shaka-project/shaka-player v2.4.0

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2.4.0 (2018-05-24)

New features:

• Support for TTML and VTT regions
  • #1188
• Support for CEA captions in TS content
  • #276
• A video element is no longer required when Player is constructed
  • #1087
• New attach() and detach() methods have been added to Player to manage
  attachment to video elements
  • #1087
• Allow apps to specify a preferred audio channel count
  • #1013
• Live stream playback can begin at a negative offset from the live edge
  • #1178
• Add new configure() syntax for easily setting single fields
  • #763
• player.configure() returns false if player configuration is invalid
• Fetch is now preferred over XHR when available
  • #829
• Request type now appears in shaka.util.Error data for HTTP errors
  • #1253

Broken compatibility:

• A third-party Promise polyfill is now required for IE 11 support
  • https://github.com/lahmatiy/es6-promise-polyfill
  • #1260
• Text parser plugins now take a nullable segmentStart in TextContext. All
  application-specific text-parsing plugins MUST be updated.
• Text-parsing plugins that produce region information must do so with the new
  CueRegion class. Any application-specific text-parsing plugins that produce
  region information MUST be updated.
• TextDisplayer plugins that handle region information must do so with the new
  CueRegion interface. Any application-specific TextDisplayer plugins that
  handle region information MUST be updated.
• The API for PresentationTimeline has changed. Manifest parser plugins that
  use certain PresentationTimeline methods MUST be updated:
  • setAvailabilityStart() was renamed to setUserSeekStart().
  • notifySegments() now takes a reference array and a boolean called
    isFirstPeriod, instead of a period start time and a reference array.

Deprecated:

• NetworkingEngine.request() now returns an instance of IAbortableOperation
  instead of Promise. Applications which make application-level requests
  SHOULD update to use the new interface.
  • The old interface will be removed in v2.5.
• Network scheme plugins now return an instance of IAbortableOperation instead
  of Promise. Application-specific network scheme plugins SHOULD update to
  the new interface.
  • The old interface will be removed in v2.5.

Demo app:

• Improve support for custom assets and license servers in demo app URI

Misc:

• We have started transitioning the code to ES6 and the new JS style guide
  • https://google.github.io/styleguide/jsguide.html