Below you will find the features and optimizations released on 1 and 22 August 2019.

Connect Improvements
Connect Defects Fixed
Discover Improvements
1. Group Children Management
Discover Defects Fixed
1. Subscribing to Another App with the Same User Account

Connect Improvements

New Feature: TT Workbench Profiles

You can now define Timed Text Workbench Profiles from the Profiles menu > Workbench TT, allowing you to more quickly convert timed text media items.

Additionally, while on the Media Item Details page > Workbench tab > Timed Text Convert dialog, you have the option to save the current configuration as a Timed Text Profile.

Seamless Organization Switch

Switching to another organization no longer reloads the entire webpage.

Scrollable CPL Validation Errors

You can now scroll the Validation Error dialog from the CPL Details page.

Media Item Details Tracks Tab

The following improvements have been made for the Media Item Details page > Tracks tab:

Video tracks are now displayed under the Video category;
The order of the tracks is now the following: Video, Audio, Other;
Tracks from the same category are sorted based on their IDs.

UI Rename

The following UI elements have been renamed:

Demux Profiles menu is renamed to MediaWarp Profiles
Demux Profile Details page is renamed to MediaWarp Profile Details
Media Item Details page > Workbench tab > Extract IMF Essence is renamed to MediaWarp
Extract IMF Essence page is renamed to MediaWarp
Workflow Details page > Track Demuxing task is renamed to MediaWarp Processing

QC Workbench while Ingesting Media

You can no longer Approve or Reject a media item in QC Workbench > QC Review if its Status is Ingesting.

Conform Proxy FCPXML Against Source

Changes to a title’s timeline can now be brought into Connect by uploading an FCPXML file and conform the proxy against the source file.

Steps:

From the Media Items menu, click Add Files. The Add Media Item dialog is displayed.
Browse for the FCPXML file which contains the timeline changes, then click Add.
From the Media Items menu, find the uploaded file, then click Edit. The Media Item Details page is displayed.
From the Workbench tab, on the Media Actions section > Conform sub-section, click Run. The Conform dialog is displayed.
Browse for both Source Media Item and Proxy Media Item, then click Submit. The Cloud Studio Task is started.
Once it has finished processing, a copy of the source is generated, containing the changes from the uploaded file. The file is linked in the Awaiting Media Ingest task details.

Connect Defects Fixed

Unique Path for Cloned CPLs

Fixed an issue where it was incorrectly possible to clone a CPL and set its Location to the same path as the current CPL.

Clips for FrameDNA Review with Multiple Essences

Fixed an issue where, on the FrameDNA Review page, switching between multiple essences would not refresh the contents of Clips section.

Incorrect Clip Absolute Time

Fixed an issue where making changes to a CPL clip would cause Absolute Time field on the the Edit Clip dialog to be incorrectly displayed.

Unique Names for Timed Text Profiles

Fixed an issue where it was possible to create multiple Timed Text Profiles with an identical Name.

Extracting Channels when Ingesting Multiple Files

Fixed an issue where ingesting multiple media items at the same time would not take the Extract Channels option into account for all files.

Job Progress Update

Fixed an issue where running a job would not update the progress of the Awaiting Media Ingest task in the Job Details page > Progress Details section.

Download Reports for Cached Photon Events

Fixed an issue where, on the Media Item Details page > QC and Deliver tab > Auto QC section, the Download Report link would not be displayed for cached Photon events.

Billing for Baton Process Time

Fixed an issue where Baton-processed packages were billed for the incorrect duration.

FFMPEG Version in Hybrik Transcode

Fixed an issue where the FFMPEG version parameter would cause Hybrik transcode tasks to fail.

Open CPL from the Media Items Menu

Fixed an issue where opening a CPL from the Media Items menu would incorrectly redirect you to the CPL Details page.

UI Tooltip Fixes

Fixed the following issues concerning tooltips:

Incorrectly displayed long tooltip texts;
Incorrect tooltip text for the Replace button on the Insert Resource

Adding Image Resources into CPLs

Fixed an issue where adding image resources into a CPL would cause the CPL Details page to crash and display the Number expected as framerate error.

Extracting Clips for Dolby Vision Media Items

Fixed an issue where extracting clips on a media item with Dolby Vision metadata would cause the Extract Dolby Vision Metadata task to fail.

DV_Metadata Duration Display Format

Fixed an issue where the duration of dv_metadata tracks was incorrectly displayed in the HH:MM:SS format instead of the number of frames.

Incorrect Timecode after Timed Text Offset

Fixed an issue where timecodes would be incorrectly updated after converting timed text into TT IMSC1 by offsetting the track with one hour.

Inaccessible Media Last Frame

Fixed an issue where the last frame of a media item would not be displayed in the player.

Duplicate Workflows for Image Sequence Ingest

Fixed an issue where duplicate workflows would be created when ingesting image sequences.

Deliverable and Platform Name Separator

Fixed an issue where delivering a package would create a deliverable where the Platform name suffix is not separated from the deliverable name.

Media Item Details Layout after Visiting Transcoder Profile Details

Fixed an issue where leaving the Transcoder Profile Details page to visit the Media Item Details page would lead to incorrectly displayed sections.

Workflow Accessibility

Fixed an issue where a Workflow would be accessible from a different organization than its parent organization.

Package fields after Job Platform Change

Fixed an issue where changing the Platform for an existing job would incorrectly keep the Package or Package Template fields populated with deprecated data.

Attach to Asset with Child Files

Fixed an issue where attaching a media item to a parent asset would not include its children.

Dolby Vision Metadata Task Order

Fixed an issue where the Extract Dolby Vision Metadata task would be incorrectly displayed as the first item in the list of tasks.

Extract IMF Essence Audio Mapping while Loading

Fixed an issue where, on the Extract IMF Essence page, changing the audio mapping of a file while it was loading would display The play() request was interrupted by a new load request error.

CPL Fields Layout Display

Fixed an issue where the position of the fields on the CPL Details page > CPL Fields tab would be incorrect.

Dolby Vision Metadata Duration Format

Fixed an issue where, on the Media Item Details page > Tracks tab > Others section, the Duration of dv_metadata tracks would be displayed in an incorrect format.

Extract IMF Essence Incorrect Audio Playback

Fixed an issue where the audio mapping was incorrectly played back in the Extract IMF Essence page and the VU Meters would display different values before and after creating a CPL with the media.

Truncated Frame Rate for Timed Text Tracks

Fixed an issue where, on the Media Item Details page > Tracks tab > Timed Text section, the frame rate would be incorrectly displayed as the truncated value of the numerator/denominator operation.

Incorrect Field Alignment for Demux Profile Tracks

Fixed an issue where the fields for Audio and Video segments on the Demux Profile Details page > Tracks tab would be aligned incorrectly.

Discover Improvements

Group Children Management

The Group Details page > Details tab > Basic Info section > Child of field has been changed from text to tags, allowing you to more easily add and remove children for the current group.

Discover Defects Fixed

Subscribing to Another App with the Same User Account

Fixed an issue where you would not be able to subscribe to an app with a user account that has an active subscription to a different app.

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