This release is the second bugfix release of the 2.2.x release cycle. The most important fix is related to pop/clicks heard during crossfade (#3318) and the ffmpeg decoder failing with files and streams with unknown codecs.

This is the first release since we improved developers tools so feel free to also take this opportunity to update your developer setup!

As usual, we recommend trying this version with a staging/preview system before putting it on production. Beside that, this release should improve the stability of all scripts running on the 2.2.x release branch.

We want to thank all contributors, bug reporters and patient users who have helped us bring all these improvements!

2.2.2 (2023-11-02)

New:

• Added string.escape.html (#3418, @ghostnumber7)
• Add support for getters in arguments of blank.detect (#3452).
• Allow float in source content type annotation so that it possible to write: source(audio=pcm(5.1))

Changed:

• Trim urls in input.ffmpeg by default. Disable using trim_url=false (#3424)
• Automatically add HLS-specific ffmpeg parameters to %ffmpeg encoder (#3483)
• BREAKING: default on_fail removed on playlist (#3479)

Fixed:

• Allow channel_layout argument in ffmpeg encoder to set the number of channels.
• Improved support for unitary minus, fix runtime call of optional methods (#3498)
• Fixed map.metadata mutating existing metadata.
• Fixed reloading loop in playlists with invalid files (#3479)
• Fixed main HLS playlist codecs when using mpegts (#3483)
• Fixed pop/clicks in crossfade and source with caching (#3318)
• Fixed pop/clicks when resampling using libsamplerate (#3429)
• Fixed gstreamer compilation. Remember that gstreamer features are DEPRECATED! (#3459)
• Fixed html character escaping in interactive.harbor (#3418, @ghostnumber7)
• Fixed icecast not reconnecting after erroring out while closing connection in some circumstances (#3427)
• Fixed parse-only mode (#3423)
• Fixed ffmpeg decoding failing on files with unknown codecs.
• Fixed a crash due to wait_until timestamp being in the past when using posix-time2
• Make sure that temporary files are always cleaned up in HLS outputs (#3493)