As part of the 3.8.0 release of Video Portal, besides a couple of bug fixes, there were also introduced few features:
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You can find more about the new behavior by looking at this video: Widget Connector
Buffer length limit
If configured, the video player from the landing will not buffer seconds more than the value specified. This does not guarantee a minimum buffer time for the video, but only that the buffer time will not exceed the set limit.
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