Brightcove Player v7.27.0

Brightcove Player 7.27.0 is available for manual update.

No existing players have been auto-updated to this version. Customers eager for a feature or fix that is only available in this version may manually update via the Studio Players JSON Editor or the Player Management API.

Features

• Add support for MP4-encapsulated WebVTT

Fixes

• Fix an issue where live playback would not start from the live edge
• Fix an issue where playback sometimes skips back in the stream when switching quality levels
• Fix a crossorigin issue with Safari 18 HTMLMediaElement

Package updates

• Update to Video.js v8.20.0