5.0.1 (2026-02-09)

Bug Fixes

• Allow MSE ended in canPerformOperations_ (#9683) (6f6fedc)

4.16.17 (2026-02-09)

Bug Fixes

• ci: Fix Firefox tests running on Windows (#9670) (7b30a7a)
• Correctly destroy enqueue blocking operations (#9677) (b521769)
• Setup correct video codecs on MSE (#9667) (b32ba73)

Reverts

• perf: Use Map.getOrInsert/getOrInsertComputed native methods (#9655) (1961ab6)

4.15.29 (2026-02-09)

Bug Fixes

• ci: Fix Firefox tests running on Windows (#9670) (f419123)
• Correctly destroy enqueue blocking operations (#9677) (aec50c3)
• Setup correct video codecs on MSE (#9667) (549a157)

Reverts

• perf: Use Map.getOrInsert/getOrInsertComputed native methods (#9656) (c69445a)

5.0.0 (2026-02-06)

� BREAKING CHANGES

• Require apps to call updateStartTime instead of setting media element currentTime directly during startup (#9668)
• Remove setTextTrackVisibility from the public API (#9664)
• UI: Remove airplay button from uncompiled version (#9663)
• UI: Remove airplay button (#9654)
• UI: Change buttons order (#9651)
• UI: Add bigButtons config and remove addBigPlayButton config (#9636)
• UI: Enable customContextMenu by default on desktop browsers (#9635)
• UI: Add documentPictureInPicture config (#9634)
• Remove shaka.util.XmlUtils (#9616)
• Remove codem-isoboxer dependency (#9608)
• Use shared logic for MediaError details (#9594)
• Text displayers should receive a shaka.Player pointer (#9515)
• Move speech to text to the accessibility section in config (#9507)
• ABR: Remove abr.removeLatencyFromFirstPacketTime config (#9496)
• Remove autoShowText and simplify initial text track selection (#9435)
• UI: Improve Media Session management (#9483)
• Simplify shaka.ads.AdManager interface (#9357)
• Remove LRC, SBV, SSA support (#9330)
• Remove MSS support (#9329)
• Remove setSequenceMode from TextParser plugins (#9326)
• Remove enableTextDisplayer from TextDisplayer plugins (#9311)
• Remove all deprecated things (#9162)

Features

• ABR: Remove abr.removeLatencyFromFirstPacketTime config (#9496) (687f0ee)
• Add a bufferAppending event (#9377) (d79d001), closes #9328
• Add application/mp4 as valid mimetype on MoQ (#9558) (f1de698)
• Add automatic subtitles (#9123) (61d80f6)
• Add configurationchanged event (#9531) (909655f)
• Add getMimeType method to shaka.Player (#9592) (55b0681)
• Add isDynamic method to shaka.Player (#9471) (a7919e4)
• Add listenMulti and listenOnceMulti to shaka.util.EventManager (#9652) (bd167c3)
• Add MoQT draft-14 + WARP/MSF draft-1 experimental support (#9409) (ef361ed)
• Add native chapters support (#9208) (9aed4df)
• Add new config to allow stop fetching new segments on pause (#9567) (e96442c)
• Ads: Add basic SVTA2053-2 support (#9172) (840ca96)
• Ads: Add getCurrentAd method (#9291) (6c683d7)
• Ads: Add new interstitials events (#9444) (2e124ba)
• ads: Add option to disable snapback behavior in ad settings (#9188) (a09d18e)
• Ads: Add support for SVTA2053-2 in HLS Interstitial with ASSET-LIST Carriage (#9159) (7dd132d)
• Ads: Add support for tracking urls (#9144) (e6dfa90)
• Ads: Add SVTA2053-2 support when using native HLS (#9310) (9a85fca)
• Ads: Allow auto init MediaTailor (#9351) (470d01c)
• Ads: Allow configure interstitial preload ahead time (#9464) (f690503)
• Ads: Allow init Media Tailor without container (#9294) (3996872)
• Ads: Allow preload post-roll interstitials (#9467) (be921e6)
• Ads: Apply disableTrackingEvents config to MediaTailor (#9189) (454a285)
• Ads: Support multi tracking urls in VAST (#9157) (1c941d7)
• Ads: Support noJump and skipAfter on Alternative Media Presentations (#9246) (822dc0c)
• Allow detect Fairplay on shaka.media.SegmentUtils (#9585) (eda2429)
• Allow override subtitle position (#9522) (c6e6082)
• Cast: Support getCurrentAd while casting (#9306) (02a2bb5)
• Change dvvC box to free box for Dolby Vision workarounds (#9101) (729cea8)
• CMCDv2: Response Received (#9362) (ac2d390)
• DASH: Add programinformation event (#9202) (0ecc68c)
• DASH: Add support for SegmentTimeline@Pattern (#9669) ([4082ed7](4082ed7...

4.16.16 (2026-02-02)

Bug Fixes

• demo: Fix assets metadata (#9609) (7108fac)
• Dispatch metadata events when stream is paused and the user seeks (#9628) (2001993)
• Fix startAtSegmentBoundary config when using a live stream (#9640) (84925ed)
• LCEVC: Return early if playerInterface object is destroyed (#9621) (e93e02e)

Performance Improvements

• ABR: Minor performance optimization in EWMA alpha calculation (#9623) (046c657)
• Minor performance optimizations in TXml text processing and root lookup (#9622) (c3cebbc)

4.15.28 (2026-02-02)

Bug Fixes

• demo: Fix assets metadata (#9609) (f7643fe)
• Dispatch metadata events when stream is paused and the user seeks (#9628) (f44a9aa)
• Fix startAtSegmentBoundary config when using a live stream (#9640) (5caa18f)
• LCEVC: Return early if playerInterface object is destroyed (#9621) (9de6f15)

Performance Improvements

• ABR: Minor performance optimization in EWMA alpha calculation (#9623) (e3f1d9c)
• Minor performance optimizations in TXml text processing and root lookup (#9622) (e4d0661)

4.16.15 (2026-01-26)

Bug Fixes

• add guards to prevent errors removing already detached media sources (#9599) (6dcc4c8)
• ContentWorkarounds: Insert PSSH boxes for fake init encryption (#9600) (9f827ef)
• Disable smooth codec switching for Hisense VIDAA (#9601) (4f2b95a)
• Fix getAudioTracks() return twice the same track (#9588) (87455f9)
• Fix HDLR box parsing (#9582) (5bddde6)
• HLS: Fix support DATERANGE from 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z (#9580) (53f6a07)
• parseHDLR for Apple QuickTime hdlr box compatibility (#9577) (4ca3a77)
• WebOS: Script-errors on WebOS when detecting HDR support (#9604) (490c1e2)

Performance Improvements

• boundary: Call MSE reset only on leading content type. (#9598) (77f0111)

4.15.27 (2026-01-26)

Bug Fixes

• add guards to prevent errors removing already detached media sources (#9599) (2134c96)
• ContentWorkarounds: Insert PSSH boxes for fake init encryption (#9600) (4051a01)
• Disable smooth codec switching for Hisense VIDAA (#9601) (d770091)
• Fix getAudioTracks() return twice the same track (#9588) (16e5f98)
• Fix HDLR box parsing (#9582) (dda59d7)
• HLS: Fix support DATERANGE from 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z (#9580) (77e8634)
• parseHDLR for Apple QuickTime hdlr box compatibility (#9577) (a66cf7c)

4.16.14 (2026-01-19)

Bug Fixes

• ABR: Safeguard calls to this.switch_ (#9565) (ca0de24)
• don't clear text displayer cache for vtt if we're clearing cea cache (#9538) (d673bcc)
• Fix alignItems usage on old devices (#9544) (11f71b9)
• Thumbnails: Fix thumbnails precision issues (#9536) (0db40b7)
• Transmuxer: Keep stream width/height if it already exists (#9553) (d3c2c8d)
• TTML: Fix MP4 TTML Parser producing invalid image subtitles (#9559) (7c19b1f)

Performance Improvements

• Use Map.getOrInsert/getOrInsertComputed native methods (#9546) (66178c8)

4.15.26 (2026-01-19)

Bug Fixes

• ABR: Safeguard calls to this.switch_ (#9565) (40a5e8d)
• don't clear text displayer cache for vtt if we're clearing cea cache (#9538) (646d117)
• Fix alignItems usage on old devices (#9544) (04b9b39)
• Thumbnails: Fix thumbnails precision issues (#9536) (ea9f88b)
• Transmuxer: Keep stream width/height if it already exists (#9553) (b9f3891)
• TTML: Fix MP4 TTML Parser producing invalid image subtitles (#9559) (a1bb5c1)

Performance Improvements

• Use Map.getOrInsert/getOrInsertComputed native methods (#9546) (ec9226b)