shaka-project/shaka-player v5.1.1

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5.1.1 (2026-04-20)

Bug Fixes

• Avoid uncaught TypeError when destroying player during DRM key status change (#9992) (0fdced6)
• Clamp playback rate to 16x and improve playhead movement behavior (#9996) (9692dee)
• demo: Fix audio-only animated poster (#9986) (18e5e25)
• Demo: Fix audio-only animated poster on custom content (#9995) (cd2996c)
• HLS: Fix SAMPLE-AES identity stall at waitingforkey event on track switch (#10000) (1824679)
• MSF: Fix namespace handling (#9988) (ba21789)
• UI: Fix wrong wheel directions on volume bar (#10001) (1276f8d)

Performance Improvements

• HLS: skip merging known segments on live playlist updates (#9998) (9b32a7a)
• UI: Skip touch listeners when maxTouchPoints is 0 (#9981) (d27b7c4)