Summary

HLS.js v1.7.0-alpha.1 is a pre-release marking a number of significant changes since the last v.16.x patch (all "v1.16.16-canary releases since v1.7.0-alpha.0 should have been versioned as 1.7 canary). This is not a feature-complete release. See the v1.7.0 milestone page and planning board for more info.

Changes Since The Last Release

v1.7.0-alpha.0...v1.7.0-alpha.1

API additions

• hls.nextAudioTrack getter/setter : Smooth audio switching (#7575) @krseager
• PLAYLIST_UNCHANGED_ERROR event : Max Unchanged Live Updates (#7704) @dzianis-dashkevich
• MEDIA_SOURCE_REQUIRES_RESET error event (MediaSource closed while attached or ended on append error) (#7699) @christriants
  • Started with: Track "sourceended" event and handle ManagedMediaSource recovery (#7697) @zalishchuk*
  • Additional work (#7702, #7707) @robwalch
• Only emit FRAG_PARSING_USERDATA when text samples are found (#7686) @XephyrKenny
• abrSwitchInterval config option (#7669) @christriants
• appendTimeout config option : append operation timeout handling (#7670) @dzianis-dashkevich

Enhancements

• Implemented smooth audio switching (#7575) @krseager
• Max Unchanged Live Updates (#7704) @dzianis-dashkevich
• Support playback for elementary audio stream encrypted using Sample-AES (#7479) @Yesterday17
• DRM and Multi-key handling improvements (#7517) @robwalch
  Resolve setMediaKeys only once media is attached (#7615)
• Verify byte-range responses (#7701)
• Improve playlist alignment when PDT across playlists is inconsistent (#7482)
• Clear Fragment and Part resolved url cache (#7731)
• Prevent audio buffer flush on first track switch (#7696)
• Append queue logging and M2TS init segment handling (#7695)
• Resolve end-of-stream (for "ended" event) with empty or gap segments at end of playlist (#7609)
• Add SourceBuffer append operation timeout handling (#7670) @dzianis-dashkevich
• Check integrity of MPEG-TS video stream. (#7094) @mstyura
• feat: Add MISB KLV metadata extraction from MPEG-TS and CMAF streams (#7668) @jacorbello
• Allow KLV parsing when audio is available (follow up to #7668) (#7673) @jacorbello

Bug fixes

• fix: handle page restoration from bfcache in Safari (#7683) @christriants
• fixed issue with seeking backward leading to stalling OR elevated buffering (#7577) @krseager
• fix: cea608 parser make sure pos is within bounds of chars array which has size of NR_COLS (#7666) @chelleccarlyle
• Fix WebVTT loading issue when progressive is enabled by disabling progressive loading for WebVTT (#7649) @krseager
• Fixed issue where certain Tizen devices would get stuck seeking over buffer gaps (#7630) @krseager
• Fix issue where some devices not works with PlayReady (#7631) @KunXi-Fox
• Fixed exception in interstitial-controller on legacy platforms where media.play() does not return a Promise (#7586) @malickyeu
• Fix Pathway Cloning PARAMS applied after PER-VARIANT-URIS (#7710) @robwalch
• Fixed Content Steering URI-REPLACEMENT: HOST applies to the Hostname, (#7655)
• Adjust initPTS when switching results in dropped GoP at start (#7700)
• Fix Low-Latency HLS VTT subtitle part loading (#7626)
• Restart loading in recoverMediaError when autoStartLoad is disabled (#7693)
• Fix endless while loop in gap controller with bad streams (#7661)
• Fix fallback to primary on live start (#7651)
• Do not reset interstitial when seeking between assets (#7650)
• Fix switching back to main audio(-only) after end-of-stream buffered (#7645)

Build and CI

• fix(build-config): correct interstitial env vars and content-steering condition (#7727) @zalishchuk
• Update Chrome configuration for macOS in build.yml (#7698, #7698) @robwalch
• Increase minimum Windows test version for saucelabs (#7602) @robwalch

Documentation and README

• Create SECURITY.md (#7685) @pr4v33n7-sa
• Fix links for API Docs in README (#7637) @daniemo2
• Add Labra-Flex to 'They use HLS.js in production!' section (#7419) @aaskaoui
• Updated documentation (#7628) @krseager

Demo Page

https://a24cf9ae.hls-js-dev.pages.dev/demo/

Feedback

Please provide feedback via Issues in GitHub. For more details on how to contribute to HLS.js, see our CONTRIBUTING guide.