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

7.5.19.727

= 7.5.19.727 - 2022/03/24 =

• Security - player editing permission checks for Contributors and Authors
• Security - XSS fix - users with the Contributor role (or above) were able to insert rudimentary JavaScript into FV Player. Thanks to m0ze (Patchstack) for the report!
• Autoplay - only remove splash once video really plays to prevent empty black video from showing
• LearnDash LMS support - fix display issues with playlist
• Bugfix - Position saving - skip playlist position restore for YouTube playlist - for now
• Bugfix - Position saving - fix for invalid player index for non-logged in users

= 7.5.18.727 - 2022/03/18 =

• Security - fix for SQL injection vulnerability when saving player in editor - for Author user level and above. Thanks to Tien Nguyen Anh for the report!
• Elementor - Bring back the FV Player into Elementor Elements search
• Media Library - optimized images loading
• Shortcode to database conversion tool fixes
• wp-admin -> FV Player - allow search by player ID
• Bugfix - bad values coming from the background video duration scanner
• Bugfix - JavaScript compatibility fixes
• Bugfix - Picture button stopped working
• Bugfix - Sticky player - fix when closing sticky mode
• Bugfix - Sticky player - fix when scrolling too fast
• Bugfix - Volume restoration not working if default volume set to zero

= 7.5.15.727 - 2022/01/27 =

• HLS.js - upgrade to 1.1.4 to fix playback on Apple Silicon M1 computers
• LearnDash LMS support - add FV Player directly in your lesson Video Progression settings
• Shortcode to database conversion tool - use FV Player -> Tools -> Conversion to upgrade from [fvplayer src="..."] to [fvplayer id="..."]
• Video Sitemap XML - Elementor support
• Bugfix - Amazon S3 - fix bucket name being matched in the file name
• Bugfix - Settings screen - fix boxes not opening in rare cases

= 7.5.14.727 - 2021/01/06 =

• Bunny Stream - show video collections
• Bugfix - Editor - show HLS stream checkboxes if the stream cannot be checked as it's not available

= 7.5.13.727 - 2021/12/20 =

• New feature - drag&drop video upload and encoding with the Bunny Stream service!
• New feature - Editor now detects the HLS stream type to show Live stream and Audio stream checkboxes only when needed
• Compatibility - Editor - jQuery 3.6 fixes
• Bugfix - Editor - prevent autosave attempt right after opening the editor

7.5.12.727

= 7.5.12.727 - 2021/11/25 =

• Bugfix - Playlist tabs not pausing the old tab player properly
• Bugfix - Position Saving - do not use index.m3u8 as the video ID
• Bugfix - Video link issue for videos over 1 hour
• Compatibility - Bunny.net WordPress CDN Plugin
• Compatibility - WP Rocket Used CSS
• Lightbox - Fancybox updated - double tap on image zooms in
• Linode Object Storage support
• Video upload support for FV Player Coconut and FV Player Bunny Stream

= 7.5.11.727 - 2021/10/14 =

• Click to unmute - adding translations
• Click to unmute - only show on hover
• Click to unmute - only show once in playlist
• Live streams - fix buffer indicator bug for long streams
• Media Library - fix for picking of old FV Player Coconut jobs
• PHP warnings - fix multibyte functions used without check
• Store dismissed wp-admin popup notices also in cookies
• Support for FV Player Coconut video uploads - fixes

= 7.5.10.727 - 2021/10/06 =

• Airplay - removing the button if the video type is not supported
• Click to unmute - shows when a video playback starts muted
• Flash is no longer the default video type
• Support for FV Player Coconut video uploads

= 7.5.7.727 - 2021/09/27 =

• Bugfix - HLS - live stream check - countdown fix
• Bugfix - Lightbox - image lightbox picks proper image caption for [caption] shortcodes
• Bugfix - Matomo/Piwik support - fix when running in subfolder
• Bugfix - Subtitles - remember disabled subtitles state even if subtitles on by default

= 7.5.5.727 - 2021/09/09 =

• Appearance - player interface is now a bit smaller on desktop devices
• CSS - fix gap between player and controlbar for fixed controls and full timeline
• Mobile - keep rewind button even on narrow displays
• Support for chapters on video timeline (Pro feature)
• Uninstall - adding the missing feature
• Bugfix - native fullscreen not working on iOS

= 7.5.4.727 - 2021/08/18 =

• Bugfix - CSS - timeline dragging causing display issues on some websites with Gutenberg
• Bugfix - Elementor FV Player widget not considered for the "Embedded on" column of wp-admin -> FV Player
• Bugfix - Embedded post ID missing when editing player with FV Player Pay Per View enabled
• Bugfix - Lightbox should not use left/right align
• Bugfix - Video Stats - clear scheduled job hook if setting not active
• Bugfix - Video Stats - do not track video recovery as another play
• Bugfix - Video Stats - track video replay as another play

= 7.5.3.727 - 2021/08/10 =

• Security - fix for XSS vulnerability in stats screen
• Bugfix - Force landscape orientation in fullscreen setting fix
• Bugfix - bad scroll position after leaving fullscreen
• Bugfix - Sticky player code should not run on mobile

= 7.5.2.727 - 2021/07/28 =

• Bugfix - editor auto-save for FV Player Pay Per View and FV Player Pay Per View for WooCommerce

= 7.5.1.727 - 2021/07/21 =

• Google Analytics - compatibility with Google Analytics 4
• WordPress 5.8 - fix for the Widgets screen loading issues and FV Player widgets preview
• Bugfix - Android landscape fullscreen lock not working with HLS
• Bugfix - popup notice on 7.5 upgrade not going away when dismissed - possibly due to object cache issues, but we added a browser cookie to prevent it
• Bugfix - some encrypted HLS streams failing to start properly in Safari

= 7.5.0.727 - 2021/06/21 =

• New feature - Daily video play stats, just enable Settings -> FV Player -> Sidewide Flowplayer Defaults -> Video Stats
• New feature - Multiple video playback, just enable Settings -> FV Player -> Sidewide Flowplayer Defaults -> Multiple video playback
• Improved editing experience with autosave and autopreview
• Improved Gutenberg integration - with player preview, we still look forward for a proper Gutenberg block
• Improved handling of multiple players on page - previously played video will pause and not go back to beginning
• Improved HLS quality remembering
• Improved JavaScript loading - player only loads files once the user is actually using the page

= 7.4.47.727 - 2021/05/18 =

• Custom video fields - setting default hook priority to ensure boxes are placed higher up
• Deprecated jQuery calls fix
• HLS.js - upgrade to 1.0.4 to fix autoplay issues with some streams
• Bugfix - Editor - Video Screenshot - fix for new crossOrigin requirement for MP4
• Bugfix - Playlist - fixes when the playlist item fails to play and it auto-advances to next
• Bugfix - Sticky player - subtitles sizing

7.4.46.727

= 7.4.46.727 - 2021/04/09 =

• DASH.js - allowing it to recover from blocked autoplay on Safari
• Handle WordPress audio/video - improved the setting to also work with YouTube oEmbed
• Migration Wizard - improved to handle subtitles too
• Bugfix - duplicate FV Player DB wp_fv_player_videometa rows being created
• Bugfix - Lightbox - respect dimensions stored in FV Player DB
• Bugfix - Position Saving - safer way of restoring position (for HLS.js)

= 7.4.45.727 - 2021/03/24 =

• Bugfix - YouTube.com iframe embeds broken after adding support for youtube-nocokie.com in previous release
• Bugfix - YouTube controlbar fix for iPad with Chrome for FV Player Pro

= 7.4.44.727 - 2021/03/23 =

• Chromecast - support for video subtitles added
• FV Player Pro 7.4.44.727 required for encrypted HLS with multiple audio tracks
• Google Analytics - compatibility with websites using ga.js or gtag.js
• HLS.js - upgrade to 0.14.17 to fix subtle audio sync issues
• Matomo tracking support (Piwik)
• New Feature - Migration Wizard - found in Settings -> FV Player -> Tools, useful to mass replace video URLs
• Bugfix - editor screenshots and video checker reports broken after PHP 8 fixes

7.4.42.727

= 7.4.42.727 - 2021/03/10 =

• Custom CSS - added field for easy player CSS customizations in wp-admin -> Settings -> FV Player -> Skin -> Custom CSS
• Subtitles - using native language names for the menu
• Bugfix - CSS - scrollbars appearing on player in some cases
• Bugfix - PHP 8 - fixing warnings

= 7.4.41.727 - 2021/03/08 =

• Compatibility - Brizy editor preview support
• CSS - controlbar menus should get scrollbars automatically
• Google Analytics - only run if configured - but allow custom tracking events (fv_track_events)
• Mobile - Fullscreen orientation lock - fix for portrait videos
• Video linking - added milisecond precision for FV Player Pro AB Loop Link
• Bugfix - CSS - put controlbar menus above controlbar in fullscreen
• Bugfix - Lightbox - fixing embed links to work (without lightbox)
• Bugfix - PHP warnings - prevent when unknown properties set via editor
• Bugfix - Video checker - unable to type when mouse hover on player

7.4.40.727

• Bugfix - Fullscreen - bad scroll position after leaving fullscreen of YouTube with FV Player Pro
• Bugfix - Google Analytics - only load when configured
• Bugfix - prevent PHP notices for position and timeline_preview

7.4.24.727

• AWS - adding new regions
• HLS - live stream check - shows countdown and retries automatically if it's not up
• List table - changing user interface text labels "Playlist" to "Player"
• MPEG-DASH - partial fix for Disable HTML5 autoplay Chrome extension for Vimeo videos in FV Player Pro
• Settings - Check template - fix when using Google PageSpeed module or SCRIPT_DEBUG
• Bugfix - Editor - bugfix, couldn't save Prev/Next playlist style properly
• Bugfix - iOS video recovery - bugfix, it was not allowing you to pause the video
• Bugfix - Multiple video playback - would mute videos in playlist

7.4.21.727

• HLS - improved parsing of video qualities for video quality menu in case your m3u8 has video resolution information
• Skin settings - allowing 0 for marginBottom
• Bugfix - CSS - playlist font color setting not working
• Bugfix - CSS - 2014 design titles background color in some themes
• Bugfix - MPEG-DASH - fix for recovery of Vimeo videos in FV Player Pro

7.4.17.727

• New setting - Multiple video playback - enable to allow multiple videos to play at the same time, only the last played video remains audible, the others are muted
• Editor - Preview is now using a simpler and faster code
• Iframe embedding - when you embed a playlist, it remembers which video did you play when obtaining the iframe embed code
• iOS - better way of detecting 403 HTTP errors during playback
• Subtitles - improving to show the first matching subtitle line when subtitles are first enabled, until now it would wait before playback time reaches another subtitle line
• Volume control - dragging it down to zero mutes the video and shows the un-mute icon, which restores the last volume when clicked
• Bugfix - Lightbox - Proper sizing for mobile landscape view
• Bugfix - Video duration scanning when posting new files using editor and not using FV Player Pro
• Bugfix - Video Position Saving - not working for logged in users in Chrome version >= 80