Brightcove Player Pre-releases v6.53.0

The Brightcove Player 6.53.0 is available for early access and testing. Notable changes since 6.52.1 include:

• Add an initial_bandwidth configuration. This is a value set in bits per second that represents an initial bandwidth estimate for use with ABR algorithmns in the playback engine of the player.
• Add a umd configuration. By default, the player script is a Universal Module Definition (UMD) script. This means that it binds itself to RequireJS/AMD, CommonJS, or just globally depending on what's available. When this new option is set to false this removes the UMD wrapper and only binds the script to the global namespace. This is useful for sites using RequireJS but that do not wish load the Brightcove Player via RequireJs.
• Update @videojs/http-streaming to v2.8.0. Notable changes:
  • Improve DASH live stream manifest updates.