Player changelog

v2.195.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the progress bar: it no longer stutters in Firefox, jumps back on unpause in Chrome, or freezes on start and after seeking in Safari.
• Fixed a freeze on Safari and iOS: the player recovers from a decode failure and continues playback, or shows an error if recovery fails.

v2.195.0

Improvements

• When the browser or device cannot play the video, the player shows a calm screen without a useless reload.
• Devices with a revoked DRM certificate now see the unsupported-browser screen.
• Watermark protection is stronger: the mark cannot be swapped via the API after start, and casual removal in developer tools does not drop it.
• Numeric watermark text is accepted without an error.

Bug Fixes

• An interrupted live stream no longer shows an error screen: the player waits for the broadcast to recover.
• Failures in Picture-in-Picture, fullscreen, and similar browser APIs no longer stop playback.

v2.194.0

Improvements

• Player UI fonts are now loaded from the CDN.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed view statistics when switching videos: events are no longer attributed to the wrong video.
• Fixed video loading: if a video is unavailable, the player shows an error instead of waiting indefinitely.

v2.193.0

Improvements

• Improved playback of videos with long segments (screen recordings and similar content): the player buffers more reliably and is less likely to get stuck on loading.
• Added audio track switching during AirPlay.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed waiting for a live stream that has not started yet or was temporarily stopped: the player waits for the source instead of showing a network error.
• Fixed false playback errors when starting video in Chromium-based browsers.

v2.160.1

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API

  • If a watermark is enabled in the dashboard but watermark text is not provided when creating the player, the player throws an error. Watermark text must be set when creating the player.

• IFrame Regular

  • If a watermark is enabled in the dashboard but watermark text is not provided in the watermark URL parameter, the player throws an error.

v2.156.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API
  • The structure of playlist[].cta changed; see player parameters.

v2.150.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API
  • Parameter theme.subtitles.textSize was renamed to textScale. See player parameters.
  • Undocumented parameter behavior.textTrack.rollup was removed. See player parameters.

v2.139.1

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API
  • The Events property on the player factory was removed. Use the Events property on the player control object instead.

v2.121.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API

  • To prevent changing or removing the watermark via the iframe src attribute, watermark parameters must be set after player creation with setOptions.

    Example:

    playerFactory.create(params).then(function (player) {
      player.setOptions({ui: {watermark: {text: 'watermark'}}});
    });
    

v2.115.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API
  • Default value for ui.watermark.mode changed to random. See player parameters.

v2.106.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API

  • Player event AutoQualityChanged was removed. Use QualityChanged instead. See player event handlers.

  • Player method getCurrentVideoQuality is deprecated and will be removed. Use getVideoQuality instead. See player methods.

  • Factory property PlayerEvent is deprecated and will be removed. Use Events instead. See factory properties.

v2.101.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Regular
  • Parameter watermark is ignored unless watermark functionality is enabled in the dashboard. See embed parameters.

v2.48.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Regular

  • Parameter header was removed. See embed parameters.

• IFrame Player API

  • Parameter ui.openChaptersOnLoad was removed. See player parameters.

v2.36.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Regular

  • Parameter header was replaced with title. Existing embeds with header still work for a while; new embeds should use title. See embed parameters.

• IFrame Player API

  • Parameter ui.openChaptersOnLoad is deprecated and will be removed. See player parameters.

v2.27.0

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• IFrame Player API
  • Player creation parameters files and actions moved into PlaylistItemOptions of the playlist parameter. See player creation.