New Features
- You can now set a color, define ad breaks and trim any VOD asset in the library. Once placed in the rundown, the playlist elements will take over the current settings of the library element but won't update on any later change of the library element.
- Modify the rundown while Breaking Live is active. When stopping Breaking Live you now also have the choice to exit by skipping into the next rundown-element. This creates a more defined transition.
- Instant ad-triggering is now always enabled. You can now trigger a non-pausing ad break at any time during playback even when VOD assets are playing.
- Audio level meters for PGM and all live sources. You will see audio-levels on all live source previews and on the PGM output.
- Additional API endpoints & Companion / StreamDeck App:
- Update the general overlay via an API call and also just disable or enable it. Can be modified while playback is running
- Enable / disable HTML5 overlays
- Change the Breaking Live livestream while Breaking Live is active
- Activate / deactivate HOLD for the current element
- Help menu dropdown now offers direct links to more detailed help articles.
- Better EPG support for FAST platforms. You can now specifically enable elements in the rundown to be visible in an EPG xml and add additional meta data for the EPG or display a different title.
Changes / Bugfixes
- [Changed] Updated version of VideoEngine and Napoleon
- [Changed] Breaking News is now called Breaking Live
- [Changed] Optional start publish parameter when starting playback via API call
- [Changed] Increased validity of password reset tokens to 24 hours
- [Changed] Improved wording in several places
- [Changed] Library dropdown menu consolidated for all library types
- [Changed] Output targets can have a shorter name now
- [Changed] Preview auto-play of VOD assets in edit overlay is disabled now
- [Changed] General overlay can be specifically enabled or disabled while playback is running
- [Improved] Switch from the planned rundown to a Breaking Live live stream should now be more seamless
- [Improved] Ad breaks can now also be set to start at the beginning of a new element, the former restriction to have it playing for one second is no longer there
- [Improved] Better support for detecting renaming and overwriting of assets in S3 buckets
- [Improved] Better explanation why a password reset might have failed in case the token is already invalid
- [Bugfix] The ad break countdown was not reset in case playback was stopped during a running ad break
- [Bugfix] Breaking live status was not resumed upon restart
- [Bugfix] When a live stream element was the next element and the overlay of the element was changed, the changes were not taken over
- [Bugfix] When modifying access credentials on external libraries, these changes were not processed properly
- [Bugfix] Changes of the selected audio PID for MPEG-TS live streams were not properly detected and not applied immediately
- [Bugfix] Playlist export and import did not process HLS live sources and audio PIDs properly
- [Bugfix] Retry button for external libraries was misaligned, so a not properly configured external library could not be removed or modified in some cases
- [Bugfix] Deletion of a sequence in the library was not shown immediately
- [Bugfix] Playlist could scroll to the end of the playlist even though "Current Time" was active
- [Bugfix] Uppercase letters in email address don't cause an error anymore
- [Bugfix] Publish / Unpublish button was still clickable in Secondary Fallback mode
- Several minor UI bugfixes
Documentation
For detailed product documentation, please refer to the following location:
https://ltnglobal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/1500000177442-Schedule
System Characteristics
View the full system characteristics here:
https://ltnglobal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500006970362-System-Characteristics-Schedule
Known Issues and/or Limitations
| Deletion of rundown elements | Deleting more than 2,000 assets in the rundown at once does not work. |
| Starting Playback during an ad-break issue |
Starting Playback during an ad-break can cause the current video element to skip to the next one too early when the backup video is overall shorter than the ad-break itself. |
| Moving assets into folders in asset-library |
When the designated folder is expanded, items cannot be dropped into this folder. |
| VOD assets with no audio-stream |
VOD assets that don't contain an audio-stream can cause playback problems and unexpected behaviour. Silent audio is not a problem. |
For the previously known issues and their fixed versions: https://ltnglobal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500002027841-Release-Notes-Changelog-Schedule