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February 2019

Bogdan Ilie
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Below you will find the features and optimizations released on 11 and 18 February 2019.

Contents

  1. Connect Improvements
    1. New User Interface
    2. New Feature: Timed Text Extraction
    3. New Feature: User Roles
    4. New Feature: API Keys
    5. New Feature: Share CPL
    6. New Feature: Flat to ProRes IMF
    7. Upload/Download User Limitations
    8. Concatenating Multiple H264 Sources
    9. CPL Improvements
    10. Date Picker Auto-Close
    11. End Date Range Auto-Completion
    12. Date Range Format
    13. Login Security
    14. Idle Login Timeout
    15. Error on Invalid File Names
    16. Media Item Details from CPL Resource
    17. Replace CPL Resources
    18. Audio Labels in Extract IMF Essence
    19. Demux Profile Selection
    20. QC Workbench Improvements
    21. Security Improvements
    22. Transcoder Profile Required Fields
    23. Composition Deliverable Templates
  2. Connect Defects Fixed
    1. Cancel New Package
    2. TIFF Image Sequence Demux
    3. Default Demux Profile on Extract IMF Essence.
    4. Incorrect Date Interval Error
    5. Manual Upload Optional File Type
    6. Photon Timeout for Missing Reports
    7. Copying Files under 50 MB
    8. Timed Text Tracks in CPL
    9. Edit Out Point Frames on Save
    10. Missing Audio on Concatenation
    11. Workflow Users
    12. Organization Selector List Re-fetch
    13. Designation File Type Filter
    14. Link to Transcoder Provider from Transcoder Profile
    15. QC Workbench with Invalid Deliverable Definition
    16. Edit Out Point Frames
    17. Transcode: Delete Output Location
    18. VU Meters on Track Removal
    19. Color Range Detection
    20. Fixed Package Details
    21. Hybrik Audio Bitrate
    22. Preview Text Files
    23. Preview Photon Reports
    24. Transcoding Profile Set Parameters
    25. Fixed Job Details Refresh
    26. Fixed Package Details Refresh
    27. Workflow Details with Tasks in Progress
    28. Homepage Unresponsive after Password Reset
  3. Discover Improvements
    1. New Feature: Instance Fonts and Color Themes
    2. Number of Subscribers per Topic
    3. Notifications Schedule Field Validation
    4. Notifications Added Media Removal
    5. Notifications Schedule Format Fixes
    6. Notification Destination Preview
    7. Dynamic Collections in Layout
    8. Search Improvements
  4. Discover Defects Fixed
    1. Assets Status Filter
    2. Notifications: Destination Filtering

Connect Improvements

New User Interface

The User Interface has been revamped to offer more contrast and progressively optimize workflows within Connect and Discover.

New Feature: Timed Text Extraction

You can now extract timed text tracks with MediaWarp and generate a timed text MXF essence that you can use in CPLs, as well as an SRT file, both of which are attached to the parent asset of the media item that was demuxed.

For more information, see Extract IMF Essence.

New Feature: User Roles

You can now assign user roles to any new user. As of this release, you can create users as Organization Admins or Limited Access Operators.

For more information on creating a user, see Creating a User.

New Feature: API Keys

CD-1621

You can now generate a pair of API Keys, which allows you to configure your apps to communicate with the OWNZONES Connect API.

For more information, see Creating API Keys.

New Feature: Share CPL

You can now share a CPL with specific users. If the users receiving the shared CPL are Limited Access Operators, then they can only view the CPL render itself, with no way of accessing any other resource.

For more information, see Sharing a CPL.

New Feature: Flat to ProRes IMF

CD-1565

You can now demux media items to ProRes IMF by using Media Warp. You have access to the following demux profile settings:

  • 8 Bit Depth, YUV Pixel Format, 422 Chroma Subsampling;
  • 10 Bit Depth, YUV Pixel Format, 422 Chroma Subsampling;
  • 10 Bit Depth, RGB Pixel Format.

Upload/Download User Limitations

CD-1678

You can now choose whether users can upload or download content to and/or from Connect.

For more information, see Creating a User.

Concatenating Multiple Sources into H264

CD-1809

You can now input multiple media items and generate a single, concatenated flat H264 output file.

CPL Improvements

CD-1572

The following improvements have been made for the CPL Editor page:

  • The Cancel button has been added to the Create New Clip and Edit Clip dialogs;
  • You can now click X to close the Create New Locale, Edit Locale, Create New Marker, and Edit Marker

Date Picker Auto-Close

CD-1687

Choosing a date will now automatically close the date picker.

End Date Range Auto-Completion

CD-1711

Choosing a start date and closing any date picker will now auto-complete its end date with the same value as the start date.

Date Range Format

CD-1716

The format of date ranges has been changed from DD MMMM YYYY – DD MMMM YYYY to DD – DD MMMM YYYY, where the dates are within the same month.

Login Security

CD-1461

The login error messages are now merged into a single “Incorrect username or password” message, so that account information is not disclosed in potential attacks.

Idle Login Timeout

CD-1462

Users are now automatically be logged out after 30 minutes of inactivity.

Error on Invalid File Names

CD-1648

Errors are now displayed if file names are invalid.

Media Item Details from CPL Resource

CD-1458

You can now browse the Media Item Details page for an essence file by clicking on the file name of a resource from CPL Editor > Edit Resource dialog.

Replace CPL Resources

CD-1240

You can now replace essences on for CPL resources:

  1. On the CPL Editor page, click the resource you want to replace. The Edit Resource dialog is displayed.
  2. Click Replace Essence. The Replace Resource dialog is displayed.
  3. Use the filters to find the essence you want to add, then click action_expand_icon_disabled.png.
  4. If needed, reconfigure the Entry Point, Out Point, and/or Duration fields, then click Update.

Audio Labels in Extract IMF Essence

CD-1046

The Audio Labels set for audio tracks on the Media Item Details page are now displayed on the Extract IMF Essence page.

Demux Profile Selection

CD-266

On the Extract IMF Essence, the Demux Profile field now only displays the profiles with the same frame rate as the input file.

QC Workbench Improvements

CD-1538

The following improvements were made to QC Workbench:

  • The Cancel button was added, allowing you to return to the previous page;
  • You can now open QC workbench for CPL .xml files.

Security Improvements

CD-1460, CD-1463, CD-1464, CD-1465

Security improvements are implemented to protect against:

  • ClickJacking
  • Pragma HTTP header caching
  • XSS Attacks
  • Protocol downgrade/cookie hijacking (HSTS policy)

Transcoder Profile Required Fields

CD-1534

The following improvements have been made on the Transcoder Profile Details page:

  • The Suffix and Extension fields from the Output Parameters section were added to the list of required fields;
  • The Transcoder Provider field is now marked as required.

Composition Deliverable Templates

CD-1398

Composition-type deliverable templates of now display all their fields on the Package TemplateDetails page > Deliverables section.

QC Workbench with Invalid Deliverable Definition

CD-1032

You can no longer Approve or Reject a media item for a job which contains a package template with a File Composition without an extension.

Connect Defects Fixed

Cancel New Package

CD-1940

Fixed an issue where clicking Cancel on the New Package page would not close the dialog.

TIFF Image Sequence Demux

CD-1834

Fixed an issue where running Extract IMF Essence on a TIFF image sequence would cause the task to fail and display the Impossible to open error.

Default Demux Profile on Extract IMF Essence.

CD-1706

Fixed an issue where starting Extract IMF Essence with no selected Demux Profile would result in an attempt to demux the file with a default Demux Profile.

Incorrect Date Interval Error

CD-1558

Fixed an issue where, when setting a start date that is larger than the end date, the current page would crash.

Manual Upload Optional File Type

CD-1852

Fixed an issue where uploading a file of unknown type would result in the Expected type FileType at value.type error to be displayed and the upload to not be completed.

Photon Timeout for Missing Reports

CD-1819

Fixed an issue where Photon would time out (heartbeat) if non-critical files were missing from S3 (such as Baton reports).

Copying Files under 50 MB

CD-1537

Fixed an issue where, copying a file to S3 which was under 50 MB (chunk size) would result in the Cannot read property ‘S3TransferId’ of undefined error to be displayed.

Timed Text Tracks in CPL

CD-1760

Fixed an issue where, on the CPL Details page, clicking a timed text track would cause the page to crash.

Edit Out Point Frames on Save

CD-1689

Fixed an issue where, on the CPL Editor page > Edit Resource dialog, editing and re-editing the Frames field for both Out Point and Entry Point would not save the number of frames when updated.

Missing Audio on Concatenation

CD-1752/CD-824

Fixed an issue where, on concatenating multiple segments, the audio track would not be created into the output file.

Workflow Users

CD-1479

Fixed an issue where the user name would not be displayed on the Workflows menu.

Organization Selector List Re-fetch

CD-1669

Fixed an issue where creating a new organization or suborganization would not trigger an update for the Organization Selector list unless the page was refreshed.

Designation File Type Filter

CD-1671

Fixed an issue where, on the Designations menu, the options from the File Type filter would not be comprised of all file types.

Link to Transcoder Provider from Transcoder Profile

CD-1751

Fixed an issue where, on the Transcoder Profile Details page, clicking action_open_pkg_template_icon.pngTranscoder Provider Details would incorrectly redirect to /transcoder-providers/undefined.

Edit Out Point Frames

CD-1689

Fixed an issue where, on the CPL Editor page > Edit Resource dialog, editing the Out Point > Frames field, and then clicking Update, would not update the Frames field.

Transcode: Delete Output Location

CD-1595

Fixed an issue where, on the Media File Details page > Media File Correction section > Transcode dialog, you would not be able to delete the contents of the Output Location field.

VU Meters on Track Removal

CD-1446

Fixed an issue where, on the Extract IMF Essence page, when removing a track, the VU Meters would no longer be displayed.

Color Range Detection

CD-1415

Fixed an issue where the color range of a file would not be identified correctly.

Fixed Package Details

CD-1571

Fixed an issue where, if there were fixed package errors on the Package Details page, the page would not be refreshed.

Hybrik Audio Bitrate

CD-1570

Fixed an issue where setting Audio Parameters > Bitrate when transcoding a file with Hybrik would not be taken into account in the output file.

Preview Text Files

CD-1453

Fixed an issue where, from the Media Item Details page of a text file, the Preview dialog would not display its contents.

Preview Photon Reports

CD-569

Fixed an issue where, from the Media Item Details page of a Photon report file, the Preview dialog would not display its contents.

Transcoding Profile Set Parameters

CD-1635

Fixed an issue where, upon creating a Media Convert transcoding profile, if you saved the profile, you would no longer be able to edit certain parameters.

Fixed Job Details Refresh

CD-1625

Fixed an issue where, upon creating a Job which contains errors, if you clicked Fix and solved the problems, the Job Details page would not be automatically updated.

Fixed Package Details Refresh

CD-1571

Fixed an issue where, upon creating a Package from Template which contains errors, if you clicked Fix and solved the problems, the Package Details page would not be automatically updated.

Workflow Details with Tasks in Progress

CD-1526

Fixed an issue where creating a job from the Batch Details page and clicking Workflow Details while the Build Status is In Progress would result in a Workflow Details page crash.

Homepage Unresponsive after Password Reset

CD-1257

Fixed an issue where, after resetting the password and refreshing the page, the homepage would become unresponsive.

Discover Improvements

New Feature: Instance Fonts and Color Themes

You can now configure the color theme and fonts of your instances, from the Visual Customization tab.

For more information, see The Visual Customization Tab.

Number of Subscribers per Topic

CD-666

The Subscribers column was added to the Notifications menu > Topics tab, representing the total number of subscribers per topic.

Notifications Schedule Field Validation

CD-1504

Validation was added for the fields on the Notification Details page > Schedule tab.

Notifications Added Media Removal

CD-1486

You can now remove an asset added to a notification, from the Notification Details page > Basic Info section, by clicking Remove Asset.

Notifications Schedule Format Fixes

CD-1424

The following changes have been made to the Notification Details page > Schedule tab:

  • Date:
    • The day of week was removed;
    • The hour format was changed from 24-hour to 12-hour AM/PM;
    • The timezone was added;
  • Recurring Daily:
    • The hour format was changed from 24-hour to 12-hour AM/PM;
  • Recurring Weekly:
    • The hour format was changed from 24-hour to 12-hour AM/PM;
  • Recurring Monthly:
    • The hour format was changed from 24-hour to 12-hour AM/PM;
    • Changing from a weekly recurrence to a monthly recurrence now takes into account the day of the month.

Notification Destination Preview

CD-664

You can now preview the destination devices from the Notification Details page > Destination tab.

Dynamic Collections in Layout

CD-512

Dynamic Collections can now be used when setting up an instance layout.

Search Improvements

CD-449

The following improvements have been made for the search algorithm:

  • Ranking for search results
  • Typo result tolerance
  • Plural/singular result tolerance
  • Synonym result match
  • Partial word result match

Discover Defects Fixed

Assets Status Filter

CD-1619

Fixed an issue where, on the Assets page, setting the Status filter to Completed would result in the list to be incorrectly populated with Live assets as well.

Notifications: Destination Filtering

CD-459

Fixed an issue where, on the Notification Details page > Destination tab, when filtering the users, the Preview section would incorrectly display the results.

 

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