Player

2025-11-06 Player v5.4.0

Enhancements & New Features

  • Transcript Functionality – Added support for displaying synchronized transcripts within the audio player. Users can search within the transcript and jump directly to specific parts of the audio.

  • Chapters for Audio Player – Introduced chapter navigation for easier orientation within longer audio tracks.

  • Browser Share Integration – Implemented use of the Web Share API (navigator.share) for quick and seamless sharing across supported browsers.

UI & Design

  • Refurbished Icons and Design – Updated icons and improved overall interface for a cleaner, more consistent look.

  • Improved Video Controls and Hover Behavior – Enhanced usability and responsiveness of video playback controls.

  • Improved Mobile View for Settings – Optimized layout and accessibility for mobile users.

Fixes & Refactoring

  • Refactored Audio Player – Simplified and optimized internal logic for improved performance and stability.

  • Fixed Native Subtitles Display – Resolved an issue where browser-native subtitles were displayed during seeking.

2025-10-27 Player v5.3.53

  • Fixed playback issues on iOS16 and older

2025-10-24 Player v5.3.52

  • Enabled Hive Streaming Plugin Multi-CDN ability

  • Fixed Accessibility issues

  • Fixed an issue using custom player templates with podcasts/playlists loading different items

2025-10-15 Player v5.3.51

  • Refactored Chromecast Playback

2025-10-13 Player v5.3.50

  • Refactored DVR Playback, Time display and Seek behavior

  • Improved subtitle size calculation

2025-10-07 Player v5.3.49

  • Added aria-description attribute to the video tag for improved accessibility.

  • Fixed an issue on Safari/iOS where the buffering spinner remained visible after playback resumed.

  • Removed the “Livestream Offline” badge when the livestream is still playing DVR.

  • Fixed playback issues with video ads when running within playlists.

2025-09-29 Player v5.3.48

  • fixed Live Timeshift Tooltip

  • implemented hive manifestDomainMacher config option

  • fixed usage of playoutId instead of dataid

  • added additional keybindings

2025-07-31 Player v5.3.47

  • fixed events on Analytics V2

  • adjusted GET parameter from ads.consent to ads_consent

  • audioplayer is now not forced by SDN anymore and can freely be configured in the new js3q() call

2025-07-02 Player v5.3.46

  • updated HTML structure of title element

  • fixed TCF implementation

  • corrected type of gc from string to int

  • "video not available" now uses the browser language, if shown before any configuration was loaded

  • refined look and feel of chapters tooltip

2025-06-11 Player v5.3.45

  • Improved readability of chapter tooltips

  • Changed config parameter shuffle to autoshuffle

  • Fixed issue with subtitles reappearing when manually changing the resolution

  • Fixed issue where seed dragger could be dragged too far

2025-05-23 Player v5.3.44

  • Added new player mode reel player (can be configured using reels config parameter)

  • Improved display of multiline title

  • Added config parameter shuffle to randomly sort playlist items

  • Added config parameter itemImages where custom images can be provided for live reactions

2025-05-13 Player v5.3.43

  • Fixed issue where live comments can't be sent in certain situations

2025-05-12 Player v5.3.42

  • Fixed audio menu on safari

  • Added config parameter to change position of Live Reactions

2025-05-02 Player v5.3.41

  • Added Live Reactions

  • Improved Analytics tracking

2025-04-24 Player v5.3.40

  • Activated CMCD as query parameters

2025-04-23 Player v5.3.39

  • Improved subtitle handling in Firefox

2025-04-17 Player v5.3.38

  • Fixed bug where pause button wouldn't disappear

2025-04-14 Player v.5.3.37

  • Improvements to WCAG support

2025-03-27 Player v5.3.36

  • Added WCAG support

  • Added disableFullscreen as config parameter which prevents switching to fullscreen

  • Added polls as config paramter that turns on/off polls in the player

2025-02-24 Player v5.3.35

  • Added playbackRate as config parameter

2025-02-17 Player v5.3.34

  • Improved handling of language codes within all menus

  • Improved display of download icon in combination with sharing icons

  • Fixed download functionality for playlists

2025-01-30 Player v5.3.33

  • Improved WCAG compliance

  • Added volume as config parameter

  • Added parameter controlsPriority to change Priority of controls for hiding on small screens

  • Improved player.destroy() cleanup

2025-01-20 Player v5.3.32

  • Improved control bar item display on smaller screens

  • Fixed control bar auto hide behaviour

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