Release Notes
This page contains information on the various released packages of the project.
26 July 2009 - Version 1.0
New Features
- Introduces VLCPlayer widget to embed VLC Media Player plugin.
- Players can auto-adjust size to match the dimension of videos
- Client-side playlists support added
- Introduces automatic player selection based on desired plugin features
Improvements
- Code refactoring: library split into modules and packages renamed.
- MediaStateListeners replaced with media state handlers inline with GWT 1.6 event system
- FlashMP3Player and FlashVideoPlayer widgets replaced with the new FlashMediaPlayer widget
- FlatCustomControl widget replaced with the new CustomPlayerControl widget
- JSNI implementation of player widgets reworked to reduce memory leaks
- More plugin-specific accessors added (Issue #5)
Bug Fixes
- Method calls on QuickTimePlayer object now work in Internet Explorer
13 March 2009 - Version 0.6
This release introduces the following features
- FlashVideoPlayer for Flash video playback support, other players also support video playback
- SWFWidget class to embed generic Flash applications
- Media metadata now supported via MediaInfo class
- Automatic player plugin selection algorithm refined to support streaming media protocols.
Bug Fixes
- All WinMediaPlayer constructors work as expected - (Issue 2)
Known Issue
- Method calls on QuickTimePlayer object does not work in Internet Explorer although embedding QuickTime plugin with the widget works fine