Announcing Shaka Player v2.5.15 and v3.0.3

[Joey Parrish]

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the release of Shaka Player v2.5.15 and v3.0.3.  We fixed 7 issues in v2.5.15.  v3.0.3 includes all the same fixes that are in v2.5.15, plus 5 more that only applied to the v3.0 branch.  Here are the highlights:

  - Fix timing of VTT in HLS without map header
  - Fix TTML style inheritance
  - Fix ordering of cues on IE and Edge
  - Fix VTTCue polyfill in uncompiled mode on Edge
  - Ensure the number of variants stays stable when new periods are added
  - Fix src= playback on WebOS
  - Don't send duplicate license requests
  - Don't limit segment count for VOD
  - Fix rendering of TTML cues

Full details are available in the changelog.  The upgrade guides for v3.0 can be found here: https://v3-0-3-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/tutorial-upgrade.html

Other relevant links:

v2.5.15 demo: https://v2-5-15-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v2.5.15 docs: https://v2-5-15-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v2.5.15 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v2.5.15

v3.0.3 demo: https://v3-0-3-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v3.0.3 docs: https://v3-0-3-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v3.0.3 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v3.0.3

full index of Shaka Player releases: https://index-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
latest release on npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/shaka-player
compiled builds on Google Hosted Libraries: https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/#shaka-player

Enjoy!