Version 2.1.8 - 27 July 2021

General

• Improvements
  • Media can now toggle play/pause by clicking on the the MediaPlayer preview area in the Inspector window
  • Scripting documentation improved for PlaylistMediaPlayer component
• Changes
  • #875 PlaylistMediaPlayer has been improved with new methods Play() and Pause() to correctly control the playlist logic
  • PlaylistMediaPlayer has had the AutoPlay option removed as it is no longer needed due to the StartMode option
  • PlaylistMediaPlayer has more properties exposed for scripting
• Fixes
  • #867 Fixed issue in PlaylistMediaPlayer where the first item would be skipped if it was set to transition before the end

Windows

• Improvements
  • Seeking and scrubbing through Hap/NotchLC videos performance greatly improved
• Changes
  • Player is now in a paused state by default on startup until Play() is called, previously IsPaused() would return false when the video was loaded
• Fixes
  • #855 #873 Fixed crash bug when running on Windows 7 systems without KB2670838 which adds D3D11.1 support
  • #877 Fixed issue where Hap/NotchLC videos would not update frames sometimes after seeking, or would lock up during seeking
  • Fixed issue where using few buffers in Hap/NotchLC could result in no frames being produced, causing stalling
  • Fixed change in 2.1.7 which allowed Hap/NotchLC feature to be disabled

iOS / macOS / tvOS

• Improvements
  • Added Preferred Forward Buffer Duration setting to the player settings
  • Can now modify network settings during media playback by updating the platform options