What's New

An overview of important additions and changes to the documentation

For updates to the Android and Apple SDKs, please refer to

2024-02-15

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.10.1

  • Fixed an issue causing outstream ads to play automatically when a video is paused manually and users scroll the page.

  • Fixed an issue causing the player not to auto-play on iOS when the preload configuration is set to auto .

2024-01-31

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.10.0

  • Improved accessibility for the HTML Subtitles plugin. The player now includes out-of-the-box functionality to allow viewers to adjust various subtitle options, such as font size, font family, font color, and font opacity. Additionally, background color and opacity, as well as character edge styling can be managed from the player's user interface. For more, see HTML Subtitles.

  • Fixed an issue related to setSrc in auto-play configurations that was limiting upcoming assets from playing on some devices.

  • Exposed the RTS status enumeration to better capture and work with RTS streaming events. For more, see Track RTS event status.

2024-01-31

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.9.1

  • Fixed an issue causing the completed event to be incorrectly emitted more than once for all analytics plugins.

  • Added support to show the current number of viewers for Wowza Video Real-Time Streaming at Scale (RTS@S) streams. For this change, we added a new rts/viewer-count event for the RTS plugin.

2023-12-11

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.9.0

  • Enhanced the digital rights management (DRM) plugin by implementing v1.3.0 of the hls.js library to allow support for multiple DRM providers for HLS. With this change, the player can display any HLS stream regardless of the DRM technology used to encrypt the content. For more information, see the updated DRM plugin page.

  • Fixed an issue causing a player configured with autoplay and the preload="none" configuration to preload video prematurely.

  • Fixed an issue causing ad UI flags not to display for outstream ads.

2023-11-09

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.8.1

  • Updated HTML attributes to improve accessibility (A11Y) standards for various player components. These changes include the following:

  • The aria-label attribute for the Chromecast icon was updated to reflect the state of the session.

  • The aria-label attribute for the timeline bar was updated to provide more complete output to screen readers.

  • The aria-selected attribute was added to expanded menu options to indicate when they're selected.

  • Added the @flowplayer/translations package for public download via Node Package Manager (npm). Learn how to install and configure the package using npm .

2023-10-24

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.8.0

  • Added a new Video Track Selection plugin to configure the player with a single stream that contains multiple video tracks. When you enable this plugin, the player's user interface displays a menu to select a specific video trackl (liek a camea angle).

  • Translations: Added Greek to the available languages.

2023-10-09

Flowplayer Native

2023-08-24

OVP The UI (and API) will now warn you if an attempt to schedule streams longer than 36 hours with DVR enabled is made.

Flowplayer Apple SDK

  • release 4.0

We released version 4.0 of the completey revamped Apple SDK, which fully leverages Swift for seamless platform integration with your iOS and tvOS applications. The redesigned SDK architecture promises enhanced stability, fewer bugs, and improved maintainability while delivering an optimized user experience. Specific improvements include:

  • Optimization and efficiency — New multi-platform architecture for more efficient code deployments and a reduction in our code base.
  • Enhanced development experience — Improved clarity and quality of documentation, with out-of-the-box support for DocC reference documentation. Developers can also leverage a richer, more intuitive API, using a multi-faceted SDK setup.
  • Flexibility and compatibility — Proper segregation of the core player and UI framework, with enhanced event observation.
  • Integrated tools and support — Plug-and-play development setup with demo applications and integration of Swift Package Manager support.
  • To get started with the new Apple SDK, see About the Apple SDK.

2023-08-24

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.7.0

  • ads plugin Fixed an occasional issue causing a few video frames to display before preroll ads for certain content configurations.

  • Core player: Added a new logo_alt_text configuration property for alternate logo image descriptions and better accessibility.

  • Translations : Added simplifoed Chinese to the available languages.

  • Float-On-Scroll plugin Added the ability to programmatically control pop-in and pop-out behavior for the Float on Scroll plugin. We added the following:

    • A new float_default property.
    • Two new popIn() and popOut() methods.
    • A new float:exit event.

2023-07-27

Flowplayer Native

  • release v3.6.2
  • Improved the HLS plugin to allow users of the embedded player to better distinguish between audio description tracks for accessibility and standard audio tracks.
  • Fixed an intermittent issue that caused the player to buffer endlessly and not auto-play when it's pushed out of the viewport.
  • Added support for native rendering of subtitles by the browser. This change facilitates the injection of CSS rules when defining subtitle styles directly in WebVTT files. To enable this feature, see the HTML Subtitles configuration options .
  • Fixed an issue causing the player to fail with a DECODE_PIPELINE_ERROR on different Android devices, such as Samsung S21, S22, S23, and OnePlus.
  • Fixed an issue with the Gemius Analytics plugin that was causing ad-related events not to be tracked.

2023-06-26

Flowplayer Native

2023-05-18

Flowplayer Native

2023-05-18

OVP

  • the VOD encoder now handles MP4 uploads with fragmented segments
  • the EU DPA information was updated on March 23rd 2023, which is now mentioned in the UI
  • Admins can now see whether a user they manage is logged in with Google SSO
  • "Get Embed Code" is now called "Publish" for all asset types (VOD, Playlist, Livestream) and the different embed types are now in tabs

2023-05-11

OVP

  • the VOD encoder now handles HDR videos by recalculating them
  • [fix] "Get Embed Code" no longer crashes in organization view

Flowplayer Native release v3.5.x

2023-04-03

OVP

2023-03-21

Flowplayer Native

  • added Occitan to the available translations
  • added a retry option for live streams which are not online yet
  • added support for real time streaming, currently with support for Wowza Video™ and Wowza Streaming Engine
  • added an autopause option for ads to the ads plugin
  • fixed issues in the keyboard plugin which did not mute ads on pressing m and did not focus the ads ui with tab
  • fixed issue in OVP-hosted playlists starting muted on iOS

2023-02-24

OVP

  • completely revamped the search filters for videos / livestreams / players, for example:
  • you can now filter your player configurations by configured behavior, hostname restrictions or plugins
  • you can now filter videos by tags, categories or a publish time range
  • fixed a bug which prevented editing existing adTags
  • fixed the time selector for scheduled live streams

2023-01-24

Flowplayer Native release v3.4.6

OVP

2022-10-25

Documentation

iOS SDK

2022-10-21

OVP

iOS SDK

  • added a new property playbackType: FPPlaybackType to FPFlowplayerViewController

2022-10-19

OVP

Flowplayer Native release v3.4.3

2022-10-04

OVP

  • UI now uses flowplayer-react
  • there is a now a shortcut hint in the UI (link to shortcuts)
  • you can now deactivate 24/7 livestreams (temporarily) and move them from the Active to the Completed tab
  • 24/7 streams now have their own ingest cluster (needs adjustment in your streaming setup)

Flowplayer Native release v3.4.0

  • playlists now support ads per item

release v3.4.1

  • updated integrated hls.js to 1.2.3
  • [fix] OVP hosted playlists now auto-advance and show skip controls

release v3.4.12

  • [fix] ads do not start if player out of viewport
  • enhanced WCAG 2.1 compliance
  • better recovery from HLS media errors on slow networks

2022-08-22

Flowplayer Native release v3.3.0 with the following fixes and featues:

  • fixes missing ad ui flags in the ad plugin and moved them to the new ads: namespace
  • upgrades hls.js to v.1.2.0 in the hls plugin
  • keyboard plugin no longer requests exit fs when player is not on fs mode

2022-08-23

OVP Fixes to some timezones not correctly applied to livestream schedules

2022-08-22

Flowplayer Native release v3.2.8 with the following fixes and featues:

try.flowplayer.com sandbox The try.flowplayer.com sandbox now allwos to switch the stable and canary release channels

2022-07-08

Flowplayer Native

2022-06-30

Flowplayer Native

  • fixed an issue in the qsel plugin which caused a mismatch between label and manually selected level

2022-06-28

OVP

Flowplayer Native

  • updated the Chromecast receiver app
  • playlist playback can now be started from any index

2022-06-22

Documentation

2022-06-14

Documentation

OVP

2022-06-02

OVP

  • added an option to set fallback stream ingests for livestreams
  • fixed fiiltering by tags in video and livestream search

Flowplayer Native

  • release 3.2.0
  • float on scroll plugin will now always use landscape ratio to avoid large heights with portrait videos
  • oustream ads now corrrectly start when entering viewport

Player translations

Documentation

2022-05-20

OVP

  • added more tabbing to navigate through the OVP elements and action buttons
  • animated previews are now available in multiple resolutions

Flowplayer Native

  • fixed DASH sources in playlists
  • added workaround for Android WebView bug which stalled the player when loading WebVTT tracks
  • new consent plugin allows to disable tracking and local storage (docs to follow)
  • added outstream support to the ads plugin

2022-04-21

Configuration
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