The current version of the Browser SDK 5 is 5.6.0. To install this release, please contact your regional NAGRA representative.
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Release |
Purpose |
New features |
Fixes |
Known issues |
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5.6.0
Release date: 20 Aug 2021 |
This is the latest feature release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
Upgrade to Shaka Player v3.1.x. Low Latency support is in development. |
Re-enabling the Integration flavour deliverable. Ensuring No DASH Widevine content playback with opy-sdk-js-5.5.0.1621601396. WAF blocking mode blocked Widevine licence requests. VTT Elephants Dream French and German 2004 - Shaka Error TEXT.BAD_ENCODING. Unable to play vp09 streams on LG. Spinner and stream occasionally froze on seek back. The licence expiry error message cleared after a few seconds. |
Roll up text not displayed correctly Quickmark and stats enabled 16:9 stream freezes after 1-2 sec. App event handling needs to abort currentTime increasing after the duration has expired. SMPTE-S4C stream when two or more lines of text are reduced in size. Unable to play SSM stream when DRM preference is set to Playready for Tizen3. dash-customer-ssm - does not autoplay when changing to the second stream. Errors while trying to play DASH Encrypted Customer SSM (Widevine/PlayReady) Errors while trying to play DASH Encrypted Playback with licence callback and SSM (PlayReady enforcement and heartbeat). PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end/end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). Dolby Streams not playing at all where the codec is not supported. Switching audio causes playback in buffering and renders a couple of frames to loop. Built-in PIP bypasses SDK functionality. Nexguard does not work in Firefox and Safari built-in PIP. |
5.5.0
Release date: 26 May 2021 |
This was the latest feature release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
Event Timeline parity with Browser SDK 1.x. FairPlay Secure Session Management enforcement. |
There were no fixes in this release. |
Roll up text not displayed correctly
VTT Elephants Dream French and German 2004 - Shaka Error TEXT.BAD_ENCODING. App event handling needs to abort currentTime increasing after the duration has expired. SMPTE-S4C stream when two or more lines of text are reduced in size. Tizen3-DRM Pref set to Playready unable to play SSM stream. dash-customer-ssm - does not autoplay when changing to the second stream. The licence expiry error message is cleared after a few seconds. Errors while trying to play DASH Encrypted Playback with licence callback and SSM (PlayReady enforcement and heartbeat). |
5.4.1
Release date: 01 Apr 2021 |
This was a maintenance release to fix a customer reported issue and minor CSS issues in previous releases. |
There are no new features in this release. |
The loading symbol was shown after playback resumed. Menu items did not appear after exiting full screen and then opening PIP. Resolution/bitrate capping did not show statistics on smart TV. SmartTV analytics overlay was lost after zap. |
Roll up text not displayed correctly
VTT Elephants Dream French and German 2004 - Shaka Error TEXT.BAD_ENCODING. App event handling needs to abort currentTime increasing after the duration has expired. SMPTE-S4C stream when two or more lines of text are reduced in size. Tizen3-DRM Pref set to Playready unable to play SSM stream. dash-customer-ssm - does not autoplay when changing to the second stream. The licence expiry error msg is cleared after a few seconds. Errors while trying to play DASH Encrypted Playback with licence callback and SSM (PlayReady enforcement and heartbeat). |
5.4.0
Release date: 08 Mar 2021 |
This was the latest feature release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
Temporal Licence Pre-Delivery iOS Safari and Android Chrome support Handheld device support is in development |
Subtitle refresh frequency. UI element duplication every zap. No buffering symbol when bandwidth was limited. The watermark did not correctly cover the view on ConnectedTV. Subtitle display issues: black space was added between line, indent, mid-row text, default TTML display area. Playback did not stop when the licence expires. |
Subtitle display issues: roll-up text. Switching audio causes playback to buffer and renders a few frames in a loop. Customer SSM callback for PlayReady does not work properly on ConnectedTV devices. PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end / end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). |
5.3.2
Release date: 20 Jan 2021 |
This was a patch release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
There are no new features in this release. |
HTTP HEAD request was made even stream MIME type was passed to the player. |
No buffering symbol when bandwidth is limited. Subtitle display issues: roll-up text, black space added between line, indent, mid-row text, default TTML display area. Switching audio causes playback to buffer and renders a few frames in a loop. Playback does not stop when the licence expires. Customer SSM callback for PlayReady does not work properly on ConnectedTV devices. PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end / end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). UI element duplication every zap. Watermark does not correctly cover the view on ConnectedTV. |
5.3.1
Release date: 07 Jan 2021 |
This was a patch release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
DRM device identifier |
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No buffering symbol when bandwidth is limited. Switching audio causes playback to buffer and renders a few frames in a loop. Subtitle display issues: roll-up text, black space added between line, indent, mid-row text, default TTML display area. Playback does not stop when the licence expires. Customer SSM callback for PlayReady does not work properly on ConnectedTV devices. PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end / end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). UI element duplication every zap. Watermark does not correctly cover the view on ConnectedTV. |
5.3.0
Release date: 06 Nov 2020 |
This was the latest feature release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
Upgrade to Shaka Player v3 |
The watermark disappeared when escaping out of the browser in full screen. AD track displayed the wrong name. Screen size change during pause hid the current subtitle. |
No buffering symbol when bandwidth is limited. Switching audio causes playback to buffer and renders a few frames in a loop. Subtitle display issues: roll-up text, black space added between line, indent, mid-row text, default TTML display area. Playback does not stop when the licence expires. Customer SSM callback for PlayReady does not work properly on ConnectedTV devices. PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end / end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). UI element duplication every zap. The watermark does not correctly cover the view on ConnectedTV. |
5.2.0
Release date: 08 Oct 2020 |
This was the latest feature release of the Shaka-based player SDK. |
Subtitles were not scaling up for fullscreen. One less subtitle track was shown for DASH-SMPTE-TT-TTML-Segmented-Subtitles-VoD. Subtitles were not repositioned when the control bar was shown. Subtitle tracks selection can be retained over zap. Subtitles were not aligned correctly, and fonts were not applied. SMPTE-TT-TTML-subtitle-xml-image subtitle did not display. After seeking, a few video frames were rendered in a loop. |
No buffering symbol when bandwidth is limited. Switching audio causes playback to buffer and renders a few frames in a loop. Subtitle display issues: roll-up text, black space added between line, indent, mid-row text, default TTML display area. Playback does not stop when the license expires. Customer SSM callback for PlayReady does not work properly on ConnectedTV devices. PlayReady Security Level 1 machines are unable to playback PlayReady only streams. No stream end / end of content when stream reaches the end (HEVC). Screen size change during pause hides the current subtitle. |