Audio tracks, subtitles and user consent

This release adds support for audio tracks and subtitles.

Audio tracks and subtitles

• Add media selection APIs to retrieve available and selected audio tracks and subtitles or to change the current selection.
• Display forced subtitles when available.
• Automatically prefer tracks intended for Audio Description and SDH & CC depending on device accessibility settings.
• Override media selection programmatically.
• Override subtitle text style programmatically (WebVTT only).
• Provide standard menu for audio tracks and subtitles.

Global analytics labels and user consent support

• You can optionally provide an AnalyticsDataSource when starting Analytics. This data source can be used to deliver global labels in all comScore and Commanders Act events.
• User consent can be provided in comScore and Commanders Act global labels.

Breaking changes

• The restart and canRestart APIs have been renamed as replay and canReplay respectively. These APIs now always resume playback if needed.

Miscellaneous improvements

• Prevent playback of content containing at least a blocked segment.
• Improve automatic visibility management.
• Improve SRG SSR resource resolution to prefer HLS streams when available, most notably for SWI content.
• Add playbackSpeed binding API.
• Provide playback speed selection in standard menu API.
• Remove unused Diagnostics and UserInterface packages.
• Remove unused Google Cast SDK dependency.

Fixes

• Fix playback crashing when seeking near the end of some streams.
• Always send uptime to Commanders Act for livestreams, no matter the offset from the live edge.
• Fix player leak on tvOS.
• Fix never-ending slider interactions.
• Retrieve SRG SSR metadata on a device basis (vector).
• Fix unplayable RTS audio content.

What's Changed

• Update CI documentation for reliable git-describe results by @defagos in #497
• Generate local stream for subtitles and audio tracks by @waliid in #498
• Add support for subtitles and audio tracks by @defagos in #516
• Reduce stale bot threshold by @defagos in #517
• Retrieve media composition specific to supported vectors by @defagos in #519
• Avoid sound playing for a short while after system player UI dismissal on tvOS by @defagos in #522
• Add WWDC Keynote stream to examples by @defagos in #525
• Keep user interface visible when seeking within an audio by @defagos in #527
• Properly ensure menu item ordering by @defagos in #529
• Always send uptime for livestreams by @defagos in #531
• Replace deprecated stale bot with maintained one by @defagos in #530
• Use view modifiers where appropriate by @defagos in #532
• Show user interface when returning to the foreground while not playing by @defagos in #526
• Fix neverending custom slider interactions by @defagos in #528
• Add support for forced subtitles by @defagos in #533
• Show user interface when playback is paused by @defagos in #535
• Add SDH and CC support by @defagos in #536
• Update correctly subtitle selection by @waliid in #538
• Update advice about automatic audio rendition selection by @defagos in #539
• Enhancing the media selection options by @waliid in #544
• Update YouTubeKit by @waliid in #543
• Support subtitle appearance customization by @defagos in #545
• Improve default language ordering by @waliid in #546
• Add priority on supported streaming methods by @waliid in #547
• Reset media selection context when no item is being played by @defagos in #549
• Make efficient seeks near the end of the available range safe by @waliid in #550
• Rename restart API as replay by @defagos in #551
• Add audio tracks and subtitles analytics by @waliid in #552
• Fix media composition parsing by @waliid in #554
• Use page name instead of content title for Commanders Act by @waliid in #557
• Prevent any chapter from being played if one of its segments is blocked by @defagos in #558
• Add support for user consent by @waliid in #561
• Cleanup unused packages and dependencies by @defagos in #565
• Use Commanders Act debug source key in unit tests by @defagos in #563
• Revisit menu API by @defagos in #570
• Update for Xcode 15 and iOS / tvOS 17 support by @defagos in #569

Full Changelog: 0.5.1...0.6.0