RELEASE NOTES

• 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

v1.173.x

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 - 18/08/2021

• Minor hot fixes introduced by 1.172.3 release

v1.172.3 - 17/08/2021

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

v1.172.0 - 07/06/2021

• 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 - 08/04/2021

• 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 - 18/11/2020

• Bugfix: Fixed failing re-run job endpoint.

v1.170.3 - 18/11/2020

• Bugfix: Transcoding file extension check was case sensitive.

v1.170.2 - 21/10/2020

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

v1.170.1 - 30/09/2020

• 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 - 09/07/2020

• Dashboard hotfix.

v1.169.2 - 07/07/2020

• General release build.

v1.169.1 - 07/07/2020

• Build fixes.

v1.169.0 - 06/07/2020

• 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 - 17/03/2020

• 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 - 04/11/2019

• Bitmovin enhancements for re-packaging.

v1.167.1 - 29/10/2019

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

v1.167.0 - 25/10/2019

• 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 - 04/09/2019

• Hotfix: Updated DRM switch callback message.

v1.166.7 - 20/08/2019

• Hotfix: supporting spaces in file inputs/outputs.

v1.166.6 - 14/08/2019

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

v1.166.5 - 13/08/2019

• 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 - 15/02/2019

• 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.