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1.5.1 (2015-10-07)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes.

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed a major memory leak introduced in 1.5.0.
  • Deleting encrypted offline content now deletes persistent sessions.
  • Static content using SegmentTemplate is now truncated at the Period's duration.
  • Key status error reporting is now more consistent and provides more information.
  • Reduced flakiness in some tests.
  • Requests used for clock sync no longer allow caching.

1.5.0 (2015-09-17)

Features:

Bugfixes:

Broken Compatibility:

  • Removed Player methods deprecated since v1.3.0.
    • getCurrentResolution
    • getCurrentTime
    • getDuration
    • getMuted
    • getVolume
    • play
    • pause
    • requestFullscreen
    • seek
    • setMuted
    • setVolume
    • shaka-project#118

Deprecated:

  • The following methods on Player are deprecated in favor of configure()/getConfiguration() and will be removed in v1.6.0:
    • enableAdaptation
    • getAdaptationEnabled
    • setStreamBufferSize
    • getStreamBufferSize
    • setLicenseRequestTimeout
    • setMpdRequestTimeout
    • setRangeRequestTimeout
    • setPreferredLanguage
    • setRestrictions
    • getRestrictions
    • shaka-project#93
  • A new two-argument ContentProtectionCallback has been added to DashVideoSource, and the old style is deprecated and will be removed in v1.6.0.

1.4.2 (2015-09-04)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes.

Bugfixes:

  • Fix storage of duplicate session IDs for encrypted offline content.
  • Specify EME sessionTypes, required in newer EME draft.
  • Fix regression in rewind support, once more working outside buffered range.
  • Support renamed output protection errors from newer EME draft.
  • Fix seeking in custom controls on Android.
  • Fix missing final chunk when storing certain videos for offline playback.
  • Prevent crashing of module loaders which use 'define' but are not full AMD loaders.

Test app features:

  • Added 'offline' URL param.

1.4.1 (2015-08-18)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes and small improvements.

Bugfixes:

  • An exception is no longer thrown from StreamVideoSource in uncompiled mode when the stream limits cannot be computed.
  • Fixed support for multiple encrypted audio tracks.
  • Fixed support for manifests that use SegmentList with a single URL.
  • Fixed support for audio and video robustness settings in compiled mode.
  • The MPD 'main' property is now defined in the correct class.
  • The same initialization segment is no longer inserted multiple times into the SourceBuffer.
  • Removed a race in Stream that could stop AdaptationEvents from firing.
  • Stopped the compiler from renaming PersistentState and DistinctiveIdentifier enum values.
  • Removed a race in Player.getStats() that could cause NaN stats.
  • Fixed support to recover from failed segment requests.
  • Made rewind, pause, play, and fast-forward consistent with normal video element behavior, the UI, and Player.setPlaybackRate().
  • Improved seek handling during stream startup.
  • Unnecessary seeking events during stream startup are no longer fired.
  • Segment fetches are no longer retried if the Stream has been destroyed.
  • Fixed support for offline in compiled mode.

Features:

  • The version indicator on the demo page now displays the NPM version (if available) when the git version is unavailable.
  • Added support to clear the the audio buffer when switching tracks.
  • Added the ability to detect and recover from multiple buffered ranges.
  • Improved error messages when persistent licenses are not supported.

Testing:

  • Reduced test flakiness overall.
  • Certain (unavoidable) decode errors are now suppressed on Chrome Linux.
  • Added waitUntilBuffered() function to help reduce test flakiness.

1.4.0 (2015-07-06)

Code health release. Major refactoring of streaming logic.

Bugfixes:

  • Overriding a license server URL in the test app no longer causes a PSSH from the MPD to be ignored.
  • Fixed possible event listener leak.

Features:

  • Player.destroy() now returns a Promise.
  • DrmSchemeInfo now has distinctiveIdentifier, persistentState, and robustness parameters.
  • Clarified buffering event policies.
  • Added a license pre-processor.
  • Added support for the MPD Location element.
  • Custom BandwidthEstimators can now allow XHR caching.
  • Added support for startNumber of 0, per the recent DASH spec corrigendum.
  • Added support for server certificate APIs through DrmSchemeInfo.
  • Major refactor of streaming. Switching representations is now faster and more flexible. Live stream seek ranges are more accurate.
  • XHR timeout is now runtime-configurable.
  • Buffering goals are now runtime-configurable.
  • Alternative IAbrManager implementations can now be injected at runtime.

Test app features:

  • Added "buffered ahead" and "buffered behind" indicators.
  • Converted cycle buttons into checkboxes so cycling can be stopped during playback.
  • Test app now jumps to live when the user clicks on the time code in a live stream.
  • Added an example of a trick-play UI built on the Player API.

Testing:

  • Disabled code coverage stats in unit tests by default.
  • Split unit tests and integration tests into separate test runners.
  • Added a Karma config file to make automated testing easier.
  • Added checks for offline features to the support-testing page.

Documentation:

  • Documented the fact that autoplay does not work on mobile, and why.
  • Documented error events and how to handle them.
  • Documented browser support and porting.
  • Documented Player APIs for trick play interface.

1.3.2 (2015-07-06)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes.

Bugfixes:

1.3.1 (2015-05-22)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes and small improvements.

Bugfixes:

Features:

  • Refactored and updated support test page.
  • Simplified polyfill installation. (shaka.polyfill.installAll)
  • New polyfill for CustomEvent.
  • Small improvements to browser compatibility.
    • (node.childNodes, node.textContent, currentScript, CSS fixes, etc.)
  • Documented clock sync and CORS issues with live content.
  • Documented JRE requirements.
  • Test app now accepts a URL parameter to make ChromeCast testing easier.
  • Stopped using deprecated methods in tests and tutorials.
  • Added progress events for storing offline content.
  • Documented offline APIs.

1.3.0 (2015-04-16)

Feature release, introducing live streaming and offline playback.

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed playback and buffering of streams whose index is inaccurate.
  • Fixed EME spec compliance.
  • Fixed FakeEventTarget exception handling.
  • Fixed aggressive dead code stripping by the compiler.
  • Fixed a bug in which subtitles were enabled by default without a subtitle language match.

Features:

  • Added offline playback support.
  • Added offline support for encrypted content (on platforms which support persistent licenses).
  • Added live stream support.
  • Added support for header-based clock synchronization.
  • Added support for inheriting Segment{Base,List,Template} across levels in MPDs.
  • Add polyfill support for fullscreen events.
  • Updated EME usage to the March 12 draft.
  • Added Player.getAdaptationEnabled().
  • Added support for bandwidth restrictions and restrictions not based on license responses.
  • Added support for requireJS and improved support for commonJS.
  • Sped up integration tests and improved test robustness.
  • Bandwidth estimates can now be persisted across playbacks.
  • Custom bandwidth estimator objects can now be injected into the Player.
  • Improved EME v0.1b polyfill consistency with native EME in Chrome.
  • Improved buffering and underflow mechanisms.
  • Improved error reporting if DRM info is missing.
  • Improved robustness in the face of HTTP 404 and 410 errors during segment fetch.
  • Improved documentation for Role tags and multilingual assets.

Test app features:

  • Example player controls in the test app.

Deprecated:

  • The following methods on Player are deprecated. They will be removed in v1.4.0:
    • getCurrentResolution() (replace with video.videoWidth & video.videoHeight)
    • getCurrentTime()/seek() (replace with video.currentTime)
    • getDuration() (replace with video.duration)
    • getMuted()/setMuted() (replace with video.muted)
    • getVolume()/setVolume() (replace with video.volume)
    • play() (replace with video.play)
    • pause() (replace with video.pause)
    • requestFullscreen() (replace with video.requestFullscreen())

Broken compatibility:

  • The license postprocessor callback is no longer given a Restrictions argument. See Player.getRestrictions()/setRestrictions().
  • The suppressMultipleEvents flag has been dropped from DrmSchemeInfo, which changes the constructor signature. This flag interfered with key rotation.

1.2.3 (2015-04-07)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes.

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed consistency of setPlaybackRate(0).
  • Fixed support for mp4a.40.5 audio content.
  • Improved rewind accuracy.
  • Fixed decode of query parameters in content URLs.
  • Fixed FakeEventTarget for Chrome 43+.
  • Removed flaky assertion in EME polyfill.
  • Made AbrManager less aggressive.
  • Fixed EME spec compatibility and encrypted playback in Chrome 43+.

Features:

Test app features:

  • Added a new 4k test asset.

1.2.2 (2015-03-11)

Bugfixes:

  • Version 1.2.1 had multiple issues with its version numbering. These are now corrected, but npm requires unique version numbers to publish. Version 1.2.1 has been pulled from npm.

Features:

1.2.1 (2015-03-10)

A roll-up of recent bugfixes, plus a few minor additions to the test app. Branched from v1.2.0.

Bugfixes:

  • Try to recover from a streaming failure.
  • Ignore spurious error events from the video tag.
  • Update docs WRT content restrictions and folder organization.
  • Fix clearkey errors in Chrome 42+.
  • Fix computation of the number of segments in MpdProcessor.
    • Only affects assets which use SegmentTemplate with a duration attribute.

Test app features:

  • Rename a confusing asset.
  • Add a button to cycle video tracks.
  • Support MPD init data overrides for all DRM schemes.

1.2.0 (2015-02-24)

Lots of internal refactoring and bugfixes, and a few new features.

Bugfixes:

  • Buffer eviction no longer causes hangs on seek.
  • Adaptation no longer causes hangs on looping and seeking backward.
  • StreamStats no longer shows null for width and height before adaptation.
  • Content with differing start times for the audio & video streams no longer exhibits A/V sync issues.
  • DrmSchemeInfo's suppressMultipleEncryptedEvents flag is now correctly honored regardless of the timing of events.
  • Calculations for the $Time$ placeholder in MPD SegmentTemplates has been corrected.
  • The test app no longer causes mixed-content errors when served over HTTPS.
  • Small mistakes in URLs and asset names in the test app have been corrected.
  • Windows checkouts now have consistent newline style.
  • Windows build steps documented.

Features:

  • The isTypeSupported polyfill has been removed and all EME APIs have been updated to the Feb 9 2015 EME spec.
  • Gaps and overlaps in SegmentTimeline are no longer treated as an error. Large gaps/overlaps will still generate a warning.
  • HDCP-related failures are now translated into error events in Chrome 42+.
  • The MPD Role tag is now supported as a way of indicating the main AdaptationSet for the purposes of language matching.
  • More detail added to AJAX error events.
  • The Player now dispatches buffering events.
  • Parser support for the new v1 PSSH layout, including parsing of key IDs.
  • The fullscreen polyfill has been updated and expanded.
  • DashVideoSource refactored to split DASH-independent functionality into the generic StreamVideoSource. This should simplify the implementation of new video sources for non-DASH manifest formats. (Contributions welcome.)
  • Automatic build numbering has been added, with version numbers appearing in the test app UI.
  • The library has been published on npm and cdnjs.
  • Release version numbering follows the semantic versioning spec.

Broken Compatibility:

  • System IDs in PSSH objects are now hex strings instead of raw strings.

1.1 (2015-01-14)

Maintenance release.

Bugfixes:

  • The enabled flag for text tracks is now preserved when switching tracks. Player.enableTextTrack() is no longer required after selectTextTrack().
  • The documentation for Player methods enableTextTrack, setPreferredLanguage, and getCurrentResolution has been corrected.
  • The AbrManager class is now correctly destroyed.
  • Clearkey support for Chrome 41+ has been fixed.
  • A new polyfill has been added to compensate for Chrome 41+'s removal of MediaKeys.isTypeSupported.
  • Several unused internal methods have been removed from the codebase.
  • Fixed a failing assertion in one of the MediaKeys polyfills.
  • Fixed failing code coverage analysis and related parse errors in several tests.
  • Fixed support for MPDs with SegmentTemplate@duration and MPD@mediaPresentationDuration, but no Period@duration attribute.

Features:

  • Tests are now checked for style.
  • Tests have been expanded to increase coverage and exercise more Player features:
    • playback rate
    • stats
    • language preference
    • license restrictions
    • WebM/VP9
    • error events
  • Integration tests now run much faster.
  • MediaKeys polyfills have received minor updates to improve compatibility with Chrome 41.
  • New sample assets and code in app.js to demonstrate how to use a PSSH from an MPD to override what's in the content itself.

Broken Compatibility:

  • None!

1.0 (2014-12-19)

First public release.

Bugfixes:

  • Text tracks are no longer ignored in MPD manifests.
  • Adaptation decisions are now quicker and more reliable.
    • (This bug was more noticeable on faster internet connections.)
  • Playback no longer gets "stuck" on certain content.
  • Playback no longer gets "stuck" after certain seek patterns.
  • Player get/select/enable methods can now be called without a video source.
  • A <video> tag's "videoWidth"/"videoHeight" attributes now update correctly on Chrome >= 40.
  • Manual adaptation while paused no longer unpauses the video.
  • Credentials can now be used on cross-domain license requests.
  • Range headers are no longer sent for all segment requests.
    • (This fixes issues with IIS.)
  • A missing declaration of getVideoPlaybackQuality() has been added.
  • The compiled code no longer pollutes the global namespace.
  • DASH manifests using <SegmentList> are now parsed correctly.
  • Formatting has been fixed in the "Shaka Player Development" tutorial.

Features:

  • The Player is now reusable. You can call load() multiple times without calling destroy().
  • The JS linter is now included in sources, fixing compatibility issues between versions.
  • The test suite now includes playback integration tests.
  • The Player has been updated to support the 01 Dec 2014 draft of the EME specification.
  • The loader in load.js no longer makes assumptions about app.js. You can now use load.js to bootstrap other applications.
  • The test app now uses less screen real estate.
  • All custom events have been documented, and a new tutorial has been added to demonstrate how they can be used.
  • The Player now has a support-check API to determine if the browser has all necessary features for playback.
  • Sample code in the tutorials is now marked up to highlight changes from the previous sample.
  • Code coverage in unit tests has been increased.
  • Flakiness in unit tests has been reduced.
  • DASH manifests using <SegmentTemplate> without a segment index or segment timeline are now supported.
  • The DASH "presentationTimeOffset" attribute is now supported.

Broken Compatibility:

  • ContentProtectionCallback no longer takes a "mimeType" argument.
  • DrmSchemeInfo constructor no longer takes a "mimeType" argument.
  • DrmSchemeInfo constructor's "initData" argument is now an object with fields instead of a Uint8Array.
  • DrmSchemeInfo now takes a "withCredentials" argument.
  • lib.js has been renamed to shaka-player.compiled.js.

0.1b (2014-11-21)

Private beta release.