui` to disable UI or pass `UIConfig` to player-managed UI via the UI module - `ViewMode` API: `getViewMode`, `isViewModeAvailable`, `setViewMode` & `Event.ViewModeChanged` - `SourceConfig.subtitleTracks[]` - `player.getContainer` retrieves the HTMLElement the player is embedded in, replacement for removed `player.getFigure` - `Event.ModuleReady` when a public API of a module becomes available - `Event.DownloadFinished.timeToFirstByte` event property - `PlayerAPI.getSource(): SourceConfig | null` - Export `ModuleName` from player core - `PlayerSubtitlesAPI` in `player.subtitles` namespace - The `AdvertisingModule` - `PlayerErrorCode`, `PlayerError`, `PlayerModuleMissingError` exports - Generation of typescript type definition files - Documentation for the `AdvertisingModule` ### Fixed - PlayReady header parsing - Player not being able to play back content in WebKit browsers without play-promise - Player did not fire `ON_METADATA` from raw AAC audio segments - DRM playback using WebKit-prefixed EME - The `PlaybackFinished` event firing before post-roll ads are finished - VR Events not being fired - Playback not starting after initial play call on Safari - Loading a new source after playing back a DRM protected source - Handling of unexpected behavior of the `play` promise introduced in Edge 17 - VMAP manifest parsing in Edge - Calling play+pause in `load().then` in Edge left the video playing ### Changed - No Player API call returns the player object anymore - Automatically upload all modules to Akamai with every release - HTTP header array structure to simple headers object - No Event.Paused before Event.PlaybackFinished - `native-flash` config moved from `config.drm.access` to `config.nativeflash` - `player.play()` now returns a promise which resolves when playback actually starts - `player.setVolume()` now no longer changes the muted state - Remove `player.setLastSegment()` - Remove `preferred_audio_codec_order` and `preferred_video_codec_order` tweaks (use `PlaybackConfig.audioCodecPriority`/`videoCodecPriority`) - Move `UserSettings` into separate module - `PlayerAPI.getThumb()` became `PlayerAPI.getThumbnail()`, Thumbnail property w became width and h became height, property i was dropped. - `player.isPlaying()` only returns `true` once playback has actually started on the media element - Moved module-local exports from core to the modules (DRM, VR) - Converted `Player` to class (instantiate with `new`), `setup` method removed and logic moved into constructor - Moved `Event` and `LogLevel` exports out of `Player` object to root namespace - Stall events not triggered anymore on initial play and seek/timeShift - Change `SourceConfig.tracks[]` to `SourceConfig.thumbnailTrack` - `Event.PlayerResize` renamed to `Event.PlayerResized` - Player resize event handling moved from `style` module to `core` - `PlayerAPI.unload(): Promise` return value - Take `SEEK_TO_END_OFFSET` into account when applying `startOffset` - Renamed `PlayerAPINotAvailableException` to `PlayerAPINotAvailableError` - VR starting position (0°) to be in the center of the video frame instead of the left edge - Every advertising-related error now has only the `AdError` event associated with it and not a mix of `Warning` and `AdError` - Completely reworked the `AdvertisingConfig` and advertising-related player functions. The new Advertising API is available in the `ads` namespace on a player instance after a source has been loaded. - documentation for the `ErrorEvent` - Smooth manifest errors now will be thrown as a `SOURCE_MANIFEST_INVALID` error with an appropriate message.
Unknown mime types in the manifest will only cause a warn log instead of an error. - The ABR logic v3 (DOWNLOAD\_PREDICTION\_LOGIC) is now activated by default - `WarningMessages` became `WarningCode` enum - Rename `getDroppedFrames` to `getDroppedVideoFrames` - `ImaAdBreak.vastResponse` now holds a `Promise` that resolves with the loaded ad manifest - Rename `bitmovin-player.zip` and `bitmovin-player-modules.zip` to `bitmovinplayer.zip` and `bitmovinplayer-modules.zip` ### Removed - Deprecated `addEventHandler` and `removeEventHandler` methods - `search_real_end` configuration tweak - `PlayerAPI.fireEvent` - `Config.style.ux` flag to toggle UI - Fullscreen & PiP API (replaced by `ViewMode` API): `isPictureInPictureAvailable`, `enterPictureInPicture`, `exitPictureInPicture`, `isPictureInPictureAvailable`, `EVENT.ON_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE_ENTER`, `EVENT.ON_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE_EXIT`, `enterFullscreen`, `exitFullscreen`, `isFullscreen`, `EVENT.ON_FULLSCREEN_ENTER`, `EVENT.ON_FULLSCREEN_EXIT` - User settings (module) - The player will not create a `figure` element around the video anymore, removed `player.getFigure` API call - `Config.source` (the `source` has been separated from the player `Config`) - `getAvailableLicenseServers` and `getAvailableImpressionServers`