Announcing Shaka Player v3.0.9 and v2.5.21

[Joey Parrish]

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the release of Shaka Player v3.0.9 and v2.5.21.  There are many important fixes in these releases.  A few are specific to bugs in v3.0 that did not exist in v2.5.

Fixes that apply to both branches:

  - Fix giant gaps in SSAI content
  - Fix TTML background image attribute case
  - Avoid setting global Cast hook
  - Fix codec choice when resolutions differ
  - Fix autoplay for non-zero-start VOD
  - Support localized whitespace preservation in TTML
  - Fix repeated seek on start for some content
  - Fix subtitle display in timing edge case
  - Fixed build error on Windows
  - Document programmatic UI setup

Fixes that apply to v3.0.x only:

  - Exported SegmentReference.getUris
  - Allow playing Periods with missing text
  - Fix offline storage after a failure
  - Support version 1 emsg boxes
  - Add vue.js, nuxt.js and video.js integration examples

Ads (beta) changes in v3.0.x:

  - Change the value of the 'mpt' param we set for tracking
  - Expose native IMA stream manager for SS DAI
  - Hide the ad container when ads aren't playing
  - Add "limited ads" section to the ads tutorial
  - Expand the IMA integration tutorial

Full details are available in the changelog.

Other relevant links:

Changelog: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Upgrade guides for v3.0: https://v3-0-9-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/tutorial-upgrade.html

v2.5.21 demo: https://v2-5-21-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v2.5.21 docs: https://v2-5-21-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v2.5.21 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v2.5.21

v3.0.9 demo: https://v3-0-9-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v3.0.9 docs: https://v3-0-9-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v3.0.9 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v3.0.9

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!