Release Notes Archive 2021
6.72
Release date 30 December 2021
Fixed
- Failing DEE Audio flow and Dolby Atmos processing for media with Ludicrous Mode
- SSL/TLS for the FTP connection
- AC3 audio codec support in DEE processing
6.71
Release date 23 December 2021
Added
- Alternate Source From External Manifest
- Cablelabs Low Audio Bitrate
- Updated Baton QC version
Fixed
- "Request rate over limit" error for Trial users on media submission in UI
- Missing "Disable EPSV mode" for FTP WatchFolders in UI
- Disabled video frames number check in QC auto if output media doesn't contain any video stream
- Failing thumbnail output in case we can't determine source media height
- Ignore ad_breaks that are out of output media duration
6.70
Release date 16 December 2021
Disabled
- Disabled access to the old UI.
Added
Fixed
- Missing data for GetQueueStats API request in some cases
- Incorrect FPS count for output with specified padding
- Unnecessary double URL-encode of special characters in master manifest if basename specified
6.69
Release date 09 December 2021
Added
- UI-users and Sub-users are now consolidated. Now Sub-users can be managed via UI.
Fixed
- Closed Captions muxing step failing with a rerun limit exceeded error in some cases
- Incorrect Closed Captions if the padding or cut_black output parameters were specified
- DEE loudness measurement added for input_speech
- Improved edge case source media parameters check for media with Ludicrous Mode enabled
6.68
Release date 02 December 2021
Added
Fixed
- Failed to create Image Media Playlist thumbnails if output format has encryption
- Error in media processing if source media has a video codec marked as "none+ap4x"
6.67
Release date 25 November 2021
Added
Fixed
- Failing QC preparation task if master manifest contains relative sub-path
- Extraction of Closed Captions from H.264 elementary stream muxed as user_data_unregistered SEI messages.
- Thumbnail set output progress stuck in some cases
- Error on DEE Loudness measurement in media with Ludicrous Mode
- Unnecessary letter case change in Closed Captions sub_path
- QC Baton task restart in case of internal Baton error
- Proper FTP error check before attempting to apply alternate methods like enabling passive mode etc.
- Missing keyframe before black_padding_end
6.66
Release date 18 November 2021
Added
Fixed
- Support of copying VANC Line 12 closed captions from the source file.
- Incorrect behavior of alternate source sub_path if additional_alternate_id specified.
- Missing formatting of WebVTT closed captions on converting to SCC.
- Failing Okta SAML Authentication with "Invalid SSO Data" error.
6.65
Release date 11 November 2021
Fixed
- QC Baton tests failing on initialization step in rare cases
- Muxing of audio stream processed with Dolby Encoding Engine into mainconcept_mxf output format
- Corrupted audio stream if cut-black applied
- Incorrect WebVTT file name indexes for Multi Job media
- Failing 436m Closed Captions extraction from MXF in some cases
6.64
Release date 02 November 2021
Fixed
- Colorspace handling for BT2020 source files in media with HDR10 output
- Letter case preservation in closed captions and alternate sources language and name tags
- Loudness normalization for Dolby Encoding Engine
- Handling of passive FTP error and switch to active mode
6.63
Release date 28 October 2021
Added
- Alternate Source Sub Path
- Multitrack WAV output
Fixed
- Failing upload of multiple files to FTP destinations if the server works in active mode.
- Incorrect PlayReady DRM PSSH box of mpeg_cbcs encrypted output
6.62
Release date 21 October 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect audio stream selection for loudnorm for some sources
- Wrong region selection in QC media if processing region selected automatically.
- Missing EXTINF Data in I-Frame Playlist
6.61
Release date 14 October 2021
Added
- Main Manifest Sub Path
- Extraction GXF closed captions from source files
Fixed
- Mainconcept MXF output muxing stuck in some cases.
- Media progress estimation and inconsistent percentage calculation.
- Additional fix of incorrect timecode track copy for media with Ludicrous Mode
6.60
Release date 07 October 2021
Added
Fixed
- Large source files handling
- Incorrect statistics for multi-bitrate output format if alternate sources specified
6.59
Release date 30 September 2021
Fixed
- Special character escaping in the Nielsen XML Data files
- MXF muxing sync issues for some sources with Ludicrous Mode enabled
- General encoding pre-processing performance improvements
Deprecated
- End of support of these output formats: roku_hls, roku_800, roku_1200, roku_1800, roku_2700, appletv, appletv_43, 3gp, psp, wowza_multibitrate_mp4, kindle_fire, vp6_flix
6.58
Release date 23 September 2021
Fixed
- Failing QC Auto media if parent media destination file name contains extension
- Failing closed captions extraction from source with empty ANC Essence Container
- Incorrect timecode track copy for media with Ludicrous Mode
- Missing AFD in MXF MPEG Video Essence Descriptor
6.57
Release date 16 September 2021
Fixed
- Mono to 5.1 audio upmixing media failing
- Missing PSSH box for Fairplay DRM
- Optimized preparation of QC tests for manifests
- Failing QC duration tests on some fmp4 source files
- Missing AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH tag in the manifest for EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF
- Incorrect test plan name in Baton QC PDF report
6.56
Release date 09 September 2021
Fixed
- Downconvert MCC 708 closed captions to 608
- Improved processing of media with Ludicrous Mode with a source file size over 1TB
6.55
Release date 02 September 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect M3U8 manifest parsing in QC Auto if additional_alternate_id specified
- Updated QC Baton version to 8.1 and fixed minor Baton processing issues
- Incorrect statistics for skipped QC tests
6.54
Release date 26 August 2021
Fixed
- Missing 608/708 Closed Captions in MXF media with Ludicrous Mode
- UI Media stuck in waiting status some cases
- Failing media if output format set to copy closed captions, but source file doesn't contain ones
- Incorrect stopping of Benchmark media
- Wrong values of min and max width and height, framerate for AdaptationSet parameter if manifest has multiple DRM keys
- Media status and parameters update on the Encoding Queue UI page
- Muxing MCC closed captions without re-encode
- Active Format Descriptor insertion without re-encode
- Improved closed captions detection in source file
- Stuck of mixing mainconcept_mxf output format in some cases
6.53
Release date 19 August 2021
Fixed
- Incorrect behavior of <cut_black /> in audio_only streams.
- Not stopping main QC media on preparation stage
- Failing upload to Akamai if destination contains not URL-encoded characters
- Unnecessary output file bitrate lowering if the source contains 608 closed captions
6.52
Release date 12 August 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect Reserved Instances settings handling for sub-users.
- Failing Baton QC tests for some sources
- Wrong sample rate and channels number for raw PCM audio
6.51
Release date 05 August 2021
Added
Fixed
- Wrong Baton QC Test status in some cases
- Incorrect finish notification time for repackage media with Ludicrous Mode
6.50
Release date: 29 July 2021
Fixed
- WMA to AAC conversion audio sync
- Media error messages display
- Missing initial VTT thumbnail file on FTP/SFTP destinations
- Proper audio streams validation after extraction from source
- Unnecessary audio extraction for Repackage media
- Disabled DAMF encode flag for Repackage media
6.49
Release date: 22 July 2021
Added
Fixed
- Optimized Baton QC processing
- Changed media info and task parameters tooltips on the Encoding Queue UI page.
- Fixed missing media info for repackaging media
- Character encoding error in scc to webvtt closed captions conversion
- Issue with Dolby Encoding for GFX source media files
- Updated error handling for missing closed captions in the source files
- Auto fallback to the default workflow if Ludicrous Mode is not available for the source media.
6.48
Release date: 15 July 2021
Added
Fixed
- Missing ad break headers in the Multijob Workflow
- Changed order of SupplementalProperty and Role parameters in MPD manifests
- Unsupported Azure SAS upload signature versions
- Optimized audio-only video output formats.
- Missing cea-708 MCC closed captions
6.47
Release date: 08 July 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect media behavior after RestartMediaErrors submission
- Closed Caption section name changed to correct closed_captions in the GetStatus response
- Unnecessary media failing on audio stream extraction from some source files
- Output bitrate if muxed closed captions are empty
- Missing key-frames for black frames padding boundaries
6.46
Release date: 01 July 2021
Added
Fixed
- Issues with mainconcept_mxf output in media with the Ludicrous Mode
- Changed Baton QC report file name
- Dee upmix based on audio channels map
- Missing request metadata in child QC media in notifications
- Slow load time of Connection Speed chart in UI
- Failing source parameters fetching for some ProRes source files
- Unreferenced Closed Captions in HLS playlists
- Incorrect mpeg2video interlaced field order
- Media with Ludicrous Mode fails if output format set to advanced_dash and video codec set to libvpx-vp9
- Audio track extraction for some sources
6.45
Release date: 24 June 2021
Added
Fixed
- S3 file upload for non-AWS destinations
- Manifest analyze problems warning in qc_match_cue_inserts QC test
- Stall mainconcept_mxf muxing in some cases
- Missing QC statistics for some sources
- Fixed validation of video clipping parameters
- Incorrect DFXP CLosed Captions style formatting
6.44
Release date: 17 June 2021
Added
Fixed
- Child QC media stopping
- Incorrect closed captions mux in media with Ludicrous Mode
- Missing request metadata in child QC media
6.43
Release date: 10 June 2021
Added
Fixed
- Failing MXF muxing in some cases
- Incorrect video bitrate reduce in case Cea closed captions mixing
- Metrics Report tasks failing sometimes for a large source files
6.42
Release date: 03 June 2021
Added
Fixed
- Failing MCC closed captions extractions for some source files
- Output statistics for mainconcept_mxf format
6.41
Release date: 27 May 2021
Added
Fixed
- Not working S3 Assume Role for encryption key destination
- Incorrect ACL for encryption key destination if assume role specified
- Incorrect default framerate for dnxhd output format
- Timecode copying for apple_prores output format
- Fixed QC codec declaration test for advanced_dash output format with webm codec
- Validation of format number in QC Check request
- Forced timesacle for eac3 audio codec - 48000
6.40
Release date: 20 May 2021
Added
- Dolby Atmos® Master Files DAMF and ADM BWF
- SRT muxing into mp4 without transcoding
Fixed
- Decryption of muxed streams and mpeg_* encryption in QC tasks
- Validation of use_alternate_id parameter in API request
- Skip pass and nalu-file parameters in video_codec_parameters
- Closed Captions desync for if deinterlacing set to "filter"
- Akamai download in upload processes stuck in some cases
- Incorrect streams mapping in QC tasks if add_audio_only parameter set on format level
6.39
Release date: 13 May 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect mainconcept_mxf output if video codec set to copy
- Detection of the first video stream in EDC encoder
- Empty side channels in mono upmix to stereo or surround
- Processing stuck on VTT playlist generation stage if playlist doesn't contain any elements
- Handling of audio_codec=copy streams in advanced multi-source mapping
6.38
Release date: 06 May 2021
Fixed
6.37
Added
Release date: 29 April 2021
Fixed
6.36
Release date: 22 April 2021
Fixed
6.35
Added
Release date: 15 April 2021
Fixed
Disabled
Release date: 09 April 2021
6.34
Added
- Optimized load time of Statistics pages in UI
Fixed
6.33
Release date: 01 April 2021
Fixed
- R3D sources statistics collection
- qc_b_frames_present test behavior in case encryption and byterange
- Peak bitrate calculation in QC tests on small segments
- Missing image media playlists for advanced_hls and fmp4_hls output formats if add_to_manifest specified
- Handling of indirect stream order in mpd manifests with byterange in QC tests
- Incorrect URL to media in support tickets
- Check that webvtt or dfxp files is not empty after closed captions conversion
- Unnecessary VTT manifests in advanced_fmp4 output format if hls_manifests set no
- Akamai FTP upload issue
6.32
Added
Release date: 25 March 2021
Fixed
- Baton QC Validation.
- Advanced Multi-Source Clipping.
- Filtering API Request Log in UI by Sub User ID.
- Insert Session-Key tag in master manifest for Atlas DRM
6.31
Release date: 18 March 2021
Added
Fixed
- Incorrect inner tasks order in adaptive_intermediate media with Multijob Workflow, that causes long processing time and incorrect statistics collection.
- Incorrect parsing of ludicrous_mode and multijob_workflow parameters in the Request editor on the API-Builder UI page.
- Updated R3D source files processing.
- Incomplete 436m MXF closed captions extraction.
- Not muxed cea-708 MCC closed captions.
- Change major brand for cmaf from iso9 to iso6.
6.30
Release date: 11 March 2021
Added
Fixed
- Sometimes source stream dowloading process stuck in QC processing
- Fixed task processing time statistics collecting and displaying in UI
- Ignored initial CC track offset specified in Edit List Box
- Stitch task of media with the Ludicrous Mode fails in some cases
6.29
Release date: 04 March 2021
Added
- Specify QC Report Format
- Hide sensitive data from API Request Log UI page
Fixed
- Empty HLS stream manifest issue for audio-only stream in case of intermediate_destination is set
- Beamr CABR level parameter mapping
- Issues with Closed Captions re-download if the first try was unsuccessful
6.28
Release date: 25 February 2021
Added
6.27
Added
Release date: 19 February 2021
Fixed
6.26
Release date: 11 February 2021
Added
Fixed
- Multisource media sometimes fails if output bitrate is low
- Failing media with EAC3 audio codec and loudnorm parameters
- Error in processing media with 608 closed captions and advanced audio streams
- Request format parsing in UI API Builder
- Incorrect IN statistics for video overlay with keep_audio set to yes
- Incorrect statistics for logo
- Missing data streams in source segments in media with Multijob Workflow
- Wrong audio parameters in apple_prores output if insert_nielsen_watermarks set to yes
6.25
Release date: 28 January 2021
Added
Fixed
- Missing custom audio stream (specified via audio_stream) in media with Ludicrous Mode
- Allowed hyphen sign in add_to_manifest parameter
- Statistics for media with Ludicrous Mode and Multijob Workflow
- Multijob Workflow sources splitting
6.24
Release date: 21 January 2021
Deprecated
Added
- Media with Multijob Workflow stuck on source preparing for some source files
- Incorrect codec definition in HLS master manifest for HEVC+HDR streams with mixed content
Fixed
- Inconsistent structure of JSON QC report
- Incorrect VP9 codec declaration in advanced_dash output format
- Input Bandwidth calculation for some sources
- Missing watchfolder source and destination match validation
- API error in GetBandwidthStat response
- Incorrect "bucket-url" parameter in output.json
- Upload task fails if destination S3 denies HTTP requests