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Release 2.0.43

June - July, 2026​

The new release will include the upgrades, features, and issue fixes listed below:

  • Feature: Server-Side Video Previews

    • Videos can now have a server-generated preview for paywalled content. Preview generation can be triggered per video, previews are served through a dedicated preview stream, and new video.preview.completed / video.preview.errored webhook events report the outcome.

  • Feature: Vertical Player View Mode

    • A new View Mode setting on the vertical player's Setup tab lets you choose how the player is presented on the page. Available modes are normal (the standard vertical player layout), external-actions (moves the side action buttons outside the player frame), and page-fill (the player fills its parent container and enables the ambient background effect). View modes apply on desktop; mobile always uses the normal layout.

  • Feature: MP4 Quality Mode Setting for Vertical Player

    • The adaptive MP4 quality mode can now be enabled per player from the admin. When enabled, the vertical player uses MP4 files with adaptive quality switching for the current and preloading videos instead of HLS.

  • Feature: Configurable VAST Max Redirects for Vertical Player Ad Schedules

    • Vertical player ad schedules now include a Max redirects setting that controls how many VAST wrapper redirects the player follows before giving up, with a recommended default of 4.

  • Update: Publish Date Month Localisation

    • The vertical player's relative publish date now supports localised month names, and publish dates are consistently handled as UTC.

  • Update: Video List Error Handling

    • When loading videos fails, both grid and table views now show a clear error message with a Try again button, and already-loaded videos are kept during transient errors.

  • Update: A refresh button was added to the Podcasts page.

  • FIX: Audio files with embedded cover art are now correctly classified and encoded as audio instead of failing as video.

Video Player · v2.6.2​

  • Feature: Livestream Interruption & Recovery Events

    • The player now emits events when a livestream is interrupted and when it recovers, so integrations can react to stream health changes.

  • Feature: Video Lock Type

    • The video locking configuration now supports a video-level lockType field, allowing the player to show the appropriate lock screen for each video — for example a registration prompt or a paid subscription screen — while keeping the existing locking behaviour unchanged.

  • Update: Enhanced keyboard controls for playback.

  • FIX: When the browser blocks autoplay, the player now shows a play button so viewers can start playback manually.

Vertical Player · v1.6.2​

  • Feature: Subtitle Toggle & Keyboard Shortcuts

    • A subtitle toggle was added to the player, along with keyboard shortcuts for playback control.

  • Update: Improved subtitle sizing and placement across different layouts and screen sizes.

  • FIX: Resolved an issue where the video would stutter when starting on Safari.

  • FIX: HLS event listeners are no longer registered twice.