Release history - Version 9

Release notes quick-access

• 9.16.7 - December 17, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Disables post-roll VMAP/ad-scheduler video ads with Google IMA on iOS due to content recovery issues
  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 16.1.0 -> 16.1.1 for latest bug fixes

• 9.16.6 - December 12, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • v9 features-locked
    • We are now preparing for Radiant Media Player v10 relase. Radiant Media Player v9 is now features-locked and only critical bug fixes will be addressed for v9.
  • Bug fixes
    • Google Cast casting play/pause and seek capabilities that could not work with latest Web Receiver updates

• 9.16.5 - November 21, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Google Cast casting that could not work with latest Web Receiver updates

• 9.16.4 - November 8, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features for accessibility
    • Adds playerContainerRole to configure ARIA role for player container HTML element
    • Sets default for playerContainerRole to 'application' (before default for ARIA role for player container HTML element was complementary)
    • For decorative player images (poster, logo, playlist or related items), sets default alt attribute to '' (previously it would read labels.hint.logo and labels.hint.poster)
  • Removed
    • Removed labels.hint.logo and labels.hint.poster from player configuration as no longer used

• 9.16.3 - November 8, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Player update
    • Removed some legacy logs
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.16 -> 1.5.17 for latest bug fixes

• 9.16.2 - October 23, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an edge exception that could happen when updating poster frequently

• 9.16.1 - October 17, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Service release
    • No new feature or bug fix

• 9.16.0 - October 16, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds googleCastAllowSenderVolumeManagement setting and sets default to false - this is to avoid issues where volume is synced on TV based on sender volume (which can be too high for a TV) - if wanted this behaviour must now be explicitly set with googleCastAllowSenderVolumeManagement set to true
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where Google Cast receiver could exit a DVR stream with an error

• 9.15.20 - October 14, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where in-band/in-manifest captions would render incorrectly in Firefox
    • Fixes an issue with updating values to default in captions styling menu in some browsers

• 9.15.19 - October 10, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue with CEA *08 captions positioning in fullscreen with HLS
    • Adds autoBumpCaptionsOnVisibleControlBar setting
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.15 -> 1.5.16 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.18 - September 19, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where AirPlay icon would not appear in Safari 18+
  • DEPRECATED (will be removed in v10)
    • Building Android TV and Fire TV apps with Radiant Media Player due to low usage

• 9.15.17 - September 16, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes a possible console exception with navigator.mediaSession.setPositionState that could happen in some edge cases

• 9.15.16 - September 6, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes a non-blocking console exception for chapters when first chapter does not start at 00:00:00
    • Fixes Finnish label for off (now Pois)
    • Fixes an issue where CEA*08 captions would look smaller on Firefox
    • Fixes an issue with related where item duration could not show up when available
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.14 -> 1.5.15 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.15 - August 7, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes label for quick forward that was not showing the (l) keyboard shortcut
    • Fixes Google Cast resume session for some edge cases
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.13 -> 1.5.14 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.14 - August 5, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes seeking for customized media notifications on iOS (Media Session API)

• 9.15.13 - July 29, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where volume controller could show on mobile devices in some edge cases when not supposed to
    • Re-add isMobile property from getEnvironment API result

• 9.15.12 - July 16, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue that could cause player to pause on rotate in fullscreen mode on iOS when viewablePlayPause is set to true

• 9.15.11 - July 5, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Fixes ad markers UI that would not correctly update when calling a VMAP tag with loadAds method API
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.11 -> 1.5.13 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.10 - June 10, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds support for offline playback on iOS
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.10 -> 1.5.11 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.9 - June 5, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds support for using Radiant Media Player in a Flutter app for mobile devices (Android, iOS) - see our sample app on GitHub
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.14 -> 4.7.15 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.8 -> 1.5.10 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates rmp-vast: 15.0.1 -> 15.1.0 for latest bug fixes and features

• 9.15.8 - May 29, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes a non-blocking exception for HLS-TS streaming with Shaka Player that would happen with some HLS streams

• 9.15.7 - May 28, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds debugForceRawConsoleLogs setting to print readable logs for Flutter apps and legacy platforms debugging - this needs to be enabled explicitly for rmp.debug.js build
  • Bug fixes
    • Adds JSDoc for some settings that was missing previously
    • getAdSkipTimeOffset returns -1 when no value is available
    • getAdTraffickingParametersString> returns '' when no value is available
    • isVpaidCreative> returns false when no value is available
  • DEPRECATED (will be removed in v10)
    • forceLegacyDependencies setting

• 9.15.6 - May 24, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Video advertisement API
    • Adds adCompanionBackfillMode setting
    • Adds adPpid setting
    • Adds adSessionId setting

• 9.15.5 - May 14, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Updates social media icons (sharing module) and replaces Twitter logo with X logo
    • Updates player icons to use the latest versions of Material and Font Awesome icons
    • Adds Roboto font to player builds and use it as default font for player text (previously Arial was default font)
  • Bug fixes
    • Discard multi-audio and captions tracks for audio-only player to avoid UI overlapping issues
    • Explicitly log fatal errors in browser console to identify them without having to use debug build
    • Refined some error code messages for better readability
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.13 -> 4.7.14 for latest bug fixes

• 9.15.4 - May 3, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue that could cause the "no support" message to not display properly where player cannot playback content due to device limitations

• 9.15.3 - April 18, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Improves smart preloading for computer/smart TV devices
    • Adds specific UI markers for "2K" and "5K" renditions in player quality menu (HD, 4K and 8K renditions were already marked)
    • Adds hint.poster and hint.logo in player labels for multi-languages support of alt text of images
  • Bug fixes
    • Replaces "of" English word with "/" universal word for aria-valuetext in seek bar for better user experience on screen reader (e.g. "00:00 of 01:02" now reads "00:00 / 01:02")
    • Fixes an issue that could cause playlist/related JSON files to fail at loading (regression from 9.15.2)
    • Disables support for preload set to "metadata" with hls.js (will behave like "auto" from now on)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.12 -> 4.7.13 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates rmp-vast: 14.0.1 -> 15.0.1 for latest bug fixes and features

• 9.15.2 - April 12, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue that could cause poster to not display properly in some case-scenario (regression from 9.15.1)
    • Fixes an issue that could cause side-loaded VTT captions to not display with MPEG-DASH streams (regression from 9.14.0)

• 9.15.1 - April 10, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • API
    • Viewable feature API is now available even when viewablePlayPause or viewableAutoplay settings are not set
    • Frame-accurate navigation API is now always available regardless of enableFrameNavigation setting
    • Player will now fire framerateavailable event when frame rate changes for different renditions in a same manifest
  • Advertisement
    • Adds __autoplay__, __muted__ and __language__ ad tag variables
    • Adds adImaDaiVodPodRequestStreamURLCallback setting to start supporting Google IMA DAI VOD Pod streams ^BETA
  • Streaming
    • For renditions with frame rate greater than 30fps (like 60fps or 120 fps) the frame rate will now show in the quality menu next to the rendition height (example 1080p60 for 60fps full HD)
    • Adds 1013 warning: player ready but hls.js is not instantiated yet - cannot initiate playback - exit
  • Bug fixes
    • When preload is set to metadata with hls.js, fixes an issue where very early click on player could cause player to enter unending buffering state if hls.js library has not finished loading - a second click was necessary to actually start playback, this is no longer the case
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.11 -> 4.7.12 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.7 -> 1.5.8 for latest bug fixes
  • DEPRECATED
    • enableFrameNavigation setting

• 9.15.0 - March 20, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Google IMA DAI
    • Adds adImaDaiAuthToken setting to support authorization token for stream request
    • Adds omidAccessModeRules setting support for IMA DAI streams
  • Google Cast
    • When Google Cast receiver does not support volume control, hide volume button on sender device while casting (receiver volume must be adjusted with TV remove)
    • When Google Cast receiver does not support volume control, save volume level from sender before casting to re-enable this value when cast session ends
  • AirPlay
    • Adds support for AirPlay with HLS using Managed Media Source
    • Improves sender device volume UI while airplaying to better fit latest AirPlay versions
  • UI
    • Adjusts button size in module menu for better usability on small to medium player sizes
  • MPEG-DASH
    • Adds support for audioPreference.label property
    • Improves multiple audio tracks detection
  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 14.0.0 -> 14.0.1 for latest bug fixes

• 9.14.1 - March 11, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Refines smart preloading on mobile devices
    • Enables adTagReloadOnEnded setting on Apple devices
    • Fixes an issue with Icecast streams that could fail to start on iOS because of preload setting
    • Fixes an issue where getCaptionsData could return null on iOS when data were available
    • Sets fullwindow mode for fullscreen for ads with rmp-vast on iOS (to fit rmp-vast v14 update)
    • Disables Google IMA video ads on iOS with MPEG-DASH due to content recovery issues
    • Adjusts border-radius for s1 skin seek-bar and volume-bar to 8px (from 11px)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-connection: 2.0.0 -> 2.1.0 for latest bug fixes and features

• 9.14.0 - March 8, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Video Advertisement
    • Sets support for SIMID with rmp-vast out of BETA (linear creative only)
    • Clarifies returned value for getAdUniversalAdIds in documentation
  • AirPlay API - see documentation
    • Adds showAirplayPlaybackTargetPicker API method
    • Adds airplayavailable API event
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue that could cause HLS streaming with hls.js to pick legacy codecs when newer codecs were available in manifest and supported by the device
    • Fixes an issue that could cause update of text tracks on Google Cast receiver to not work when initiated from the sender device
    • Adjusts CSS for FCC closed captions menu at .rmp-large size
    • Fixes an issue that could cause reset to default request in FCC closed captions menu to not update the selected options properly
    • Fixes an issue that could cause audio module to be missing after call to setSrc API method
    • Fixes an issue that could cause volume UI to not properly update after a call to setSrc when previous content had closed captions
    • Fixes an issue that could cause enterpictureinpicture and leavepictureinpicture API events to fire multiple times when not supposed to
  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 13.2.0 -> 14.0.0 for latest bug fixes and features
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.8 -> 4.7.11 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.4 -> 1.5.7 for latest bug fixes
  • DEPRECATED
    • ajaxTimeout setting

• 9.13.2 - February 12, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Enables video advertisement on iOS when using Managed Media Source with MPEG-DASH or HLS
    • Fixes an issue with MPEG-DASH streaming where an audio track with an alternate role could not show in the audio selection UI
    • When only one MP4/WebM file is provided for progressive download, the quality selection UI will now show 'medium quality' instead of 'low quality'
    • Make sure native HLS is used over Managed Media Source HLS on iOS by default (overridden with forceHlsJSOnAppleDevices setting)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 13.1.0 -> 13.2.0 for latest bug fixes and features

• 9.13.1 - February 7, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Improves frame-by-frame navigation accuracy, especially for high-frame-rate content
    • HLS streams with attribute FRAME-RATE in manifest no longer require frameRate setting to be explicitly set for frame-by-frame navigation
    • getCurrentTime and getDuration and other related API methods now return full value for duration and current time in milliseconds but without rounding
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.7.7 -> 4.7.8 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates hls.js: 1.5.2 -> 1.5.4 for latest bug fixes

• 9.13.0 - January 29, 2024 ^PRODUCTION

  • Managed Media Source support on Apple devices
    • We now support the new Managed Media Source API available on Apple devices (Safari 17.0+ for macOS and iPadOS and Safari 17.1 for iOS)
    • This new API enables a better streaming experience and optimised energy management on Apple devices already using Media Source Extensions
    • This feature is enabled by default for MPEG-DASH streaming on eligible Apple devices (including iPhone)
    • For HLS streaming this feature needs to be explicitly enabled for the time being with forceHlsJSOnAppleDevices set to true or hlsEngine set to 'shakaplayer'
  • Animated poster
    • We now support image-based animated poster in the following formats: WebP (recommended), AVIF, APNG, GIF
    • Adds contentMetadata.animatedPoster property to set animated poster
    • Adds autoplayAnimatedPoster setting to autoplay animated poster on player load - by default the animated poster will show when mouse is hovered the player (standard poster will be shown in the meantime)
    • Adds 1002 warning: failed to load animated poster at provided URI
  • Streaming
    • Adds support for Content Steering with MPEG-DASH or when using HLS with hlsEngine setting set to 'shakaplayer' (feature already available with hls.js)
    • Adds audioPreference and subtitlePreference settings to set language preference (works with all streaming engines)
    • Adds preferredVideoHdr setting (works with all streaming engines)
    • Improves codecs support detection (works with all streaming engines)
    • Releases rmp-wait-for-live on GitHub: this script handles timed live event automatically for use with Radiant Media Player (HLS or MPEG-DASH)
    • Adds preliminary support for CMSD (Common Media Server Data) - mb, etp and rtt properties - adds enableCMSD setting (Shaka player only)
    • Adds preferSpatialAudio setting (Shaka player only)
    • Adds cmcdIncludeKeys property to cmcd setting (hls.js only)
  • Video Advertisement (ad-blocker detection)
    • Adds adOnAdBlockPreventPlayback setting to block playback in case an ad-blocker is detected - a message is shown to the viewer in that case scenario
    • Adds hint.ads.adBlockDetectedMessage, hint.ads.adBlockMessageMessageExtended and hint.ads.adBlockDetectedButton properties to customize ad-blocker detected messages presented to the viewer
  • Automated Player Localization
    • Adds 5 new languages: Bengali, Greek, Romanian, Swahili, Ukrainian
    • Improves environment language detection
    • Improves some translations
  • New technology alliance partner
    • Adds support for System73 WebRTC-powered (or peer-assisted) solution with Radiant Media Player for HLS streaming
  • User interface
    • Set delayToFade default to 3500 ms (previously 3000)
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes a bug with setSrc API called at ready event that would cause player to not update content properly
    • Fixes a bug where quality menu would not show all expected renditions when multiple bitrates were available for same resolution with MPEG-DASH streaming
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.12 -> 1.5.2 for latest bug fixes and features
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.5.0 -> 4.7.7 for latest bug fixes and features
    • Updates rmp-vast: 13.0.0 -> 13.1.0 for latest bug fixes and features
  • Deprecated (still available in v9 but will be removed in v10)
    • forceHlsJSOnMacOSSafari and forceHlsJSOnIpadOS settings > use forceHlsJSOnAppleDevices now
    • shakaPreferredAudioLanguage and shakaPreferredTextLanguage settings > use audioPreference and subtitlePreference settings that works universally
    • shakaStreamingIgnoreTextStreamFailures setting
    • hint.cast, hint.airplay and hint.pip properties for player localization
    • preferredVideoCodecs and preferredAudioCodecs settings
    • backupSrc setting > for MPEG-DASH use multiple Base URLs and for HLS redundant variant streams
  • Known issues
    • Disabled video advertisement with iOS (iPhone) when using Managed Media Source > continue using native HLS when wanting to display video advertisement for the time being
    • Some AWS MediaTailor streams cause advertisement user interface to not be updated properly

• 9.12.0 - November 15, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • AWS Elemental MediaTailor Integration
    • We now support Client Side, Server Side and overlays ad insertion from AWS Elemental MediaTailor - see our documentation here
  • ABR streaming
    • Improves rendition switching latency with MPEG-DASH for more immediate better quality on larger player sizes - adds shakaClearBufferSwitch setting
    • Adds longFormContent setting for specific buffer configuration for long-form content (> 10 minutes in duration)
    • Adds shakaLiveSync setting to enable live stream sync against the live edge by changing the player playback rate
    • Adds support for HLS-TS streaming with Shaka player, including for HEVC content (use hlsEngine: 'shakaplayer' setting)
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an exception with setPositionState method with customized media notifications for some live streams
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.13 -> 4.5.0 for latest bug fixes and features

• 9.11.1 - November 2, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an exception with Media notifications setPositionState method in some cases where playbackRate on HTML5 video element would return 0
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.9 -> 4.3.13 for latest bug fixes

• 9.11.0 - November 1, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Customized media notifications
    • Adds support for Media notifications for Apple devices
    • Adds support for setPositionState
  • Bug fixes
    • getAdSurveyUrl now correctly returns string with rmp-vast (a bug caused it to return an object since 9.10.0)
    • Fixes updating of artwork with Media notifications for playlist/related

• 9.10.0 - September 14, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Seekbar usability improvements
    • Fixes issues with seekbar indicator/thumbnails/cuepoints that would overflow player layout in some instances
    • Improves UX for seekbar for s2 skin
  • rmp-vast
    • Updates to rmp-vast 13.0.0 for SIMID support ^BETA and latest bug fixes
    • SIMID support needs to be explicitly enabled with adRmpVastEnableSimid setting
  • Bug fixes
    • Revert changes from 9.6.5 to fullscreen management for macOS and iPadOS Safari as new versions of Safari 16.6+ and 17 do not have the bug previously reported anymore. macOS and iPadOS Safari fullscreen now work correctly for Safari 16.6+ and 17.
    • For companion ads with rmp-vast adSlotID property is now adSlotId

• 9.9.0 - September 5, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Android TV
    • Revamped our Android TV integration for Radiant Media Player 9+ and modern Android TV devices
  • Deprecated
    • Deprecated support for building Xbox Apps with Radiant Media Player due to low usage
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.10 -> 1.4.12 for latest bug fixes

• 9.8.1 - August 23, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue with ccFiles setting on iOS when only one track is made available to the player the captions icon would not show when player is in window mode (e.g. not fullscreen)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.8 -> 4.3.9 for latest bug fixes

• 9.8.0 - August 21, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • SCTE-35 Metadata
    • Adds support for EXT-X-CUE-IN and EXT-X-CUE-OUT metadata - this is available upon meta event with getMetadata method
  • Bug fixes
    • SEI packets event now only fires when samples data are available

• 9.7.0 - August 18, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • SCTE-35 Metadata
    • Adds support for EXT-X-DATERANGE metadata - this is available upon meta event with getMetadata method
  • Bug fixes
    • Meta event for EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME now fires consistently across use-cases

• 9.6.9 - August 15, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where playlistitem event could fire twice on initial item load

• 9.6.8 - August 14, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Check for PiP support in Android WebView before appending module

• 9.6.7 - August 14, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue with type declaration (TypeScript) when using Angular
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.8 -> 1.4.10 for latest bug fixes

• 9.6.6 - July 11, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Sets default HTML5 video tag poster to a black screen for Android TV

• 9.6.5 - July 10, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Following 9.6.3 release, exiting fullscreen was broken for macOS and iPadOS Safari 16.3- (while working as expected for Safari 16.4+). This release fixes this issue and fullscreen now work as expected on all versions of Safari for macOS and iPadOS.

• 9.6.4 - July 5, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 11.0.2 -> 11.0.3 for latest bug fixes

• 9.6.3 - July 4, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue with fullscreen management in Safari 16.4+ for macOS
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.7 -> 1.4.8 for latest bug fixes

• 9.6.2 - July 3, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Adds support for customTrackNames with native HLS (iOS mainly)

• 9.6.1 - July 3, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Dependencies
    • Updates rmp-vast: 11.0.1 -> 11.0.2 for latest bug fixes

• 9.6.0 - June 30, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds shakaFullCustomConfig and hlsJSFullCustomConfig settings
    • Adds support for Quanteec peer-assisted streaming solution
    • Adds support for Swarm Cloud (CDNBye) peer-assisted streaming solution
  • Bug fix
    • shakaCustomConfig now does not override other player settings related to Shaka player but complement those (this aligns shakaCustomConfig behaviour with hlsJSCustomConfig) - use shakaFullCustomConfig for complete override
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.6 -> 1.4.7 for latest bug fixes
  • Deprecated
    • Support for Streamroot P2P and eCDN solution as Lumen is discontinuing Streamroot suite of products on September 30th, 2023

• 9.5.0 - June 22, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds logo updating support for playlist/related
    • Adds native captions support in iOS Safari with ccFiles setting - this allows for rendering of closed captions with iOS native fullscreen
    • When ads are rendered in iOS Safari use native fullscreen per default - adForceNativeFullscreenOnIosForAds to true (previously false as default)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.5 -> 4.3.7 for latest bug fixes

• 9.4.1 - June 16, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Properly apply sizing classes when player is used in responsive iframe
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.5 -> 1.4.6 for latest bug fixes

• 9.4.0 - June 14, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New feature
    • Adds flipVideo setting that allows video content to be rotated around X, Y or Z axis
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes an issue where default audio track would not be selected correctly with HLS when not presented as first audio track in the manifest
    • Improves error recovery for HLS when manually selecting levels
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.4.4 -> 1.4.5 for latest bug fixes

• 9.3.0 - June 02, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • HLS streaming
    • Support for HLS Content Steering
    • GAP Tag/Attribute Support
    • Implement EXT-X-DEFINE Variable Substitution
    • Support QUERYPARAM Variable Substitution
    • Support AES-128 Encrypted Low-Latency HLS Parts
    • Adds retryParameters.steering property
  • New adblock API
    • Adds getAdBlock API method
    • Adds adblock API event
    • Adds warning 10001: failed to load optional library Google IMA SDK - no ad will be shown
  • Chapters API
    • Adds chaptersparsed and chaptersloaded API events
    • Adds setChapters API method
    • Adds warning 15000 and 15001
  • Sharing API
    • Adds getSharingUrl and getSharingCode API methods
    • Adds setSharingUrl and setSharingCode API methods
  • Seekbar thumbnails API
    • Adds thumbnailsloaded, thumbnailsparsed events
  • Playlist/related
    • Adds support for chaptersLoc setting
    • Adds support for sharingUrl and sharingCode settings
  • Advertisement
    • Adds adsResponse setting support with rmp-vast
    • adsRequest.contentDuration for Google IMA is now set automatically for VOD content when adContentDuration is not set
  • Player UI
    • Player module overlay for quality, audio, captions, chapters now automatically close when a manual selection is made by the viewer
    • Player sizing is now based on ResizeObserver API for better adaptation to dynamic UI
    • Module items in overlays now resize automatically and are bigger at rmp-large player size or when player is in fullscreen
  • Bug fixes
    • Handles failed autoplay properly with viewableAutoplay setting
    • Sandbox player polyfills to avoid polluting the global space
    • stopAds API method can now be called upon adloaded event (before adstarted event needed to be reached)
    • Fixes quality indicator UI for audio only streams on iOS/macOS Safari when no data is available
    • Correctly updates UI for HLS DEFAULT=YES attribute for in-manifest closed captions
    • Fixes an issue with some LL-HLS streams that will not be treated as low-latency live streams
    • Fixes an exception when using the screen.orientation.lock API in Safari
  • Deprecated
    • adparserloaderror event and getAdParserBlocked -> replaced with new adblock API
    • Warning 11000: failed to load optional library Google IMA SDK - no ad will be shown
    • retryParameters.maxTimeout setting
    • liveOnResumeKeepSyncWithEdge setting > use hls.js custom setting instead
    • Disabled hlsJSLiveSyncDurationCount setting due to potential conflicts with some LL-HLS streams > use hls.js custom setting instead
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.3.5 -> 1.4.4 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates rmp-vast: 10.0.1 -> 11.0.1 for latest bug fixes

• 9.2.2 - April 17, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Floating feature
    • Anchor now exists with CSS pixels and does not hide when player is out of view
    • Background of anchor is now filled with player poster when available
    • Fixes an issue where player could flicker nearing in/out of view point
    • Adds floatingThreshold setting

• 9.2.1 - April 14, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Allow Google Analytics integration to run after player is ready (cases of deferred consent for cookie laws)
    • adScheduleCallback now runs for preroll as well
    • Re-enabled player event logs in debug mode (removed before with v9 release)

• 9.2.0 - March 30, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Built-in floating feature
    • Adds floating setting
    • Adds getFloating and setFloating API methods
    • Adds floating and unfloatingevent API events
    • Adds 14000 warning
    • Adds hint.floating player label
    • Adds floating.less file
  • Advertisement
    • Adds __uspdata__ ad tag variable - US Privacy String
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes duration / time separator that would not show before content is loaded in audio only player
    • Fixes seek bar not showing up with audio only player where quickRewind/quickForward is used
    • Show central play/pause/loading button at .rmp-doubleextrasmall size
    • Audio tracks with MPEG-DASH now read label data before language data from manifest to update UI for each track
    • Adjusted markers CSS for ad-scheduler/VMAP for near 0 or near 100% values
    • Re-enables quality indicator for native HLS
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.3.4 -> 1.3.5 for latest bug fixes

• 9.1.1 - March 13, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Service release
    • No new feature

• 9.1.0 - March 9, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds customTrackNames setting - see documentation here
    • Adds some debugging logs
  • Deprecated - will be removed in Radiant Media Player v10 but still available in v9 for backward compatibility
    • hlsJSCaptionsTextTrack1Label, hlsJSCaptionsTextTrack2Label, hlsJSCaptionsTextTrack3Label, hlsJSCaptionsTextTrack4Label settings -> use customTrackNames.captions instead to set custom caption track names
    • labels.bitrates.auto and labels.bitrates.renditions -> use respectively labels.hint.auto and customTrackNames.quality instead

• 9.0.2 - March 8, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New features
    • Adds forceLegacyDependencies setting
  • Dependencies
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.4 -> 4.3.5 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates to rmp-vast: 10.0.0 -> 10.0.1 for latest bug fixes

• 9.0.1 - March 6, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • Bug fixes
    • Properly reads NAME attribute first, then LANGUAGE in HLS manifest (#EXT-X-MEDIA) for multiple audio tracks (LANGUAGE would be read first in previous releases)

• 9.0.0 - March 2, 2023 ^PRODUCTION

  • New API custom event system (breaking change)
    • API events are now registered to player instance with the on and one methods and unregistered with the off method. We no longer use addEventListener or removeEventListener with synthetic DOM events - instead we have built a full custom event system within the player library. This allows for events to be dispatched faster and prevents polluting the DOM with synthetic events which could lead to edge bugs difficult to troubleshoot.
  • Full Google Analytics 4 support (breaking change)
    • Our updated Google Analytics 4 integration now requires developers to explicitly add the Google tag (gtag.js) on the page where the player stands. The player no longer automatically load and configure Google Analytics client-side JavaScript library. This allows for more advanced configuration of Google tag
    • Adds enableGAVideoTracking setting
    • Adds gaEventParameters setting and related getGaEventParameters and setGaEventParameters API methods
    • Adds 13000 warning: "Google tag is not installed on this page -> cannot send data to Google Analytics"
  • PLATFORM Edition allowlisting and denylisting (breaking change)
    • When submitting JSON allowlisting and denylisting files to our back-end, the JSON file needs to adhere to a new structure: "blacklist" key is replaced with "denylist" key, "whitelist" key is replaced with "allowlist" key, "appWhitelist" key is replaced with "appAllowlist" key - while you can still use the old keys for backward compatibility reasons it is recommended to use the new keys when updating to Radiant Media Player 9+
  • New player settings
    • Adds googleCastDisableAds setting
    • Added customAllowDenyListUrl setting
  • Bug fixes
    • Fixes a UI issue with adForceNativeFullscreenOnIosForAds where replay icon would show on iOS instead of pause button
    • Fixes a UI issue when swapping from VOD content to live content in a playlist where content time and duration would not update properly
    • hideExternalPlayerLabels now hides volume label as well
    • When HLS with multiple audio tracks do not have a lang property make sure to still display audio tracks in the UI
    • Fixes a UI issue where CC/audio/quality menu could collide with content time/duration on smaller sizes
    • Fixes a UI issue where long content duration could cause overflow of text for current time/duration at smaller player sizes
    • Fixes translation of "LIVE" label for Scandinavian languages
    • Allows CMAF HLS streams to play on our Google Cast receiver application (setting useShakaForHls flag to true)
  • Breaking changes
    • Removed our deprecated eCDN solution
    • Removed our old API system using addEventListener/removeEventListener with DOM events on player container -> use the new API system with on/off API methods targeting player instance object instead
    • Removed UI quality indicator for Apple devices
    • gaLabel and gaCategory settings are now removed and replaced with gaEventParameters
    • getGACategory, setGACategory, getGALabel, setGALabel API methods are now removed and replaced with getGaEventParameters and setGaEventParameters
    • Removed gaAnonymizeIp setting - this is no longer needed in Google Analytics 4 as it no longer collect IP information
    • Removed gaTrackingId, gaTrackingIdAlt settings because of the updated Google Analytics 4 integration that no longer automatically load Google Analytics client-side JavaScript library
    • Removed sendGAEvent API method
    • Google Analytics 3 is no longer supported - while it could still work with our player we no longer support Google Analytics 3
    • Removed hlsJSUseManifestRenditionName setting - the player will query for NAME attribute first, then LANGUAGE in HLS manifest (#EXT-X-MEDIA) - if none are available it will show a default indexed value
    • Removed dvrJumpToLive API method (replaced with syncToLiveEdge API method)
  • Dependencies
    • Updates hls.js: 1.3.1 -> 1.3.4 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates Shaka player: 4.3.2 -> 4.3.4 for latest bug fixes
    • Updates to rmp-vast: 9.1.1 -> 10.0.0 for latest bug fixes and new features