Version 2.0.0 BETA-1 - 15 June 2020

General

Huge code cleanup and refactoring
New MediaPlayerUI demo
Added assembly definition (asmdef) files to improve compile times and modularity
MediaPlayer component can now be used to play videos in the editor without having to enter play mode
Dropped support for all Unity versions before 2017.1.0
Support for Unity extensions including Playables/Timeline and VFX Graph
Restructured shaders so they aren’t all resources, allowing unused shaders to be stripped out reducing build size and time
Inspector editor uses better caching to generate less garbage
Custom HTTP fields changed from JSON to simpler string blob

Android

Upgraded from ExoPlayer 2.8.4 to 2.11.5, which raises a minimum API level to 18
Upgraded from Facebook Audio 360 1.6.0 to 1.7.12
Added support for AES HLS encryption
Added support for multiple video tracks
ExoPlayer built with custom package name to hopefully solve issues of conflicts with projects that already include ExoPlayer files
Better support for ARM64 platform - plugin no longer causes conflicts in different Unity versions

macOS / iOS / tvOS

Windows

New Windows RT plugin, uses the latest Microsoft video APIs and offers a lot of improvements, especially for streaming media
For Windows RT added an option to select the highest bitrate when an adaptive stream starts
Stereo videos containing stereo metadata now display correctly when using Media Foundation API
Added support for AES HLS encryption (WinRT API only)
Added support for custom HTTP headers (WinRT API only)
Added support for Direct3D 12
Better support for ARM64 platform - plugin no longer causes conflicts in different Unity versions
Dropped support for Windows Phone and Windows Store 8.1, now we only support the UWP (10) Windows platforms
Upgraded FXC from 9.29.952.3111 to 10.1
Upgraded from Facebook Audio 360 1.6.0 to 1.7.12
Upgraded to 2020-04-19 snapshot of Hap (DirectShow)
Upgraded to 2020-04-19 snapshot of GDCL-MPEG-4 (DirectShow)