Release 8.29 07/07/2025
We’re pleased to release the 8.29 version of the Blue Billywig Online Video Platform.
- We now show the name of the connected playlist in the Elements tab of the Channel editor.
- We’ve added the aria-expanded attribute to several panels of the player for better accessibility.
- We’ve updated the design of the subtitle generation dialog to better reflect the results of the possible actions.
- We’ve improved the quality of images in Channels on screens with a high(er) pixel density.
- Content Protection restrictions no longer apply to preview screens for logged in OVP users.
- Added the “hero” image variant to thumbnail sets as a 16:9 alternative.
- Fixed an issue with datepickers being covered by other fields.
- Fixed an issue with the alignment of the close button in the transcript sidebar.
- Fixed an issue with the Channels detail page alignment rendering.
- Fixed some issues with scrolling in Channels.
- Fixed an issue with user creation in combination with password managers.
SDK
- Fixed an issue with the advertisement skip counter ticking down while the advertisement was paused on iOS.
- We now withhold ad request URLs from logging by default on both iOS and Android.
- Improved the support for different companion clip sizes on iOS.