flowplayer v5.4 Release Notes

  • ✨ Enhancements

    • RTL (right-to-left) support
    • Playlist configuration via JavaScript
    • Support for Chrome on iPad
    • Support for Windows Phone
    • Support for Firefox on Android
    • Support native fullscreen
    • Opt-in for Apple Airplay
    • Touch-optimized control bar for touch enabled devices

    🛠 Fixes

    • Only remove owned video nodes on unload()
    • Fix poster for flash engine
    • Hide error message caused by navigating away from page
    • Don't preload anything with flash engine when preload="none" specified
    • Fix fullscreen in desktop Safari
    • Fix cuepoint firing for 0.0
    • Show correct duration with desktop Safari for HLS
    • Don't start playback accidentally when scrolling over player with touch devices
    • Fallback background color for splash-setups on touch devices is now only set when Flowplayer falls back to splash config
    • For iPhone and other devices incapable of displaying videos inline - the video component is hidden to avoid UI bugs
    • data-volume -attribute is now always respected
    • Don't set incorrect aspect ratio when embedding
    • Timeline isn't accidentally enabled in ready event anymore if explicitely disabled
    • Make sure load-event can be canceled via event.preventDefault()
    • Source urls can now contain query strings (signed AWS URLS etc)
    • Cuepoints are now cleaned for playlist items
    • Relative video source urls now work also in IE7
    • Re-introduce support for Android 2.x
    • is_last and index properties are now correctly reported for playlist items
    • finish event isn't triggered twice anymore
    • don't set last volume to zero when muting (allow un-muting)
    • Check for correct support property when showing error of unsupported video format