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‎theoplayer/api-reference/roku.md‎

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| src | string | | read | The current URL of the media resource. |
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| theolive | THEOlive API | | read | API node for THEOlive operations. |
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| textTracks | roArray of roAssociativeArrays | [] | read,write | Provides information about text and metadata tracks detected automatically in video. Each Associative array has the following fields: id - track identifier, label - track description, language - track language, mode - determines track state, available values: disabled, showing, hidden, activeCues: the current cue for this track |
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| version | string | | read | The version of the THEOplayer Roku SDK. |
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| deleted | boolean | Optional. Whether the distribution has been deleted. |
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| endpoints | roArray of Endpoints | An array of endpoints. |
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| externalId | string | Optional. The distribution's external ID. |
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| id | string | The distribution's ID. |
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| maxBitrate | integer | Optional. The maximum bitrate of the distribution. |
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| name | string | The distribution's name. |

‎theoplayer/changelog.md‎

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- [Version 5.x and 6.x](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v6/changelog/)
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- [Version 2.x, 3.x and 4.x](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/v4/changelog/)
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## 🚀 11.6.0 (2026/07/03)
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### General
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#### ✨ Features
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- Added `externalId` to OptiView Live distribution metadata exposed by the `distributionloaded` event.
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### Web
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#### 🐛 Issues
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- Fixed an issue where an OptiView Live stream was incorrectly flagged as offline during slow startup.
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- Fixed an issue where ID3 text tracks did not initially have a `TextTrack.type` set when playing inside a `WKWebView` on iOS.
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- Fixed an issue where the player would error on some specific HLS streams with TTML subtitles.
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- Fixed an issue where the player would create gaps in the buffer around discontinuities in certain HLS streams, which could result in undesirable gap jumps or short freezes during playback.
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- Fixed an issue where the player sometimes would play only audio after a stall when playing an HESP stream.
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- Fixed an issue where the device motion controls were not working in VR on mobile Chrome browsers.
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- Fixed an issue where the device motion orientation in VR was inverted on mobile Chrome browsers.
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- Fixed an issue where VR videos were being rendered upside down on iPad Safari.
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### Android
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- CMCD ad event reporting is now supported for all ad integrations (and no longer limited to just OptiView Ads).
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#### ⚡ Improvements
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- Added optional provider information to OptiView Live endpoints.
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#### 🐛 Issues
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- Fixed an issue where an OptiView Ads overlay stays onscreen indefinitely after it has expired.
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- Fixed an issue where Double Box and L-shape layouts were incorrectly shown in Picture-in-Picture mode with OptiView Ads.
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- Fixed an issue where the player would crash if OptiView Ads playback was started while in Picture-in-Picture mode.
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- Fixed an issue where the ads UI could get stuck after playing two consecutive ad breaks with OptiView Ads.
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- Added support for customData on the Ad and AdBreak protocols.
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- Fixed an issue where the duration of OptiView Break Manifest Ads were not respected.
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- Fixed an issue where changing or clearing `player.source` while playing an HESP stream could cause the app to crash due to an internal race condition.
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- Fixed an issue where transitioning between IMA prerolls would cause the PiP window to close.
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- Fixed an issue where sources with multiple IMA prerolls would load trailing prerolls after the main content.
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- Fixed an issue where setting a source with an IMA ad while another source with an ad is playing would cause a crash.
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- Fixed an issue where scheduling IMA ads causes a momentary black screen in main content.
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- Fixed an issue where ads from different systems would overlap with OptiView Ads.
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- Fixed an issue in OptiView Ads where the layout would switch to single momentarily in between companion ads.
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- Fixed an issue where during ad playback in PiP, the original player view continues to playback main content.
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- Fixed an issue where double box and L-shape ads don't show in PiP.
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- Fixed an issue where Ads would remain in double box layout after finishing.
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- Added client-side ad beaconing for MediaKind SSAI streams.
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- Added session beacons for the MediaKind connector.
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- Removed automatic use of `START=Live` for live MediaKind streams. The client now can specify the live stream URL params.
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- Fixed an issue with OptiView Ads where setting overlay positions (top/bottom/left/right) to 0 was not supported.
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- Fixed an issue where the player could crash on Sky Glass/Puck when `autoplay` is set to `true`.
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- Added support for OptiView Live Streams with JWT token security on iOS Safari. Note that this requires a long-lived token that remains valid for the entire playback session. For short-lived tokens, we recommend [using a service worker](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/how-to-guides/web/theolive/token-based-security/#short-lived-tokens-using-service-worker).
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For more info on navigating our breaking changes, take a look at our migration guides for [Web](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/getting-started/sdks/web/migrating-to-theoplayer-11/), [Android](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/getting-started/sdks/android/migrating-to-theoplayer-11/), [iOS](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/getting-started/sdks/ios/migrating-to-theoplayer-11/) and [React Native](https://optiview.dolby.com/docs/theoplayer/getting-started/frameworks/react-native/migrating-to-react-native-theoplayer-11/).
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