v3.33.4

Release v3.33.4 (2024-10-16)

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🔍 Overview

The v3.33.4 is a "legacy" release (now that the v4 is the current major version) mostly containing some of the bug fixes and improvements initially made for the upcoming v4.2.0 release that should be done just after this one.

📑 Changelog

Bug fixes

• Compat: Fix autoPlay on Tizen when the content starts on a discontinuity [#1500]
• Work-around the "hulu issue" seen on firefox 129 and 130 (1911283 and 1912238 on
  bugzilla) which also impacted the RxPlayer [#1544]
• Fix rare cases where the active Period would not be advertised by the RxPlayer [#1534]
• DRM/Compat: Re-create MediaKeys for each content on Philips' NETTV and KSTB40xx
  set-top boxes [#1519, #1538]
• Fix some issues that may arise on BUFFER_FULL situations [#1566]
• Directfile/Compat: Fix startAt.fromLastPosition handling on Safari when playing
  directfile contents [#1574]
• Consider stpp.ttml codec for text format [#1567]
• DRM/Compat: Re-create MediaKeys for each content on Philips' NETTV, and KSTB40XX
  set-top boxes [#1519, #1538]
• DRM/Compat: fix content not starting on Safari because key are never considered usable
  [#1535]
• DASH_WASM: fix Label element never being parsed [#1543]

Other improvements

• DASH: provide a more precize calculation for the timeshift buffer depth [#1492]
• Handle hev1 codec and hvc1 codecs as part of the same family of codecs when trying
  to check for compatibility between the two [#1536]
• Better handle QuotaExceededError issue after appendBuffer MSE calls when
  wantedBufferAhead is set to Infinity [#1566]
• Bring prettier to the v3 [#1545]