Release 2.0.42
May - June, 2026
The new release will include the upgrades, features, and issue fixes listed below:
Feature: Chapter Start/End Time Mode
- When defining chapters for videos and audio, you can now choose whether a chapter's timestamp marks its start or its end, giving you more precise control over how chapter cues are interpreted.
Feature: Folder Path in Video Editing and Listings
- The video edit screen now shows the folder breadcrumb, and video lists display the parent folder, so you always know where a video lives.
Update: Channel Pinning and Ordering
- Channel pinning and ordering is now disabled for projects with more than 50 channels to keep the channels page fast for large projects.
Feature: Vertical Player Logo
- You can now add a custom logo to the vertical player from the player settings.
Feature: Vertical Player Relative Publish Date
- The vertical player can now display a relative publish date (such as "2 days ago"), with localisation support.
Feature: Geo-Blocking Access Check
- A new endpoint lets you check whether a viewer's IP address is allowed to play a video based on its geo-blocking rule, returning allowed when the video has no rule attached.
Update: Playlist Videos API
- Playlist video responses are now enriched with the share URL, author, and publish date.
Update: "Swipe for More" Localisation
- The vertical player's swipe navigation hint text can now be localised.
FIX: After successfully adding a user, you are now redirected to the Project Users page.
FIX: Auto-generated chapters are now returned in the correct order.
Video Player · v2.6.0
- Update: Geo-Blocking Handling
- The player now handles geo-restricted content more gracefully, prioritising the geo-restriction rule over the multistream setup and handling blocked responses cleanly.
Vertical Player · v1.6.0
Feature: MP4 Adaptive Quality
- The vertical player now supports dynamic MP4 quality selection with bandwidth estimation, choosing the best quality for the viewer's connection.
Update: Fullscreen Page-Fill Mode
- Fullscreen now includes a page-fill view mode, with layout refinements such as showing the description alongside the video on wider screens.
Update: Ad Play Button on Desktop
- A play button is now available for ads on desktop.
Update: Auto-Hide Overlay
- The overlay no longer hides while the video is paused.
Update: Instagram Share Sheet
- The Instagram share sheet has been redesigned.
FIX: The player no longer advances to the next video while the viewer is actively interacting with it.
FIX: Scrolling to the next video no longer breaks when autostart is disabled.
FIX: Fixed a layout and scrolling glitch on Safari for macOS when updating playback progress.
Audio Player · v1.4.1
- Feature: Minimal Theme
- A new minimal theme is now available for the audio player.