We are very happy to announce the official release of dash.js version 5.0.0. All information can be found below. Please be aware that there are new build formats and also the URLs to the CDN hosted files were changed accordingly. A migration guide can be found here. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all dash.js developers who contributed to this major milestone, especially Bertrand Berthelot, Casey Occhialini, Stephan Schreiner, MatÃas Rodriguez, Joaquin Bartaburu, Gregory McGarry and Björn Altmann.
Moreover, we would like to thank SVTA /DASH-IF for the continuous support of the dash.js project.
Official release notes on Github: https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js/releases/tag/v5.0.0
The CDN hosted files are available here:
- UMD legacy build: https://cdn.dashjs.org/v5.0.0/legacy/umd/dash.all.min.js
- UMD modern build: https://cdn.dashjs.org/v5.0.0/modern/umd/dash.all.min.js
- ESM modern build: https://cdn.dashjs.org/v5.0.0/modern/esm/dash.all.min.js
Docs: https://cdn.dashjs.org/v5.0.0/jsdoc/index.html
DASH-IF Hosted Player: https://reference.dashif.org/dash.js/v5.0.0/samples/dash-if-reference-player/index.html
Samples Page: https://reference.dashif.org/dash.js/v5.0.0/samples/index.html
Archived versions of the Reference Player: https://reference.dashif.org/dash.js/
Official NPM Project: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dashjs
Jason Thibeault
Jason is the CEO of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance, the international technical association for streaming video which brings companies from across the streaming ecosystem together to collaborate on technical solutions to delivering high-quality video at scale. In this role, he runs day-to-day operations, finances, member recruitment, strategy, and evangelizes the organization at events around the world. He is also the co-founder of a big data startup, datazoom.io. Jason is a contributing editor at Streaming Media Magazine and has written several books.