bitmovin-player-ui - npm Package Versions

[2.8.0] (2017-07-25)

Added

• Adds a VolumeToggleButton to the small screen UI

Changed

• Moved all subtitle styling to CSS (default subtitle style is not overwritten any longer)

Fixed

• Fix clearing of container components with Container#removeComponents (fixes sticky/duplicate subtitle issue)
• Fix updating container components with Container#updateComponents (fixes empty subtitles in IE11)
• Fix handling of duplicate subtitle cues (same text at same time) in SubtitleOverlay (fixes another sticky subtitle issue)
• Fix clearing of recommendations in RecommendationOverlay (fixes duplicate recommendations issue)
• Reset selected value in ListSelector when the items are cleared
• Updating selected value in PlaybackSpeedSelectBox when player is ready
• Fix video quality options for progressive streams (removed 'auto' option, preferred quality preselected)

[2.7.1] (2017-07-06)

Changed

• Throttled high-frequency API calls to the player from the VolumeSlider and SeekBarLabel

[2.7.0] (2017-06-28)

Added

• Add support for FCC compliant closed captions. Adds options on how captions are displayed, and a SubtitleSettingsPanel with the possibility to update the settings while playing the video.
• Add UI version property to global namespace (bitmovin.playerui.version)
• Add UIConfig#container config property to specify a custom place in the DOM where the UI will be put into. Can be used to place it somewhere else beside the default player figure.

[2.6.0] (2017-06-27)

Added

• Add an option to keep the UI always visible by setting the UIContainerConfig#hideTimeout to -1

Changed

• Thumbnail size is no longer determined by the physical image size and can now be arbitrarily set by CSS

[2.5.1] (2017-06-26)

No functional changes. Improves player API declarations, code linting configuration, and adds contribution guidelines.

[2.5.0] (2017-06-13)

Added

• Add UIConditionContext#adClientType to be able to switch to different UI variants for different ad types
• Add UIConditionContext#isPlaying and resolve UI variants on ON_PLAY and ON_PAUSED to be able to switch between different UI variants for playing and paused states

Changed

• NPM entry point changed from browserified standalone distributable file to CommonJS module (NPM package can now be used with Node and Browserify out-of-the-box)
• Deprecated UIConditionContext#isAdWithUI, use adClientType instead (isAdWithUI equals context.adClientType === 'vast')

Fixed

• Stop rendering loop of the ErrorMessageOverlay background canvas when UI is released
• Fix wrapped control bar in modern skin on iOS 8.2

[2.4.0] (2017-06-08)

Changed

• Resolve UI variants on ON_READY
• Improved UI variant switching by detecting the end of an ad when loading a new source during ad playback

Fixed

• Fix subtitle line breaking

[2.3.0] (2017-06-01)

UI does not crash any more when used with player 7.0, all other restrictions explained in 2.0.0 still apply.

Added

• Display subtitles in SubtitleOverlay with HTML markup if available instead of the plain text
• Update AudioTrackSelectionBox on new ON_AUDIO_ADDED/ON_AUDIO_REMOVED events in player 7.1.4 / 7.2.0

Changed

• Detect live streams and time shift availability when configuring dependent components (PlaybackTimeLabel, PlaybackToggleButton, SeekBar) to adjust their mode independently from the player state changes
• Skip configuration of PictureInPictureToggleButton and AirPlayToggleButton and hide the components if functionality is not supported (when used with player 7.0)

Fixed

• Fix settings panel closing when an option select box is open
• Fix crash of Gulp serve task on HTML file changes
• Fix SeekBar in legacy skin did not hide on hide()
• Fix missing audio track selection box in Safari with player 7.1.2 and 7.1.3
• Fix error in SubtitleOverlay when trying to remove an already cleared subtitle cue