Announcing Shaka Player v2.5.18 and v3.0.6

[Joey Parrish]

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the release of Shaka Player v2.5.18 and v3.0.6.  There are many important fixes in these releases, most of which apply to both releases.  A few are specific to bugs in v3.0 that did not exist in v2.5.

Fixes that apply to both branches:

  - Fix handling of role-less audio tracks
  - Fix hard-coded TTML namespaces
  - Filter out "chapters" tracks during src= playback
  - Fix renaming of UI base class protected members
  - Export FakeEvent for use by UI plugins
  - Recognize mp4a and mp4v extensions in HLS
  - Support multiple CHARACTERISTICS values in HLS
  - Don't auto-play after seeking while paused in the UI

Fixes that apply to v3.0.x only:

  - Fix handling of metadata tracks for src= playback
  - Fix support for multi-period encrypted live
  - Fix duplicate init segment requests on manifest updates
  - Fix test failure on IE11
  - Fix compatibility for plugin factories
  - Be more permissive in vtt files
  - Fix renaming of UI base class protected members
  - Make submenu CSS apply to all submenus

Full details are available in the changelog.

In addition, v3.0.6 also ships with TypeScript definitions for the library.  See, for example, http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/shaka-player/3.0.6/shaka-player.ui.d.ts

Other relevant links:

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

Upgrade guides for v3.0: https://v3-0-6-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/tutorial-upgrade.html

v2.5.18 demo: https://v2-5-18-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v2.5.18 docs: https://v2-5-18-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v2.5.18 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v2.5.18

v3.0.6 demo: https://v3-0-6-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/
v3.0.6 docs: https://v3-0-6-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/docs/api/index.html
v3.0.6 on github: https://github.com/google/shaka-player/tree/v3.0.6

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!