In our previous update, we introduced Two-Factor Authentication and Report Templates to our platform in addition to some minor improvements and bug fixes. This time around, we are bringing some significant changes including a new playback settings design and an option to prevent ad playback on specific webpages. Check out the full platform update 6.6.8. changelog below.
Playback Settings Design
To make navigation easier for users, all playback options are now located in a single cogwheel within the player. Additionally, the player now has a new feature — playback rate, that allows users to choose the speed at which the video plays back.
Prevent Ad Playback for Specific URLs
One of the biggest changes with platform update 6.6.8. is the option to prevent ad playback on specific web pages. Within the CMS, a new custom field has been added where publishers can now input a list of URLs for specific web pages on which they don’t want the video player to call on and serve ads. The URL option also supports URL wildcards. What’s more, this new feature is great for publishers that have multiple sponsored pages on their websites.
Full 6.6.8. Changelog
New
- Introduced a new playback settings menu design in the player.
- Introduced a new option to prevent ad playback on specific web pages.
- The player will now automatically include our HLS plugin if it manages to sense a valid external HLS stream.
- Expanded our analytics to show more precise bandwidth data per video rendition.
Added
- Added iframe-busting capabilities to the video content units.
- Added a new player option that automatically enables the sound when a user interacts with the player in any way.
- Added support for Google Video Key Moments.
- Added translation support for elements inside the player.
- Added an option to use the video content matching system with specific playlists and only pull videos from these playlists instead of the entire account library.
- Added platform loads metric in our analytics for ad units.
- Added per-video-specific analytics for shared videos, showcasing performance on each site the video is shared to.
- Added API support for ad sources, schedules, and player templates.
- Improved change history tracking of users throughout the platform.
- Updated our player to maintain aspect ratio for snapshots of vertical videos.
- Made sure that our Google Analytics 4 plugin also takes into account user consent.
Fixed
- Fixed a minor analytics ping issue with players set to act as an ad unit.
Other
- Disabled Google and Facebook login if 2FA is enabled.
- Deprecated the ad-blocked metric from our platform.
- Deprecated SpotX bidding via their DirectADOS SDK.
- Deprecated the sellers.json input field on the player level. It is now expected to add schain data on the site level.
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