Release Notes

8.31.5

Release date 11 November 2024

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Changed

• Updated libx265 to v3.5

8.31.4

Release date 31 October 2024

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Changed

• X265 Encoder version upgraded to 3.5 for DolbyVision outputs.

8.31

Release date 17 October 2024

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Added

• New Qualify version 2024.10.1
• New Qualify+Transcoding plans for AWS Marketplace integration
• Added the possibility to pass a hash file for the 'hash_value_test' Qualify test along with sidecar files.
• Apply the video_tag for the mxf_op1a output format and the XDCAM video codec
• MP4 container support for the adaptive_intermediate output
• Fixed an issue with signed S3 URLs and QC jobs on Azure cloud

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Changed

• Statistics charts in UI interface include sub-Users data

📘

Fixed

• Wrong MXF timecode for video_codec=copy

Check the latest API changes here.

8.30.3

Release date 14 October 2024

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Added

• Retry task in case of I/O error

8.30.2

Release date 08 October 2024

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Changed

• Improved Qualify jobs stability

8.30.1

Release date 02 October 2024

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Changed

• Upgraded Aspera client to v4.4.4

8.30

Release date 19 September 2024

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Added

• New version of the Qualify 2024.9.1
• Parameter to check the maximum audio output level when the dialnorm threshold is specified

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Changed

• Improved Qualify jobs stability

📘

Fixed

• Audio distortion for DolbyE audio

Check the latest API changes here.

8.29.2

Release date 22 August 2024

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Fixed

• DVB subtitles desync when Dolby audio codecs were used

8.29

Release date 15 August 2024

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Added

• Preserve style and positioning when converting TTML to WebVTT
• API parameter to properly decode the GXF source file if it uses sequential field number increments for frame-encoded video
• S3 storage class support for output destinations
• New values for crop_type option in auto_crop section

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Changed

• ommcp_repack* option is available for mxf_op1a format

📘

Fixed

• Updated source tab styles and snapshot cases
• Invalid Kag size warning for XDCAM in MXF
• Bitrate adjustment for DNxHD codec
• MCC-to-MCC conversion improvements

Check the latest API changes here.

8.28

Release date 25 July 2024

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Added

• New Qualify container 2024.7.1
• Amazon Marketplace integration

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Changed

• New UI style

8.27.3

Release date 18 July 2024

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Added

• API parameter to round the specified bitrate value to the nearest allowed bitrate from DNxHD profiles
• DVB subtitles mux type for MPEG-TS ouptut
• support of copy closed captions muxed to MP4 as WebVTT (wvtt) or as TTML (stpp) track
• support of muxing WebVTT to MP4 as WebVTT (wvtt) track
• support of muxing TTML to MP4 as TTML (stpp) track

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Fixed

• Qualify template validation fix in UI
• Avoid failing encoding job in case of single output teletext channel specified
• Incorrect usage (debt) calculation on prepay plan refill
• UI: Qualify template “Caption Paint Style” test form bugfix
• Qualify jobs table improvement in UI
• Watchfolder UI bugfix

Check the latest API changes here.

8.27.2

Release date 28 June 2024

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Fixed

• Loudness normalization improved in case of padding black

8.27.1

Release date 24 June 2024

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Fixed

• 5.1-to-stereo downmix fixed for PCM outputs processed by DEE if source stream loudness within specified loudness threshold

8.27

Release date 20 June 2024

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Added

• Support for WebVTT files with timestamps without hours
• Timecode framerate conversion during timecode copy when the source and output frame rates are different

📘

Fixed

• repack of DV5 MP4 intermediate source
• Intermittent issue with CML source download

8.26.1

Release date 29 May 2024

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Fixed

• Custom usage graph in the UI improved

8.26

Release date 23 May 2024

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Added

• New format parameter charset: specify the character set for srt output format for caption-to-caption conversion jobs.

📘

Fixed

• Windows instances health check improved
• Incorrect closed caption extraction (wrong timestamps) for some kind of sources

8.25

Release date 16 May 2024

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Added

• Updated Qualify version to 2024.2.3

👍

Changed

• Improved upload speed for assume role destinations

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Fixed

• Hide: Upgrade notes from UI

8.24

Release date 09 May 2024

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Changed

• Retry for ludicrous mode chunk encoding if it fails

📘

Fixed

• Confirmation message is displayed upon support ticket submission

8.23.1

Release date 03 May 2024

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Fixed

• Trim points calculation if the source TC value overflows 24 hours

8.23

Release date 02 May 2024

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Added

• Pushed new Qualify container 2024.2.2 (v39)
• More logs from Qualify run are saved when it fails
• Added confirmation prompt when user is editing the template and tries to leave the page without saving

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Changed

• Increased amount of memory available for Qualify container to improve stability.

📘

Fixed

• Audio stream extraction fixed in case if DolbyE output requested and loudnorm enabled for only certain streams

8.22

Release date 25 April 2024

📘

Fixed

• Fixed parsing of STL input files containing blocks with user data
• Akamai upload is retried in case of an error

8.21

Release date 18 April 2024

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Fixed

• incorrect PTS in the intermediate source after muxing 608/708 Closed Captions into the video elementary stream

8.20

Release date 11 April 2024

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Added

• New API parameter ommq_data for mxf_op1a output, to add specific omneon metadata
• Added support for merging multiple CC sources in a single SCC output
• Added frame_wrapping parameter to control audio frame wrapping mode in MXF OP-a outputs
• Added force_clap parameter to force insert clean aperture metadata for Apple ProRes outputs
• Added progress in Qualify UI

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Fixed

• Fixed qc_check error in UI
• Corrected Time Code Rate value in closed captions MCC outputs
• Fixed problems with conversions/parsing between intermediate formats (SRT, SCC)

Check the latest API changes here.

8.19

Release date 04 April 2024

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Changed

• In UI, restrict removing Qualify layouts used in Templates

8.18

Release date 28 March 2024

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Changed

• Improved speed and stability of Baton QC jobs.

📘

Fixed

• Fixed missing lines when converting RollUp SCC to WebVTT with enabled roll-up emulation
• New API parameter to disable RollUp emulation when converting SCC to other formats
• Burn-In subtitles for advanced multisource medias

8.17

Release date 21 March 2024

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Added

• Per minute usage report for some resources

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Changed

• Improved Qualify EditTemplate error messaging

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Fixed

• Fixed minor issues with watchfolder settings

8.16.2

Release date 19 March 2024

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Changed

• Updated the logic of the set_video_duration API parameter, so it works for all cases when the audio duration is less than, more than, or equal to the video duration.

📘

Fixed

• fixed set_video_duration parameter was ignored if loudnorm parameters were used in the API request

Check the latest API changes here.

8.16

Release date 14 March 2024

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Added

• Audio codec pcm_s24be is available for the following formats: mov, mxf, mxf_op1a

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Changed

• Referenced video and audio streams file names and formats according to customer’s requirements.

📘

Fixed

• fixed missing and duplicate lines after EraseDisplayMemory command when converting Roll-Up SCC to Webvtt

8.15

Release date 07 March 2024

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Added

• Added new parameter send_pdf for qc_qualify_validation test

📘

Fixed

• Fixed “Process Fell Down” error
• Added custom reset functionality in UI component and fixed existing functionality for change event in UI component

8.14.2

Release date 06 March 2024

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Added

• API parameter to force set video duration to output

8.14

Release date 29 February 2024

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Added

• Option to pre-convert CC to other format, before conversion to final format
• New option notify_body_format, when set to raw, XML/JSON is sent without modifications, unlike the default behavior which sends it as URL-encoded form data. The Content-Type header will be set accordingly.
• New Qualify container v38 (2023.12.2)

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Changed

• Updated UI components to the latest versions

📘

Fixed

• Make start/finish parameters specified as timecodes correctly accepted on closed captions clipping
• Security issues in UI.

8.13

Release date 22 February 2024

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Fixed

• Fixed an issue where S3 uploads were getting stuck when using the 'assume role'

8.12

Release date 15 February 2024

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Changed

• Improved S3 transfer logging

8.11

Release date 08 February 2024

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Added

• New format option copy_audio_streams to specify which audio streams to copy in case of audio_codec is copy
• Ability to configure/run Qualify media in UI and Qualify support in WatchFolders.

👍

Changed

• Updated Mainconcept SDK version for mainconcept_avc video codec processing

📘

Fixed

• Prevent jobs from failing if duration parameters in source CML are specified as timestamps instead of timecodes.
• Timecode handling is improved.
• Detection of teletext closed captions multiplexed in MXF as 436m data stream
• QC API Request validation

8.10

Release date 01 February 2024

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Changed

• Improved processing of Dolby Vision assets with a complex Ad-Breaks list

8.09

Release date 25 January 2024

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Added

• Added new parameter 'return_url' for the GetQualifyReport API call. The parameter makes the call return URL address of the report.

📘

Fixed

• Segment-aligned image playlist generation improved if the duration between ad breaks is comparable with the keyframe interval.

8.08

Release date 18 January 2024

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Added

• More logs from Qualify run are saved when it fails

👍

Changed

• Referenced video stream file name according to customer’s requirements

📘

Fixed

• fixed “wrong endpoint” error ignore during single-threaded S3 transfer
• Source S3 bucket location auto-detect with assume-role and non-specified region
• Fixed a problem with automatic region detection
• Proper timed test subtitles muxing for mp4 in ludicrous mode
• Redundant DolbyE extract disabled for video only tasks
• Bug for some multi-source jobs with a specific set of parameters

8.07

Release date 11 January 2024

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Added

• Improved internal logging to catch the issue related to allocating EBS
• Increased Baton progress timeout to improve stability with large source QC jobs
• A possibility to get additional detailed notifications while processing the job

👍

Changed

• Qualify tasks balancing and scaling improved: added dynamical scaling of required slots based on source parameters and instance type

📘

Fixed

• Audio channel number passing for direct advanced multisource in case of simple audio mapping, Audio normalization for silent sources removed.

8.06

Release date 04 January 2024

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Added

• New format parameter for API request for referenced MOV format, that makes it be re-packed with special omneon tool (ommcp). Only needed for special purposes.

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