Changelog

All notable changes to filter_fastpix are documented here. The format is
based on Keep a Changelog and this
project follows Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.3] — 2026-06-15

Changed

• Video player is now served from your Moodle site, not a public CDN. The
  FastPix player and the HLS library are loaded from the locally-vendored copies
  shipped with local_fastpix and mod_fastpix (ADR-017), so embeds no longer
  fetch any JavaScript from jsdelivr. This meets the Moodle Plugins Directory
  requirement that all JavaScript be served from the Moodle site.

Fixed

• Embeds no longer break against the latest companion plugins. mod_fastpix
  removed its PLAYER_LIB_URL constant when the player moved to local_fastpix;
  the filter now consumes the new local_fastpix player surface instead, and
  resolves the HLS library to an absolute URL so embeds work on Moodle sites
  installed in a subdirectory.

Fixed (Plugins Directory compliance)

• No more inline CSS. The player wrapper's style="…" attribute and the
  element styling set in JavaScript were moved into a new styles.css scoped to
  .filter_fastpix-player-wrapper. Inline CSS is forbidden by the Moodle coding
  style.


• GPL header added to the JavaScript module. amd/src/player_boot.js now
  carries the standard Moodle GPL boilerplate header like every other source file.

Requirements

• Now requires local_fastpix and mod_fastpix 2026061500 or newer (the
  versions that serve the player/HLS libraries locally).

[1.0.2] — 2026-06-14

Added

• Plugin name shown on the admin plugin-overview page. Added the
  pluginname language string so the plugin lists with a friendly name
  alongside its filter name.


• .gitattributes for tidier release zips. Repository/CI tooling
  (.github, .gitignore, .gitattributes) is now excluded from the published
  plugin archive; plugin code, language strings, templates, AMD build output and
  tests are still shipped.

[1.0.1] — 2026-06-13

Changed

• Permission-denied views are recorded as a standard Moodle event, not a raw
  server-log line. When a viewer without permission opens content containing
  FastPix embeds, the filter now triggers a capability_denied event once per
  page render (carrying the number of embeds denied) instead of writing to the
  server error log per embed. This is visible in Moodle's standard log/report
  tools and removes the previously flagged raw error_log() call. The
  user-facing behaviour is unchanged — each shortcode still shows as escaped
  plain text and no video plays.

1.0.0 — 2026-06-04

First release. A text filter that turns a short code into a playable FastPix
video anywhere Moodle lets you type rich text.

Added

• Embed videos with a short code. Type {fastpix:pb_<playback_id>} in a
  forum post, Page, Book, assignment description, quiz question, label, or
  course summary, and it becomes a working video player.


• Embed any public video, from any workspace. You can embed a public video
  by its playback id even if it isn't in this site's FastPix library — it can
  live in any FastPix org or workspace. Public playback needs no token, so the
  filter renders a tokenless player straight from the id and the browser plays
  the stream. The server still makes no FastPix network call.


• A clean, branded player. Videos in this site's library play with your
  accent colour and the video title, matching the look of the FastPix activity.


• Helpful messages instead of broken players. For a video in this site's
  library that can't be embedded, the viewer sees a clear note explaining why:
  
  
  
  • a known public video still processing ' "This video is unavailable."
  
  
  • DRM-protected ' "…cannot be played in an embed. Open it in its FastPix
    activity to watch."
  
  
  • private ' "This video is private and can only be watched in its FastPix
    activity…"
  
  
  
  


• Fast page loads. The video player loads in the background, so pages with
  embeds open quickly.


• No personal data stored. The filter keeps nothing about who watched what.


• Tested. Comes with automated tests covering the main cases.

Security

• Only people allowed to view the video can see it. Anyone without
  permission just sees the plain short code text — never the video.


• Only public videos are embedded. Private and DRM videos are never shown
  here; a known private/DRM video points the viewer to the FastPix activity, and
  a foreign private/DRM id simply fails to play in the browser. No playback token
  is ever minted for a video the filter can't verify, so nothing leaks.


• No watch tracking. Embeds are for casual viewing — nothing is recorded
  and nothing is sent to the gradebook.

Requirements

• Moodle 4.5 LTS or newer.


• The local_fastpix and mod_fastpix plugins installed.

Good to know

• Embeds play public videos only — but a public video can come from any
  FastPix org or workspace, it doesn't have to be in this site's library. For
  DRM, private playback, watch tracking, or grading, use the FastPix
  activity instead.


• Because the filter can't tell a foreign public id from a wrong or deleted one
  without contacting FastPix, a bad id now renders a player that fails to load
  rather than the "This video is unavailable." message. Double-check the id if
  a player doesn't play.