Player

2024-12-10 Player v5.3.31

  • Player now supports new playoutID label as a replacement for the old dataID label

    • Both labels will be supported going forward

  • Added support for loading player UI in browser language if available

  • Added support for loading audio track in browser language if available

2024-12-06 Player v5.3.30

  • Optimized Hive P2P Integration Playback start speed

2024-11-27 Player v5.3.29

  • Added Player Interface languages

    • Japanese (ja)

    • Korean (kr)

    • Turskish (tr)

2024-11-22 Player v5.3.28

  • Improved display of subtitles in playlists

2024-11-18 Player v5.3.27

  • Improved interoperability of JavaScript Player and other 3rd Party JavaScript Libraries

2024-11-09 Player v5.3.26

  • Optimized playback performance for users with low bandwidth

2024-11-05 Player v5.3.25

  • Added Player Event media.volumeChange

2024-11-04 Player v5.3.24

  • Optimized and updated Hive P2P Integration

2024-10-09 Player v5.3.23

  • Added player config option CCsize for configuring the initial subtitle size

2024-10-04 Player v5.3.22

  • Optimized support for multiple audio channels for custom player templates

2024-09-24 Player v5.3.21

  • Updated Hive P2P Integration

2024-09-10 Player v5.3.20

  • Added Embed Code/URL Sharing Menu to allow users to directly share the current video

2024-09-02 Player v5.3.19

  • Added License Information to Context Menu

  • Optimized Category filtering for Livestreams

2024-08-27 Player v5.3.18

  • Added Support for CMCD playback performance statistics

2024-07-29 Player v5.3.17

  • Optimized switching between multiple available audio tracks

2024-07.02 Player v5.3.16

  • Optimized Sticky Player Behavior

  • Livestream Players with available timeshift do now start from the beginning of the timeshift if livestream is offline

2024-06-03 Player v5.3.15

  • Added Search Feature in Playlists

  • Added Category Filtering Feature in Playlists

  • Added Support for Player Events to iframe embeds

2024-04-30 Player v5.3.14

  • Added function to hide Player UI during bumper videos

  • Optimized disallow fullscreen behavior

2024-04-03 Player v5.3.13

  • Optimized Hive P2P integration

  • Switched from Cookie to local Storage usage for Analytics

2024-03-18 Player v5.3.12

  • Added Support for 5 letter language tags for subtitles

  • Added Player Interface languages

    • Dutch (nl)

    • Polish (pl)

    • Portuguese (pt)

    • Romanian (ro)

    • Russian (ru)

  • Optimized Media Loading process

  • Removed Support for Comments in On Demand Players

2024-03-07 Player v5.3.11

  • New Player Method playNext(dataid) that allows loading a new dataID without reloading the whole player

  • Added Support for Bumper Videos before and after Media

  • Added Support for Audio Waveforms (only in Custom Players)

2020-07-13: Player

2020-07-09: Player

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2020-07-08: Player

2020-06-15: Player

2019-10-19: Player

2019-02-08: Player

  • Subtitles: Improved UI

  • Code clean up

  • Now using HTMLVideoElement[poster] instead of own logic


2019-02-07: Player

  • Safari: Fixes issue with thumbnails on the timeline, loading in a loop.


2018-12-06: Player

  • Improvements: In DVR mode (Timeshift), the player now recognizes when the stream is offline. The playback starts now at the beginning of the DVR and changes the time-presentation from Live -hh:mm:ss to hh:mm:ss/hh:mm:ss.


2018-11-20: Player

  • Bugfix: Stream not playing using live-stream with ingest platform v2


2018-11-14: Player (v4.1.2)

New Features

  • Ad Stitching: Video starts instantly after video ads (excluding iOS devices)

Improvements & Bugfixes

  • Improved audioTrack handling

  • Improved live latency

  • Improved playback startup time

  • Fixed: player displayed “live-stream offline” in DVR mode

  • Fixed: player turned back to live when using DVR

  • Code-cleanup


2018-10-09: Player

  • Bugfix Call-to-Action form credentials (CORS)

  • Added method getStreamType()


2018-09-14: Player

  • Enabled to display Ads on mobile whiles using autoplay and mutedautoplay for mobile

  • Added custom GA function parameter


2018-08-07: Player

  • Bugfix video looping if autoplay enabled and ads disabled


2018-07-27: Player (v4.1.1)

  • Added events: subtitleChange, audioChange

  • Added methods: getAudioTracks, setAudioTrack

  • Code clean up

  • Cast Support: Removed google’s media library from code-base; Added subtitle and alternative audio support


2018-07-20: Player

  • Improved handling on manifest load timeouts


2018-07-18: Player

  • Sticky feature improvement

  • Fixed thumbnail aspect ratio on IE11


2018-07-11: Player

  • Settings menu UI improvement for mobile

  • Improved handling for streams with alternative audio on ios and safari


2018-07-09: Player (v4.1.0)

  • getLiveDelayInSeconds() added for live streams

  • locale config param added


2018-06-20: Player

  • Added new audio player UI including visualizer

  • Code clean up


2018-06-18: Player

  • Added view port and env to debug info

  • Hide cast button while playing ads

  • Hide volume slider after muting/unmuting on mobile

  • Hide ads countdown when remaining time is not available by API

  • Improved ready callback

  • Added poster frame preload before displaying


2018-06-15: Player

  • Fixed unrecognized jscallback Parameter (audio on-demand)

  • Added custom SkipButton UI for Google IMA


2018-06-14: Player: Player

  • Fixed player-ui issues on IE 10

  • Code clean up

  • Fixed player-ui issue regarding buffering spinner after postroll

  • Fixed missing ready call for audio streams

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