RELEASE NOTES¶

v2.1.x
v2.0.x
v1.173.x
v1.172.x
v1.171.x
v1.170.x
v1.169.x
v1.168.x
v1.167.x
v1.166.x
v1.165.x

v2.1.x¶

2.1.1 - 2023-05-16¶

Fixed Twitter upload not working.
Added the option to enabled/disable the use of a cpix document instead of the cpix proxy when generating VOD using the following workflows:
- vodcapture
- vodnpvr
- vodremix
- vodstream

2.1.0 - 2023-04-19¶

Cleaned up FFmpeg errors.
Added support for Linux based trickplay track generation.
Fixed an issue in the drmswitch workflow were the files array did not return full paths.
Workflows can now be setup for more concurrent task execution.

v2.0.x¶

2.0.5 - 2023-04-19¶

Changed track properties format, the old format is deprecated but still works.
Track properties can now match based on the track kind.

2.0.4 - 2023-03-31¶

Adding an index to audio tracks to avoid accessibility audio tracks from being set as the default.

2.0.3 - 2023-03-27¶

Removed + from generated filenames to avoid issues with Apache on VOD Origins

2.0.2 - 2023-03-22¶

Fixed null objects being added to the json metadata file
Added file_parameters property to vodstream to specify accessibility settings and language without needing to change the name of the file.

2.0.1 - 2023-03-13¶

Added support for USP 1.12.1.
Removed native support for USP versions older than 1.11.20.

2.0.0¶

Added official multi-tenancy support.
- Clients using a multi-tenant cluster will still have their own queue settings.
Added support for client filtering in the queue page
Client name is displayed in job rows.
Added support for continuous captures.
- This feature is experimental and needs to be explicitly specified when submitting a capture job.
- This feature enables captures that end in the future to start before the end time and continuously capture until the end time is reached.
Optimised job submission performance.
Added support for notify_subscribers for YouTube syndication.
Authentication has been made a requirement for more API endpoints.
Removed native support for USP versions older than 1.11.12.
The base images now run on top of Ubuntu 20
A new persist flag has been added to jobs.
- Jobs flagged to persist will not be cleared as part of the 30 day routines.
Added a check on ingest (vodstream) workflows to fail the job as soon as no sources are found.
General performance improvements.

v1.173.x¶

1.173.11 - 2022-12-05¶

Hotfix: Fixed a race condition where a job may be started twice if multiple controllers are present

1.173.10 - 2022-11-14¶

Hotfix: vodremix workflow no longer uss the default package options --timed_metadata --splice_media

1.173.9 - 2022-09-01¶

Hotfix: NPVR hotfix to use archiver usp packaging options.
Hotfix: NPVR hotfix to use symlinks when using local storage.
Updated local storage:
- Added support for symlinks.

1.173.8 - 2022-08-22¶

Hotfix: NPVR hotfix to support nil values for segment end iframe times.

1.173.7 - 2022-08-02¶

Hotfix: Deducting start time from the duration value when generating mp4s

1.173.6¶

Patch: Added rescue to Twitter publications to handle forbidden actions.
Patch: Changed the source used for trickplay thumbnail generation to improve performance.
Patch: Update mediatailor_channel_assembly workflow.
- Added support for updating an existing VOD sources.
Hotfix: Fixed the duration by reducing the time value from the metadata. This was causing issues when assets included capture timestamps.
Hotfix: Removed hardcoded no multiplex option when packaging DRM manifests that include FairPlay.

1.173.1¶

Improved filtering for trickplay track selection.

1.173.0¶

Bugfix: Fixed API error codes for issues when submitting a job with missing parameters.
Added support for the latest USP GA release, 1.11.9.

Callbacks¶

Added UTC date and time to all workflow callbacks
Added the client name to all workflow callbacks

VOD Capture¶

New seed parameter has been added to the clip object. This can be used instead of the content_key and key_id to capture from VUDRM encrypted streams.
Frame Accuracy is automatically enabled for captures from streams with discontinuities. This reduces the chance of audio/video sync issues.
Added support for adding trickplay to captures.

VOD Stream¶

Added support for adding trickplay to ingests.

v1.172.x¶

1.172.5 - 2021-08-18¶

Minor hot fixes introduced by 1.172.3 release

v1.172.3 - 2021-08-17¶

Added support for transmuxing when generating the mp4 based on the duration of the content.

v1.172.0 - 2021-06-07¶

Added mediatailor_channel_assembly workflow for creating and updating MediaTailor VOD playlist channels.
Added mediatailor_channel state workflow for starting, stopping and deleting MediaTailor VOD playlist channels.
Added support for the priority_threshold setting.
Minor UI updates to reflect the new setting.

VOD Capture¶

New transcode_proxy parameter for off loading frame accurate transcoding to a remote proxy.

VOD Remix¶

New stream_start_time parameter for setting the stream start time for a Live Compose stream.
New dvr_window_length parameter for setting the DVR window for Live Compose streams
New custom_active_manifest_name parameter to allow the consumer to specify the manifest name for the resulting stream.
New transcode_proxy parameter for off loading frame accurate transcoding to a remote proxy.

VOD Remix¶

New transcode_proxy parameter for off loading frame accurate transcoding to a remote proxy.

v1.171.x¶

v1.171.1 - 2021-04-08¶

Added a task to extract event metatdata to a json file.
Added event duration to the job callback within a new metadata object.
Bugfix: fixed an issue that could cause re-run job to fail.

VOD Stream¶

Output transcoding step has been updated to only execute when an mp4 is requested.
Added support for SRT subtitle files.
Optimised the process of preparing captions for packaging.
Extracting the audio track from the original source when transcoding the source.
Added support for specifying the Bitmovin encoder version for transcoding.
Added support for m4v files as encoding sources.

VOD Capture¶

Output transcoding step has been updated to only execute when an mp4 is requested.
Clip sorting for discontinuities has been improved.

VOD Remix¶

Added support for creating AVOD playlists with SCTE35 ad insertion and replacement markers.
Added support for creating live streams from VOD content with SCTE35 ad replacement markers.

Asset Delete¶

Bugfix: Added checks for empty arrays before deleting attempting to delete files.

v1.170.x¶

v1.170.4 - 2020-11-18¶

Bugfix: Fixed failing re-run job endpoint.

v1.170.3 - 2020-11-18¶

Bugfix: Transcoding file extension check was case sensitive.

v1.170.2 - 2020-10-21¶

Bugfix: Fixed issue causing some scheduled jobs to never be queued.

v1.170.1 - 2020-09-30¶

File properties in callbacks are returned as a JSON array instead of a string containing an array.
A new custom_data parameter has been added to all workflows to allow consumers to submit references they want returned in the final job callback.
Running jobs can be paused using the update job endpoint and setting the queue_state to paused.
SSL certificate verification of callbacks can be disabled.

VOD Stream¶

Bugfix: The filename for audio tracks was not being checked for a language code when the language is missing within the metadata.

VOD Capture¶

Stream decryption keys (key_id and content_key) now need to be specified as part of the clip object. This allows for the capture and stitching from two streams encrypted with different keys.
Native support for capturing from local ingested streams through a new local_source property within clip objects.

VOD Delete¶

The content_id parameter is now optional.

DRM Switch¶

For VUDRM clients, if a clear or DRMed manifest is missing when trying to switch DRM on or off, the manifest will be generated dynamically.

VOD NPVR¶

New workflow for capturing VOD from Vualto archiver segments.
This workflow is intelligent in that a segment is only uploaded once even if it is used by multiple VODs.
SCTE35 markers are preserved and included within the VOD.
Supports custom manifests that apply DRM keys from Vualto Archiver profiles to the resulting VOD.

v1.169.x¶

v1.169.3 - 2020-07-09¶

Dashboard hotfix.

v1.169.2 - 2020-07-07¶

General release build.

v1.169.1 - 2020-07-07¶

Build fixes.

v1.169.0 - 2020-07-06¶

API enhancements for UI integrations.
Updated to a newer Ruby version.
Support for specifying Bitmovin encoding region.
Bitmovin encodings now have client labels assigned.
Queue reservation functionality for priority jobs.
Optimised thumbnail and VTT generation for timeline preview thumbnails.

v1.168.x¶

v1.168.1 - 2020-03-17¶

Added workflows for:
- generating gifs
- capturing single frames as jpgs
- deleting multiple assets without deleting an entire VOD.
Added support for multiple file formats when ingesting and encoding using Bitmovin.
- Full list of supported source files are:
  - mp4
  - mov
  - mpg
  - mkv
  - avi
Added number of failed jobs in the health check endpoint response.
Bugfix: Added index to audio tracks when ingesting mp4s. This is to ensure each track name is unique.
Added support for USP 1.10.18.

v1.167.x¶

v1.167.2 - 2019-11-04¶

Bitmovin enhancements for re-packaging.

v1.167.1 - 2019-10-29¶

Bitmovin integration now supports setting the ACL permission for the mp4 outputs.

v1.167.0 - 2019-10-25¶

Added support for Azure Blob Storage as a source and/or destination storage option.
- The option needs to be specified as azure_blob.
Added the functionality to encode ingest source into multiple smaller resolutions.
- Caveat: Currently this only works if there is a single MP4 source in the ingest folder.
Task Engine version is now visible within the queue page and returned as part of the health check api request.
Updates to the preview thumbnail (trickplay) generation to improve performance.
Updated VOD remix:
- Added support for Frame Accurate clips.
- Added option for setting the profile (for a clip) for the remix output.
Updated Task Engine queue and logs UI.
- Completed status filter will no longer load failed jobs.
- Search by job IDs is now supported. Multiple job IDs must be comma separated.
- There is no longer a requirement for both From and To date to be provided for the date filter to work.
- Search results will now include the Created At information for the jobs.
- Word wrapping has been added to logs.
Added output_root option to all workflows.
API error codes updated.
CPIX support for DRM packaging.
Completed vodremix workflow.

v1.166.x¶

v1.166.8 - 2019-09-04¶

Hotfix: Updated DRM switch callback message.

v1.166.7 - 2019-08-20¶

Hotfix: supporting spaces in file inputs/outputs.

v1.166.6 - 2019-08-14¶

Added support for USP 1.10.12.
Removed support for USP 1.8.5.

v1.166.5 - 2019-08-13¶

Added visible field to log with show_all param toggling.
Improvements to the build_thumbnails workflow.
Complete re-write of the way storage is handled:
- Storage controller dictates which storage medium is used.
- S3 storage re-written to support this.
- Added local storage support.
- Added support for different source and destination storage types within the same job.
  - Eg. Source for ingest can be a local MP4 and the destination for the packaged content is S3.
Rewrite of DRM switch.
Added vodcapture.json optional parameter “output_root” to specify the output root key.
Added vodcapture.json optional parameter “empty_target” to specify whether to delete the contents of the output folder or not.
New versioning system for the Task Engine.

v1.165.x¶

v1.165.0 - 2019-02-15¶

Fixed issue with retry job call from the front end (queue page).
Fixed bug with job scheduler not assigning the correct run_at time.
Added a health check endpoint for improved Zabbix monitoring.
Added proper support for TransDRM (without subtitles).
Creating a clear manifest now requires the clear option to be added to the DRM list.
Added build_thumbnails workflow (builds thumbnail sprite and vtt file for VOD content).
Added transcoding option back to mp4 generation due to compatibility issues with Twitter.
Added support for applying track properties to manifest files.
- These can be added either through the job JSON payload or saved in Central Configuration.