Roadmap
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- Actionscript 3
- Skinning support
- SMIL support
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- Longtail javascript API
- 'start' variable
- Bugfixes
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- Fullscreen in rotator.
- Some bugfixes.
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- Token-based security (wowza + http)
- Three-fold repeat flashvar (never, once, always)
- New 'streamer' flashvar for RTMP and HTTP
- Reinsertion of colorization
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- Drag & drop mediafiles
- Resize player and playlist
- Search box (Pixcy & Youtube)
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- Plugin functionality (through flashvars and loadPlugin call)
- Accessibility (captions + audiodesc) plugin
- More feed parsing (date, tags & wildcards)
- Arthropod support (arthropod.stopp.se)
- 'Icons' flashvar
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- Plugins can claim screen space
- Easily insert custom models (for e.g. Akamai/Brightcove)
- Custom controlbar buttons
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Various enhancements and new features.
- RemoveListener functions
- Restrict the duration of a file (e.g. for previews)
- Flashvar for regex on file paths (security)
- JW Player namespace for feeds
- Improved YouTube quality.
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Docking feature for big plugin buttons
- RTMP port fallbacks
- Dock plugin
- Print title over the display
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Stream switching release
- Bitrate switching (for any type of video streaming)
- Dynamic streaming (with the Flash Media Server)
- Support for livestream.com.
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Major upgrade of the AS3 player
- Skinning with PNG files
- Single addListener call
- CDN integrations as plugins
- Plugin player takeover
- Compileable with MXMLC
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Initial version of an HTML5 player (video tag), with support for one video and fallback to Flash
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Several enhancements to the skinning model:
- Custom font sizes/colors
- Rearrange / hide controlbar buttons
- Animated elements (e.g. for the buffering)
- Multiple playlist-item layouts
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Bugfix release and wrapup of the 4.x line. No new functionality.
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This release focuses on improving player-javascript interaction:
- Plugin » javascript binding mechanism
- Javascript embed wrapper that supports short calls / inline handlers
- Various Youtube upgrades (no more separate yt.swf)
- Some dynamic streaming enhancements (_droppedframes monitoring / SMIL support)
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First public release of the HTML5 player. Supports a range of options and PNG skins:
- Same skinning functionality as the 5.2 Flash player
- Built-in default skin
- Resize/fullscreen support
- File loading support (for playlists)
- Dock support (for plugins)
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Cuepoint functionality for e.g. instream ads, chapters and annotations.
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Ongoing; contains tickets for new or existing javascripts/plugins/skins.
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Several updates to the HTML5 player:
- Support for custom buttons in the controlbar/dock
- Support for custom controlbar layouts
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Ongoing; contains tickets for enhancing this site and the testing tools.
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Ongoing; contains feature requests for addons
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Ongoing; contains tickets for JW Player integrations, such as the WordPress plugin and the Drupal module
