Product Roadmap: Releases & Updates Q1'24

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A quick look at what’s now available ✅ and what’s coming soon 👀:

VOD ENCODING

✅ Accelerated mode (<5sec queueing for <5min assets in all AWS regions when using Encoder version `STABLE`)

✅ Framerate Change w/ Fixed # Frames Per Segment for better downstream compatibility (technical info)

✅ AV1 with HLS & Fairplay

👀 Cloud Connect setup simplifications (e.g. updated guide + Terraform script)

👀 Dolby E to Dolby Digital(+) support

👀 Official Oracle storage + processing support

LIVE ENCODING

✅ SCTE-35 passthrough to HLS

✅ Static RTMPS Ingest Point

✅ Generated or Reserved Streamkeys for RTMPS

👀 Live Encoding Pools - low to no start up times

👀 Enhancements to Monitoring & Notifications

👀 Automatic Closed Captions

PLAYBACK

✅ Player Web X release

✅ Apple Vision Pro support

✅ Live Analytics Monitoring UI

✅ 1-Click enable Analytics in Bitmovin Player from Dashboard

👀 AI insights for error summary and solutions

👀 Bitmovin Advertising Module on Mobile

👀 LL-HLS support on WebSDK

👀 Analytics and Custom DRM headers in Stream Lab


For more information on any of the above items, please get in touch!
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we’ve had some questions come in on Player Web X, for example,

  • will PlayerWebX support all the same features as version8?
  • will this affect our support of version8?
  • when can I find more documentation on playerWebX

Where should people look @jacob.arends ?

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Thanks @Adrian

  • will PlayerWebX support all the same features as version8?
    • Player Web X is still in early stages so won't match v8 on features in the near future. At this point, Player Web X has a few plugins already available, namely for HLS support, early DASH support, mutlisource playlist and a compatibility layer with our V8 API, meaning the Bitmovin Player UI framework can work with Player Web X. All available plugins can be found in the NPM repository.

  • will this affect our support of version8?
    • No, our V8 Player will remain crucial to Bitmovin and our customers going forward; with it's rich feature set and years of experience-driven development in handling standard and edgecase workflows, the V8 Player Web SDK will continue to be an industry-leading Player solution for Web platforms.
    Player Web X is a separate, new player that currently focuses on specific usecases, such as short form user experiences, where performance and customisation are key.

  • when can I find more documentation on playerWebX?
    • Current documentation can be found on the NPM repository, the open-source plugin template repository, and our website. However, for any more information at this stage please get in touch where we can arrange a engineering walkthrough.
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