# video.js v8.24.0

- Product: video.js (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/video-js)
- Vendor: videojs
- Date: 2026-08-03
- Version: v8.24.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/videojs/video.js/releases/tag/v8.24.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/video-js/releases/v8.24.0

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- **added** — Add support for marking player as maincontent in poster
- **fixed** — Focus the play toggle instead of the tech element on Edge to avoid a black frame with hardware-accelerated protected playback
- **fixed** — Add missing Japanese (ja) translation for "Playing in Picture-in-Picture"
- **fixed** — Update nn (Norwegian Nynorsk) translations

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#### [8.24.0](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/compare/v8.23.9...v8.24.0) (2026-08-03)

###### Features

-   **poster:** add support for marking player as maincontent ([#9173](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9173)) ([bf013ba](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/bf013ba))

###### Bug Fixes

-   focus the play toggle instead of the tech element on Edge to avoid a black frame with hardware-accelerated protected playback ([#9217](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9217)) ([f337747](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/f337747))
-   **lang:** add missing Japanese (ja) translation for "Playing in Picture-in-Picture" ([#9209](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9209)) ([adc132a](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/adc132a))
-   **lang:** Update nn (Norwegian Nynorsk) translations ([#9208](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9208)) ([60accc0](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/60accc0))

###### Documentation

-   point Quick Start zencdn links at hosted 8.23.6 ([#9215](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9215)) ([16fdbab](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/16fdbab))
-   **types:** document Player.error(null) for clearing MediaError ([#9174](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/9174)) ([1ce2b21](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/commit/1ce2b21))

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