BigBlueButton v2.2.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-03-06 // about 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ After six release candidates, this is the final release of BigBlueButton 2.2.0. Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback over the development cycle. We've worked hard to make this release as solid as possible.

    The changes improve several areas: audio, webcams, external video sharing, slide conversion

    ๐Ÿ›  Fixed:

    • Implement WebAudio fallback (addressing audio in Safari) #8683
    • cron.daily now deletes both .opus and .wav #8712
    • Properly handle voice call state with FreeSWITCH listen-only connections #8707
    • Various changes to external video sharing aiming at increasing stability #8674#8700 #8695
    • Harden the cursor streamer emit logic #8693
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix broken shortcut keys #8650
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix idChatOpen Session usage #8714

    ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved:

    • โšก๏ธ Updated Kurento Media Server to version 6.13 #8715 #8716
    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ Use internal messages for call state instead of DTMF #8648
    • Utilize Meteor session id instead of trusting client side passed credentials #8613
    • ๐Ÿšš Move location of presentation page blank files #8706
    • Harden some server-side collection selectors #8703
    • Various improvements to presentation conversion #8691 #8641 #8682 #8641
    • Turn off png generation #8675
    • ๐Ÿšš Move kick user option to bottom of options list #8673
    • โšก๏ธ Updated packages to include security fixes #8677 #8686
    • โœ‚ Removed some unused packages #8680 #8667 #8669
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix user-list item text-overflow #8647
    • โž• Add license and copyright info for HTML5 client #8720
    • Track listen only ICE connection state to trigger reconnections #8719