5.1.26 (2026-10-09)
Bug Fixes
- ABR: Keep the whole ladder when each quality uses its own audio group (#10672) (613b524)
- Clear prefetch cache for init segments and aborted requests (#10587) (fc31328), closes #10569
- DASH: Keep captions working when a Period's timeline ends early (#10649) (4a625fd)
- DASH: Prevent freezes when live Period IDs reappear (#10641) (2a6d7eb)
- DRM: Don't let a manifest ClearKey license URL override drm.servers (#10659) (92b097b), closes #10656
- Keep crossing the boundary when the playhead overshoots it (#10676) (b0a1e2a)
- Keep the configured crossBoundaryStrategy across loads (#10660) (ab1c6a5), closes #10647
- Preload: Prefetch the segment that contains the start time (#10702) (7c8450e), closes #10701
- presentation timeline enforce segment availability live (#10617) (425fb6d)
- UI: Hide the controls after a swipe that starts on a control panel (#10664) (901d1d4), closes #9892
- WebVTT: Render WebVTT regions with the native text displayer (#10678) (82257ad)
- WebVTT: Show subtitles in fMP4 HLS streams with absolute cue times (#10688) (1995cbe)