Director Release Notes – Dolphin ( 2.8.x.x )

Changes since: Virtual Director 2.8.1.55

NEW – Add Transcription Search Page

NEW – Transcription search enhancements.

FIX – Refactor Blackmagic Reconnection

FIX – Remove Orphaned transcription words on start up.

FIX – Transcription Words not being purged when recording is purged.

FIX – Use bulk insert method to insert transcription words rather than individual inserts.

FIX – Memory leak when GPIO Connection is in reconnection loop.

FIX – If transcription is empty transcription search fails.

FIX – Transcription fixes. Transcribe always. API Search result fixes.

Changes since: Virtual Director 2.8.1.40

NEW – Add automatic updating of database schema.

NEW – Import tool for importing playout artwork when updating from Aardvark.

NEW – Video still images now split into daily folders.

NEW – Enable Stills Folder to be configured.

NEW – Set Program Input now available as a GPIO event.

FIX – QOR responses that include newline character are now handled correctly.

FIX – Playout track lookup now case insensitive.

FIX – Camera switching is now synchronous and responses are waited for.

FIX – XAML preview in Web Manager no longer forces redrawing of Preview Images multiple times for each display context.

FIX – Rest API VideoStill endpoint needs to support index or stillindex in query string. Inconsistency crept in between Phonebox Dolphin and Eagle.

FIX – Reported panasonic PTZ preset now matches camera web setup.

FIX – Improved handling of audio node connection issues.

FIX – Refreshing of PhoneBOX shows list now possible.

FIX – Mic enable GPIs now set as disabled on startup.

FIX – GPIO connection now restarted if watchdog finds zero GPIOs detected.

FIX – Artwork upload fixed.

Changes since: Virtual Director 2.8.1.26 (STABLE)

NEW – Live Stream and History Page added.

NEW – Zoom control and preview for Datavideo BC-50.

NEW – Now possible to create stations & shows manually.

NEW – Demo mode now possible by using new switcher type DemoMode.

NEW – Server now passes the streamer api host to the switcher in order that the client knows where to pick up the live stream preview.

NEW – Manual live stream control added into web manager.

NEW – Added support for Blackmagic SDK v7.5

NEW – Discogs API now uses TLS1.2

FIX – PTZ presets for Panasonic cameras now shown +1 in order to correlate with the camera’s webpage.

FIX – Recording time out validation improved to ensure value greater than zero.

FIX – Branding preview stills now correct.

FIX – Changing camera config matrix now forces switcher reconfiguration.

FIX – Race condition in updating state of recording and watchdog fixed.

FIX – Service keep alives refactored in order to prevent process queue hold ups.

FIX – Process queue wait is too long if messages are not continuous.

FIX – Error copying assets when making a copy of branding.

FIX – Video file transfer now recovers if the streamer terminates unexpectedly.

FIX – PTZ now being set correctly for Panasonic AW-HE2 cameras.

FIX – Adding a user no longer results in a dialog error.

FIX – Opening the Phonebox Server page in web manager now forces a refresh of shows and stations.

FIX – Tracks no longer appearing twice in the playout / tracks page.

FIX – Password now being correctly passed to GPIO login command.

FIX – Yellow Brik no longer appears as a camera type.

FIX – Speechmatics server route path now correct.

FIX – Ingest now works correctly.

FIX – VideoTranscriptionSuggestion controller now has backward compatible route for PB4 Clients.

FIX – Transcription now uses the correct MP3 filename.

FIX – Username validated log entry no longer being logged as error.

FIX – Default LWCP port for QOR connection is now correct.

FIX – Numbering of GPIO pins in the log is now correct (no longer starting at 0).

FIX – XAML Off Air preview and order in web manager is now correct.

FIX – Dequeuing of Yellobrik streamer data no longer slower than it enqueues, resulting in decreased memory usage.

Changes since : 2.8.1.9 (Beta)

NEW – Control BlackMagic preview bus independantly of program output via triggers.

NEW – Control On/Off air transition behaviour via triggers.

NEW – Control BlackMagic program and preview sources via triggers.

NEW – Studio Configuration screen redesigned.

NEW – Add Users in web manager.

NEW – Delete video in web manager.

[General]

FIX – Change of show from PB4 not working.

[Server]

FIX – Reported disk space available error.

FIX – Oasis publish queue export fails.

FIX – New video available message not being sent to PB4 clients.

FIX – Reduce size of thumbnails served via API call.(Prevents PB4 memory issues and VLC not playing)

FIX – Switcher not being notified of studio configuration changes.

FIX – Video ending in multiples of 10 seconds does not create last thumbnail. (Prevents errors in PB4 client if video is 10 seconds long)

FIX – Daily usage summary email always reports zero recordings.

FIX – Items posted to publish queues not appearing on screen.

FIX – Live streaming not working.

FIX – OnAir publish queue items not cleared from OASIS once displayed on screen.

FIX – Ensure Path Settings only checking default value.

[Switcher]

FIX – State and Mic Levels not showing in web manager.

FIX – Blackmagic reconnection error.

FIX – Media not uploaded to BlackMagic switcher following a reconnect.

[Streamer]

FIX – Memory Leak following a recording.

FIX – Recording path location should not be case sensitive.

FIX – Streamer not creating recording folder if it doesnt exist.

FIX – Should not use server disk space values when checking whether to record.

FIX – File Transfer fixes.

[Web Manager]

FIX – Branding page does not refresh after cloning a brand.

FIX – Refactor video playback from web manager. (inc additional logging in web manager).

FIX – Automatic creation of inverse events in triggers. eg OnAir / OffAir

FIX – When editing a Mic Active GPIO the UI does not show the selected mic.

FIX – Correct spelling of “Yellobrik”

FIX – Keep Station / Show list in view during drag/drop operation.

FIX – Edit Show.

FIX – Squeeze parameters not shown when editing squeeze trigger.

Changes since: Virtual Director 2.6.1.46

NEW – eMail alerts for critical conditions in virtual director.

NEW – Refactor Recording process to follow the same pattern as VMIX recordings will require.

NEW – Switcher / Studio / Show relationship Configuration remodel.

NEW – Clear up local and remote split video files. Video recording process refactor

NEW – Add the concept of global assets

NEW – If whilst recording, the available disk space crosses the error threshold. Stop recording and send message to client.

NEW – Retrieve show – station mappings from PhoneBOX

NEW – Implement internal rest API authorisation

NEW – Add Lynx Yellobrik support to streamer service

NEW – Add failsafe mode to switcher service

NEW – Add option when creating GPIO event to also add its partner

NEW – Failsafe mode for switcher

NEW – Add Split Recording as a GPIO event

NEW – Add off-air xaml templates for use when not displaying social media

NEW – Add ability to edit GPIO events

NEW – Use web manager camera name as default camera label

NEW – Switcher should default to wide shot if connectivity with server is lost

NEW – Delete 1 minute files on server and streamer when transfer is complete.

NEW – Set proxy to default to port 80

NEW – Populate default polling interval when adding audio source

NEW – Set default port when adding audio source depending on selected protocol

NEW – Add ability to edit studio config name

NEW – Add purging option to shared recording folder

FIX – Web Manager address is not configured correctly by default on start up

FIX – Changes to GPIO IP address isn’t picked up until next restart

FIX – Ensure that copying branding creates new identical assets rather than referencing the original

FIX – Fix Base64 string transfer of Video Stills

FIX – Continue & Split recording not working.

FIX – License summary page incorrectly shows network adapter

FIX – Studios page not listing studios correctly

FIX – Audio source response time and state don’t get displayed until a page refresh

FIX – Audio source has no password field

FIX – Branding XAML is incorrectly saved when the preview tab is selected

FIX – Default interval for audio source should not be 0

FIX – Ensure that non existent folders are created

FIX – Labels for video length settings incorrectly state milliseconds