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Adding an Application ID to the Player Embed Code
Adding Captions to Videos Programmatically
Adding Chapters to a Video
Brightcove Player 6 Now Default Version
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Custom Endscreen Plugin
Display Overlay Plugin
Google Analytics Self Configuration
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Player Configuration Guide
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Social Media Plugin
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Brightcove Player Release Notes

This page tracks Brightcove Player release information

Note: By default, updates are applied to all players automatically. To prevent auto-updating of a player you must set it to manual updating (also known as locking a player). You can do this in the Studio Players module (external site) or using the Player Management API.

Opting out of auto-updates should be a temporary measure, applied while you resolve any issues that the update creates. If you do not update players to the current version, you are missing out on new features and bug-fixes, and older versions of the player will cease to be supported at some point.

For older player release notes, see the archive.

For older plugin release notes, see the individual plugin pages.

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Page last updated on 20 Jul 2021

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