7.5.45.727

• Security - Redirection - Contributor level user is able to post a FV Player video with malicious redirection URL at the end of a video. Then the Editor or Administrators reviewing Contributor's post before publication would be taken to that URL. We have added a confirmation prompt for redirection URLs for Editors and Administrators.
• Security - prevent server port scanning by logged in users
• Compatbility - WP Rocket - Fix for Removed Unused CSS to never remove FV Player CSS
• Bugfix - Fix timeline not responding to clicks for Vimeo videos in rare cases
• Bugfix - "Use native fullscreen on mobile" not working when used with "Force fullscreen on mobile" on iPhone with iOS 17
• Bugfix - Show full error message when upload fails

7.5.44.727

• Security - fix XSS in the redirection at the end of video is bad URL is posted by authenticated user
• Security - fix XSS in the video loading code if using DigitalOcean Spaces or Linode Object Storage
• AWS SDK update - PHP 7.4 is now required for the DigitalOcean Spaces/AWS S3 browser and uploader
• HLS - Keep showing splash until the video really plays
• Translations - adding Arabic, thanks to dubaiglobalnews.com
• Bugfix - Handle WordPress audio/video setting - fix for player HTML showing in excerpts
• Bugfix - SEO - Schema.org - better date format
• Bugfix - Uploads - avoid duplicate job submissions for FV Player Coconut

7.5.41.7212

• YouTube - fixing playback glitches on Android and iOS, tested with iOS 12.5.7 to 17.0

7.5.40.7212

• YouTube - fix videos not starging properly on Android
• Bugfix - stale pending video encoding jobs removing video URLs when using Gutenberg block

7.5.39.7212

• Security - prevent XSS when "Enable profile videos" is on
• Allow DB tables to be fixed with WP_ALLOW_REPAIR
• Bugfix - Amazon S3 - fix when using commas in the URLs
• Bugfix - Video Checker - fix checking of dynamic URLs (Amazon S3, or FV Player Pro CDNs like Bunny CDN)

7.5.37.7212

• HLS.js - upgrade to 1.4.10
• Optimize FV Flowplayer JS loading - disabled if using WP Rocket "Delay JavaScript execution"
• Remember video position - on by default for now plugin users
• Sticky player - option to enable for mobile users. Thanks to Dennis Isseult https://www.dmimedia.nl
• Bugfix - Safari - disable HLS.js for Safari 16.5 and above due to playback issues on some websites

7.5.36.7212

• Bugfix - DigitalOcean Spaces/AWS S3 browser broken after AWS SDK update, fixing tests too

7.5.35.7212

7.5.35.7212 - 2023/04/26

• AWS SDK update - PHP 7.3 is now required for the DigitalOcean Spaces/AWS S3 browser
• Bugfix - Avoid PHP fatal errors if plugin PHP files are opened directly
• Bugfix - Fix audio-only playlist detection
• Bugfix - Sticky player behavior when VAST ad is playing
• Security - prevent XSS for logged in editors

7.5.32.7212 - 2023/03/31

• Tested up to WordPress 6.2. Note that the FV Player Editor is not available in the Block Themes Site Editor and you have to put in the shortcode by hand.
• Video Stats - CSV export function
• Video Stats - recording each logged in user separately, see wp-admin -> FV Player -> User Stats
• Video Stats - recording video watch duration

7.5.31.7212 - 2023/01/30

• New feature - [fvplayer_watched] to give list of watched/unfinished/finished videos with their post links
• PHP 8.2 fixes
• Security fix - video intelligence ads settings box could be removed with XSS
• Video Custom Fields - fix autoplay not working
• YouTube - check live stream status

7.5.30.7210 - 2022/12/23

• Using Freedom Video Player 7.2.12
• Chromecast - fix for HLS streams with multiple audio tracks
• Click to unmute - showing for 10 instead of just 5 seconds if audible autoplay has been blocked by browser
• Compatibility - SiteGround Optimizer
• CSS - making the timeline easier to tap on mobile
• Handle WordPress audio/video setting - Support Vimeo Gutenberg block
• Handle WordPress audio/video setting - Support Vimeo iframes
• Lightbox - support text links to images with class="colorbox"
• MPEG-DASH - upgrade to Dash.js 3.2.2
• Schema.org - adding video duration
• Sticky player - also working when scrolling up
• YouTube - fullscreen fix if your theme uses CSS transform or z-index
• Bugfix - duplicate preview with Gutenberg
• Bugfix - MPEG-DASH - Vimeo volume unmuting for iPad
• Bugfix - YouTube - "Live in XY hours" message not appearing for some users on scheduled live streams
• Bugfix - YouTube - Shorts support for mobile

7.5.29.7210 - 2022/09/23

• AWS SDK update and size reduction
• Full-featured YouTube player (moved in from FV Player Pro)
• HLS.js - upgrade to 1.2.3 to fix playback on iOS 16
• iPhone - avoid accidental drag of on-screen home button when in fullscreen
• Seek back/forward button on controlbar - allowing for DVR live streams
• SiteGround Security - putting track.php on their exclusions list
• Bugfix - Dash.js Safari autoplay fix
• Bugfix - fixing missing "no play" icon
• Bugfix - Preloading - fix player not appearing when using 100% width and height, assuming 16:9 aspect ratio
• Bugfix - Volume control appearing for iOS 16 where it's not possible to control volume using JavaScript

7.5.27.7210

• CSS - do not preload in header if FV Player is in one of the Widgets and not in page content
• CSS - fix subtitles position on mobile when controlbar visible
• Editor - show save errors
• Featured Image - FV Player will only use it's splash image if there is no Featured Image only once per post - making it easy to remove if you do not want it
• Updating settings help screen and help links
• Bugfix - Bunny Stream video splash images not showing in job browser when using FV Player Pro function for URL tokens
• Bugfix - iOS video recovery - was not working for HLS live streams
• Bugfix - Preloading - fix play button not appearing for Slim and YouTuby skins
• Bugfix - reducing database row size

7.5.22.727

7.5.22.727 - 2022/05/11

• Mobile - "Force landscape orientation in fullscreen" is now always on and no longer a setting
• Mobile - showing "To enjoy fullscreen swipe up to hide location bar." for iPhone users when location bar appears in fullscreen mode
• Updating to Flowplayer 7.2.8
• Styling - fullscreen exit button is now an X symbol
• Styling - fullscreen exit button is now easier to tap on mobile
• Styling - mobile now has more spacing between timeline and control bar buttons
• Video Position Saving - also remember the top position in the video
• Video upload - Support folder creation for FV Player Coconut
• Video upload - Support uploading into folders for FV Player Coconut
• Bugfix - Editor - creating duplicate drafts
• Bugfix - Editor - empty subtitles field appearing
• Bugfix - Editor - missing action hook on player save, causing issues with FV Player Pay Per View
• Bugfix - "Load FV Flowplayer JS everywhere" setting - was not loading rewind/fastforward and playlist repeat buttons

7.5.21.727 - 2022/04/07

• Bugfix - Position saving - issues with position restore when multiple players on the page
• Bugfix - CSS - ensure the controlbar fonts load before video starts playing
• Bugfix - LearnDash LMS support - fix FV Player Pro video ads to not affect lesson completion button

7.5.20.727 - 2022/03/25

• Urgent Bugfix - video splash screens not disappearing for non-Pro users